The Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality and The Fales Library, NYU, present
Thursday, April 15, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Six Years after the NEA 4
The NEA 4 gather for the first time to discuss their famous case and its effects on the arts today.
In the early 1990s, the controversy surrounding a group of performance artists who were awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Arts nearly ended the agency. The artists - Karen Finley, John Fleck, Holly Hughes and Tim Miller - came to be known as the "NEA Four" and found themselves at the center of a national debate on what constitutes art and to what extent the state should support artistic expression. Their case eventually went to the U.S. Supreme Court. In June 1998 the Supreme Court ruled against them, upholding a decency test for federal funding for the arts.
For the first time, all 4 respondents in National Endowment for the Arts v. Finley et al. will be in the same room to discuss how their case and subsequent events have affected their art practice and the arts in general. Is art more "decent" now? Has there been a chilling effect, particularly on work addressing sexuality and race? What about censorship and self-censorship? Have coalitions formed around instances of censorship, particularly post-9/11, and what might that tell us about coalition politics in the U.S. today?
The discussion will include visual and performance artist William Pope.L, essayist and cultural historian C. Carr, and poet and performance artist Sapphire. Moderated by Marvin Taylor, Director, The Fales Library and Special Collections, NYU.
Rosenthal Pavilion, Kimmel Center for Student Life
60 Washington Square South, Tenth Floor
Sponsored by The Fales Library and the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality, NYU
Co-sponsored by the American Studies Program
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