Thursday, May 03, 2007

It Sure Beats the NEA - Creative Capital - National Endowment for the Arts

It Sure Beats the NEA - Creative Capital - National Endowment for the Arts: "No one misses the controversies that beset the National Endowment for the Arts in the 1990s. Its funding of cutting-edge, but controversial, art exposed how outmoded the New Deal--era approach to promoting culture truly was.

Creative Capital is a private-sector response to such messiness. Bringing venture philanthropy to the arts, it has funded 242 projects with grants of up to $50,000 since 1999. But its approach is about more than money. 'We look for people open to changing how they market themselves,' says executive director Ruby Lerner."

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