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Art Fund (formerly the National Art Collections Fund) is an independent membership-based British charity, which raises funds to aid the acquisition of artworks for the nation. It gives grants and acts as a channel for many gifts and bequests, as well as lobbying on behalf of museums and galleries and their users.
Annual budget. $207 million USD (2023) [1] Agency executive. Maria Rosario Jackson, Chairman [2] Website. arts .gov. The National Endowment for the Arts ( NEA) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. [3] It was created in 1965 as an independent ...
The National Commission for Culture and the Arts of the Philippines (Filipino: Pambansang Komisyon para sa Kultura at mga Sining, Cebuano: Nasodnong Komisyon alang sa Budaya ug mga Arte) is the official government agency for culture in the Philippines. It is the overall policy making body, coordinating, and grants giving agency for the ...
Nancy Hanks, Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts (1969-77) Nancy Hanks (1927–1983) was an American arts administrator and art historian. She was the second chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), appointed by President Richard M. Nixon and served from 1969 to 1977, continuing her service under President Gerald R. Ford.
The National Endowment for the Humanities ( NEH) is an independent federal agency of the U.S. government, established by the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 ( Pub. L. 89–209 ), dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities. The NEH is housed at 400 7th St SW ...
Website. www .nationalgallery .org .uk. The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London, England. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of more than 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. [note 1] The current director of the National Gallery is Gabriele Finaldi .
Art Fund Museum of the Year. The Museum of the Year Award, formerly known as the Gulbenkian Prize and the Art Fund Prize, is an annual prize awarded to a museum or gallery in the United Kingdom for a "track record of imagination, innovation and excellence". The award of £100,000 is Britain's biggest single art prize, and the largest single ...
The Federal Art Project (1935–1943) was a New Deal program to fund the visual arts in the United States. Under national director Holger Cahill, it was one of five Federal Project Number One projects sponsored by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), and the largest of the New Deal art projects. It was created not as a cultural activity ...