Please contact your US representative to let them know that no cuts should be made to funding for the arts.
Did you know that the National Endowment for the arts (NEA) was not even established in the United States of America until the mid 1960s? It was founded under the President of Lyndon B. Johnson.
The primary purpose of this agency is to provide money to visual artists, creative writers, state and regional nonprofit arts organizations. This is a worthy cause since entrance fees to museums and fine arts venues continue to increase while public school programs that facilitate access to the arts are reduced.
Educators, academics, philosophers and mental health professionals know and extol the value, importance and healing properties of art. The Telegraph, (a UK publication) states that “looking at a gorgeous painting, sculpture, or other artwork increases blood flow to the brain by as much as 10% — the equivalent of looking at someone you love.”
Since Michael Douglas uttered, “greed is good” in the movie Wall Street, funding of the NEA has been a challenge. Something seems askew with the allocation of our nations resources. Call your representative now!
Let Congress Know You Support Full Funding for the NEA by signing the petition at www.artsactionfund.org/ActionCenter.
Read more at www.artsactionfund.org/let-congress-know-you-support-full-funding-nea.