The National Endowment for the Arts is a government sponsored foundation. The duty of the National Endowment for the Arts is to foster the growth of the arts evenly through the national, state, and local levels of the country. With all of the budget slashing that is now taking place the arts is the first place that people look to take money from. This not only happens on the national level but also in our …showed first 75 words of 769 total…

…showed last 75 words of 769 total…the government is destroying our ability to show our inner vision. Government Funding for the Arts Works Cited         Brademas, John. 'Valuing Ideas and Culture' Phi Delta Kappan. June 1995 v76 n10 p804(3).         Grimes, William. The New York Times. May 1, 1996 v145 pC19.         Janowitz, Barbara. 'Is the NEA's Number Up?' American Theatre. Feb. 1995 v12 n2 p56(2).         O'Steen, Kathleen. Variety. Feb. 22, 1993 v350 n4 p229(1).         Philp, Richard. 'The True Mandate: Fund the Arts' Dance Magazine. Jan. 1995 v69 n1 p5(1).