[Dixielandjazz] National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters award

[Dixiejazzdata]

 I second that vote Steve:

If they would "Promote" their events and actually go out and attempt to attract a larger audience the demand would increase drastically, as opposed to just getting paid big salaries to "Present" them for Arts Sake.  I find it amazing that they still get away with spending Millions of Dollars to build Performing Arts Venues, with high paid Professional trade people and contractors, staff them with high paid "Presenter" Organizations  ( Non- Profit of course)  who think their Position is to make certain the venue or the Artists performing there, NEVER make a Profit.   It is not uncommon to find that the Lighting Tech, Spotlight operator, Janitor and sound Man are often making more money than the Artist on the stage that the Public patrons are paying to see.

 


 That's the National Product of Art for Art's Sake :))  And we need more Arts Conferences for these Presenters to go to and find new ways to
squander their  gifted resources from the Tax payers, and Corporate sponsors contributing for Tax deductions.

Kind of like having your Cake and eating it too !!!



 

-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen G Barbone <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
To: B.B. Buffington <dixiejazzdata at aol.com>
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Sent: Wed, Feb 16, 2011 7:45 am
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters award


Hmmmm. By all means cut the funding for Jazz Recognition. After all it  

is arguably THE only uniquely American (invented here) art form.    

Note especially the last paragraph. I vote for increasing demand.



Cheers,

Steve Barbone

www.myspace.com/barbonestreetjazzband





 From the NPR music site, entitled  A BLOG SUPREME.



President Obama's 2012 budget proposal, delivered to Congress on  

Monday, proposes to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts'  

Jazz Masters award. The change is one part of a significant budget  

reduction for the NEA at large.



The NEA Jazz Masters honor, given for lifetime achievement in jazz  

artistry or advocacy, has been bestowed on 119 artists and groups  

since 1982, all living at the time of their award. It currently comes  

with a $25,000 grant, plus opportunities to participate in educational  

programs across the country. Similar honors for opera and folk music  

will also be eliminated.



NPR Music, with WBGO and XM Satellite Radio, recorded and webcast the  

previous two NEA Jazz Masters ceremonies, in January of this year and  

last.



Somewhat in its place, the NEA American Artists of the Year honor will  

be introduced. Awards will be made available to participants in a wide  

array of performing and visual arts. The NEA's appropriations request  

(opens PDF) also specifies that both "individuals who have devoted a  

lifetime" and "extraordinary" artists in "mid-career" will be eligible.



The appropriations request did not specify the number of American  

Artists of the Year to be recognized, or the monetary award they will  

receive. It did state the new honorific would be "a less expensive  

effort" than the multiple celebrations it replaces.



The restructuring of the award comes alongside an over 12 percent  

slash in the proposed budget for the National Endowment for the Arts,  

compared to the 2011 fiscal year. The NEA's proposed budget for 2012  

is $146,255,000, an amount $21,245,000 less than the 2010 and 2011  

budgets. Budget cuts were also announced for the National Endowment  

for the Humanities, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the  

National Gallery of Art, among other federal arts and humanities  

institutions.



The budgetary news comes on the heels of a heated discussion in the  

arts administration community after NEA chairman Rocco Landesman  

asserted, during a theater conference, that the U.S. had too many arts  

organizations compared to the size of its audiences. "You can either  

increase demand or decrease supply," he said. "Demand is not going to  

increase, so it is time to think about decreasing supply." He later  

expanded on his thoughts online.

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