Arts Management Test 1 Questions with
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Robert Mills - correct answers architect from CofC, build Washington
Monument, known as first American-born architect
Early creative practices in Charleston - correct answers basketweaving,
gospel music, tea, indigo, ethnic dancing, deerskin trade
4 functions of management - correct answers planning, leading, organizing,
controlling
Non-profits file this for income tax exemption - correct answers form 9-90
What does the National Council of the Arts do? - correct answers Review NEA
grant applications and advise the NEA chairperson on policies and programs
Federal government spends ______ on the NEA and _____ on the
Smithsonian Institute - correct answers $146 million; $819.5 million
Andres Serrano - correct answers NEA-funded his exhibit that included "Piss
Christ"; was attacked by Donald Wildmon of the American Family Association
Robert Mapplethorpe - correct answers Photograph collection called "The
Perfect Moment" made up of homoerotic photos; was cancelled by Corcoran
Gallery, attacked by Republican Jesse Helms; Washington Project for the Arts
picked up the exhibit
, Culture wars - correct answers conflict between traditionalist/conservative
values and progressive/liberal values
NEA Loyalty Oath - correct answers congressional ruling that no NEA money
could be used for work that the NEA chairman, John Frohnmayer, considered
"obscene"
How to support the arts - correct answers 1) create a free expression policy
2) educate your audiences about artistic freedom and involve the community
3) create opportunities for non-dividing dialogue about controversial art
4) anticipate/prepare for controversies
5) build alliances in and outside of the arts community
Advocacy - correct answers direct efforts to persuade policymakers to take
legislature action; general efforts aimed at advancing a point of view
Lobbying - correct answers activities aimed at influencing members of a
lawmaking body on legislation
Charleston Museum - correct answers oldest museum in the US; founded in
1773, opened to the public in 1824
WPA - correct answers Works Progress Administration; employment program
used to build public structures across the US during the Depression
Examples of structures built by WPA - correct answers roads, bridges,
schools, hospitals, sidewalks, pools, parks, playgrounds, zoos, botanical
gardens, gyms, etc.
complete solution
Robert Mills - correct answers architect from CofC, build Washington
Monument, known as first American-born architect
Early creative practices in Charleston - correct answers basketweaving,
gospel music, tea, indigo, ethnic dancing, deerskin trade
4 functions of management - correct answers planning, leading, organizing,
controlling
Non-profits file this for income tax exemption - correct answers form 9-90
What does the National Council of the Arts do? - correct answers Review NEA
grant applications and advise the NEA chairperson on policies and programs
Federal government spends ______ on the NEA and _____ on the
Smithsonian Institute - correct answers $146 million; $819.5 million
Andres Serrano - correct answers NEA-funded his exhibit that included "Piss
Christ"; was attacked by Donald Wildmon of the American Family Association
Robert Mapplethorpe - correct answers Photograph collection called "The
Perfect Moment" made up of homoerotic photos; was cancelled by Corcoran
Gallery, attacked by Republican Jesse Helms; Washington Project for the Arts
picked up the exhibit
, Culture wars - correct answers conflict between traditionalist/conservative
values and progressive/liberal values
NEA Loyalty Oath - correct answers congressional ruling that no NEA money
could be used for work that the NEA chairman, John Frohnmayer, considered
"obscene"
How to support the arts - correct answers 1) create a free expression policy
2) educate your audiences about artistic freedom and involve the community
3) create opportunities for non-dividing dialogue about controversial art
4) anticipate/prepare for controversies
5) build alliances in and outside of the arts community
Advocacy - correct answers direct efforts to persuade policymakers to take
legislature action; general efforts aimed at advancing a point of view
Lobbying - correct answers activities aimed at influencing members of a
lawmaking body on legislation
Charleston Museum - correct answers oldest museum in the US; founded in
1773, opened to the public in 1824
WPA - correct answers Works Progress Administration; employment program
used to build public structures across the US during the Depression
Examples of structures built by WPA - correct answers roads, bridges,
schools, hospitals, sidewalks, pools, parks, playgrounds, zoos, botanical
gardens, gyms, etc.
