National Endowment for the Arts Annual Report 1970
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~a~al i I I ¯ lllI I I 1970 Annual Report National Endowment For The Arts National Council On The Arts I IIIII I I I II I Ii Nat{onal Endowment for the Arts National Council on the Arts Washington, D.C. 20506 Dear Mr. President: I have the honor to submit to you the annual report of the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Council on the Arts for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1970. Respectfully, Nancy Hanks Chaírman The President The White House Washington, D.C. Contents The National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities 4 The Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities 4 The National Council on the Arts 4 The National Endowment for the Arts 5 Panel Members and Consultants, 1970 5 Foreword 6 Architecture, Planning and Design 10 Dance 14 Education 20 Literature 26 Music 32 Public Media 38 Theatre 44 Visual Arts 50 Coordinated Programs 54 Federal-State Partnership 55 The Treasury Fund 56 Contributors to the Treasury Fund 57 Authorizations and Appropriations, 1966-1971 59 Financial Summary, 1970 60 Grants, 1970 61 Staff 73 The National Foundation On The National Council The National Council The Arts And The Humanities On The Arts On The Arts The National Foundation on the Arts and The National Council on the Arts is February 1971 the Humanities was established as an composed of the Chairman of the National Nancy Hanks, Chairman independent agency of the Executive Endowment for the Arts, who serves as Maurice Abravanel Branch of the Federal Government by the Chairman of the Council, and 26 private Marian Anderson National Foundation on the Arts and the citizens, appointed by the President, who Jean Dalrymple Humanities Act of 1965. The Act, Public are widely recognized for their broad Kenneth N. Dayton Law 89-209, was amended by Public Law knowledge of the arts, or for their experi Charles Eames 91-346 in 1970. ence or their profound interest in the arts. Duke Ellington The National Foundation is composed of The Council advises the Chairman on O’Neil Ford the National Endowment for the Arts and policies, programs and procedures and Virginia B. Gerity the National Endowment for the Humanities. reviews and makes recommendations on Lawrence Halprin The two Endowments, advised by their all applications for financial assistance Huntington Hartford respective Councils, formulate their own mad~to the National Endowment. Charlton Heston programs, but share ah administrative staff. In addition to the individuals listed here, Richard Hunt a number of distinguished Americans were James Earl Jones The Federal Council On members of the Council for all or part of Harper Lee The Arts And The Humanities the period under review. Robert Berks, Charles K. McWhorter The Federal Council on the Arts and the Paul Engle, R. Philip Hanes, Jr., Ruth Jimilu Mason Humanities, also established within the Carter Johnson, Oliver Smith, Isaac Stern Robert Merrill National Foundation on the Arts and the and George Stevens, Sr. served on the Gregory Peck Humanities by the Act of 1965, is composed Council until their terms expired in Rudolf Serkin of the Chairmen of the two Endowments, September 1970. AIbert Bush-Brown Beverly Sills the United States Commissioner of resigned from the Council in May 1970 and Edward Villella Education, the Secretary of the Smithsonian Sidney Poitier resigned in October. E. Leland Webber Institution, the Director of the National Donald Weismann Science Foundation, the Librarian of ,’! Nancy White Congress, the Director of the National Robert E. Wise Gallery of Art, the Chairman of the Com mission of Fine Arts, the Archivist of the United States anda member designated by the Secretary of State. The Federal Council advises the Chairmen of the two Endow ments on major problems, coordinates their policies and operations, promotes coordination between their programs and those of other federal agencies and plans and coordinates appropriate participation in major and historic national events. Some members of the National Council on the Arts, taken at its 19th meeting held at Tarrytown, New York. Photographs by Mel Davis. 4 I II I lilii I ~~~miHil li The National Endowment National Endowment MUSIC For The Arts Peter Mennin, Chairman National Endowment For The Arts For The Arts The National Endowment for the Arts, an Panel Members Willis Conover agency of the Federal Government, carries Donald Engle Consultants out programs of grants-ín-aid given to arts Fiscal Year 1970 Roger Hall Fiscal Year 1970 agencies of the states and territories, to ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING David C. Sennema non-profit, tax-exempt organizations and to AND DESIGN William Severns ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING individuals of exceptional talent. William Brubaker AND DESIGN Robert Shaw Paul Spreiregen The Endowment is headed by a Jay Doblin C. Michael Steinberg Chairman, nominated by the President and Allan B. Jacobs Shirley Verrett EDUCATION confirmed by the