To borrow a line from the Artist in Chief, I’m “fired up and ready to go.”

Am I starting to sound like an advocate? Well, that seems to be a touchy subject. Some quote-unquote “journalists” have recently accused this agency of losing its independence and becoming a propaganda machine. While I want to state in no uncertain terms that the NEA is not a political agency and that when art becomes propaganda I lose all interest in it, I also want everyone to know that the days of a defensive NEA are over. We have a plan and we are going to, quote, “advocate” for it.

Remember, please, that the NEA is an unusual agency within the federal government. We have always been considered the champions of the arts and artists in the public sector. In a sense, we do “advocate” for them in a way that the IRS doesn’t advocate for taxes or the FCC for bandwidth. We promote the arts.

We Know Art Works: Rocco Landesman Addresses Grantmakers in the Arts

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The brain-dead left would be up in arms if this was happening during a republican administration, but they are deaf, dumb and blind, when it comes to anything obama does.
C h a r l a t a n s - them all.
Must be nice to be so one-dimensional.