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Support through The National Endowment for the Arts
The arts should be supported through the National Endowment for the
Arts. Artists should be allowed the freedom to produce whatever form of art
they please. However, the taxpayer's money should not go towards art that
is patently offensive to the general public. The National Endowment for the
Arts is very beneficial in encouraging the development of the arts. The
National Endowment for the Arts stimulates growth, as well as increasing
access to the arts. Art is important to us in education. It encourages
development of America's artists, scholars, and historians. Art maintains
a cultural history. It displays our differences, viewpoints, and values as
a nation or society. The arts belong to the people of the United States,
and we deserve increased access to the arts. This is exactly what the
National Endowment for the arts accomplishes.
Just as anyone has the right to view what they please, the artist has
the right to express his or her creativity, feelings, thoughts, and
perception in any artistic form they please. No subject matter is
forbidden. We should support free speech not suppress it. This can
however, be taken to extremes. A selection of art can be deemed as
offensive to the general public. This does not mean that restrictions
should be placed on it preventing people from viewing it. The taxpayers
money should not go towards the presentation of such works. A large
percentage of funding of the arts comes from private giving. If a minority
group wishes to view such art, they should have to support it themselves.
In cases such as the Maple Thorpe exhibits, it seems to be self supportive.
It is hard to justify spending tax dollars on something that is going to
offend those who put out the money. Tax dollars are to benefit the public,
not to provide for individual tastes, especially those that are offensive
to the general public.
Supporting the arts through the National Endowment for the Arts is
beneficial to society as a whole. Through the National Endowment for the
Arts our accessibility to productions and projects is increased. Viewing
of "offensive" art should not be restricted. However it should have to be
supported by those who do not agree with such works of art.
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