Senate. Miss Nancy Norman Klein Opera/Orchestra Gibson Danes Hanks was sworn in as Chairman on James A. Labrenz Donald Engle, Chairman Harry Holtzman October 6, 1969. John A. Parker Maurice Abravanel Kenneth Koch Grants by the Endowment to the states Harry W. Porter, Jr. Peter Marin Alan Y. Taniguchi A. Beverly Barksdale and territories are made in accordance Peter Mennin Jack Morrison with the terms set forth in Public Law Gene Tepper Max Rudolf LITERATURE 89-209, as amended, and are administéred ’ DANCE William Severns Carl D. Brandt by the individual arts agencies. The Roger Englander, Co-Chairman Jazz Carolyn Kizer Endowment’s own programs are developed Deborah Jowitt, Co-Chairman Willis Conover, Chairman by the Chaírman and the staff, with the MUSIC Wiiliam Bales Bill Evans Douglas Richards advice of the National Council on the Arts. George Beiswanger John G. Gensel Asa general rule, applications for grants, Harry Bernstein Milton Hinton PUBLIC MEDIA which fall within the established programs Anthony Bliss Dan M. Morgenstern David Stewart of the Endowment, are referred to panels Selma Jeanne Cohen Russell Sanjek STATE AND COMMUNITY of experts chosen from all regions of the Martha Hill Davies STATE AND COMMUNITYOPERATIONS James Bravar United States. The recommendations of the Agnes de Mille OPERATIONS panels are brought before the National Richard Englund Ralph Burgard Agnes de Mille Council for review, and to the Chairman Allegra Fuller Snyder Paul Hume Robert Marchand for final determination. LITERATURE George Irwin Stephanie Mayer Discovery Awards Robert Wykes AIwin Nikolais Ronald H. Bayes THEATRE Frances Poteet Gus Blaisdell Resident Professional Mari Evans Robert Crawford, Chairman Roderick H. Jellema Earle Gister Frank MacShane Oliver Rea Frederick Manfred Sandra Schmidt Howard McCord Alan Schneider Jarvis Thurston Experimental and Workshop Poetry-in-the-Schools Harotd Clurman, Chairman Carolyn Kizer John Lahr Maxine Kumin Leo Lerman Stanley Kunitz Robert Pasolli Howard Nemerov VISUAL ARTS Anne Sexton Museum Purchase Plan Louis Simpson A. B. Spellman James Demetrion James Haseltine Mark Strand Henry Hopkins Galen Williams Walter Hopps Gerald Nordland Daniel Robbins Artists’ Fellowships William Seltz, Chairman James Camp F. Van Deren Coke Sam Gilliam James Melchert James Speyer ~;~1 Ilii i I iill Foreword a supplemental appropriation, by a transfer were sent to the White House in support of President Nixon, in his State of the Union the message. It was reprinted in full by Message of January 22, 1970, said: "The of $900,000 from the United States Office many newspapers and carried as an seventies will be a time of new of Education and by increased donations advertisement, paid for by enthusiastic " to the Endowment, which released beginnings .... equivalent sums from the Treasury Fund. citizens, in others. It was praised in lead One of these new beginnings, in 1970, editoriais in newspapers pubiished in our was significant and increased public Thanks to these funds, the Endowment largest cities and our smallest towns. Bilis support for the arts. was able to obligate $12,982,667 in support of arts programs in Fiscal 1970, to extend the Iífe of the National Founda The arts in 1970 reached out for new tion were introduced in the Senate and in and larger audiences and were confronted as against $6,370,639 in 1969. the House of Representatives, and were by increased financial needs. Our govern The public law under which the Endow ment operates was due to expire on June sponsored by many members of both ment responded to these needs by making political parties. In testifying before the additional funds available to the National 30,. 1970. In proposing that the Congress Joint Subcommittees of the Senate and Endowment for the Arts in Fiscal 1970 and re-authorize the Endowment, the President, House in January 1970, I was able to state by authorizing a further expansion of the in his Special Message of December 10, that, "... we have today for the arts, and 1969, proposed a further expansion of the Endowment’s programs in 1971, 1972 for the humanities, what we had in only and 1973. Endowment’s programs. He asked the small measure in the past--the leadership A sharp rise in funding for the Endow Congress to extend the legislation creating of the Congress and.of the President, and ment in Fiscal 1970 was made possible by the National Foundation on the Arts and the enthusiasm of the people." the Humanities, of which the Arts Endow- mentis one of two components, for three In hearings held in January and February every aspect of the arts and the humanities years beyond its termination date. He programs was reviewed. These hearings added, "1 propose that the Congress approve $40,000,000 in new funds for the were followed by the Committee reports. National Foundatíon in fiscal 1971 to be The House Committee on Education and available frorn public and private sources." Labor held that: The President’s message was greeted "In sum, Federal assistance for the arts by a prompt and overwhelmingly favorable has proved itself, and public arts funds, response.