McKnight tus thawj tswj hwm Kate Wolford nyuam qhuav tuaj koom thawj cov thawj coj ntawm thoob plaws lub teb chaws mus kos npe rau daim ntawv no los ntawm kev txhawb nqa rau National Endowment for the Arts. Qhov no yog pib sau los ntawm ArtPlace America, kev sib koom tes ntawm kev pom zoo, cov koomhaum tseemfwv qibsiab, thiab cov tsev kawm nyiaj txiag uas ua haujlwm rau kev kos duab thiab kab lis kev cai raws li lub hauv paus tseem ceeb ntawm kev npaj thiab kev tsim tawm.
Thawj Tswj Hwm Trump tau xa nws daim ntawv thov nyiaj txiag rau Congress rau xyoo nyiaj txiag 2019, uas hais txog kev txiav nyiaj txiag tseem ceeb rau thiab, qee zaum, kev tshem tawm tag nrho tsoomfwv cov koomhaum tseem ceeb - zoo li National Endowment for the Arts. Qhov no muaj peev xwm ua rau ob qho tib si xaus kev nqis peev ncaj qha hauv peb cov zej zog hauv zos thiab rhuav tshem kev sib koom tes nrog kev pab nyiaj txiag uas tau txhawb nqa peb lub teb chaws.
Xws li ib tug qauv, hauv xyoo 2011, peb tau txais kev tshoov siab los ntawm kev ua haujlwm National Endowment for the Arts tau ua los ntawm nws cov "Peb lub zos"Cov kev nqis peev uas peb tau tuaj ua ke kom muaj peev xwm ArtPlace America, uas tshwm sim los tsim thiab tsim kom muaj raws li tsoom fwv txoj hauj lwm ua tus kos duab thiab kev cai lij choj uas yog kev koom tes los tsim cov zej zog muaj kev ncaj ncees, muaj kev noj qab nyob zoo, thiab muaj kev vam meej ntawm txhua qhov loj hauv lub tebchaws.
Qhov kev koom tes no - uas tau nqis peev ntau dua $100 lab rau hnub tim hauv cov zej zog uas hla lub tebchaws los ntawm Kivalina, AK mus rau Boston, MA, los ntawm Bastrop, TX mus rau Minot, ND - tau tso cai rau peb los saib ze dua ntawm qhov ua tau tsuas yog thaum ntiav. cov philanthropies muaj cov neeg koom tes muaj zog thiab muaj zog hauv tsoomfwv.
Qee lub xyoo dhau los, nws yog tus Thawj Tswj ntawm National Endowment for Arts uas tau coj peb los ua cov thawjcoj tseem ceeb vim tias nws lub koomhaum muaj keebkwm zoo ntawm kev nqis peev rau txhua lub zejzog. Nws kuj tuaj yeem nqa cov thawj coj los ntawm cov koom haum xws li Department of Agriculture, Department of Housing thiab Urban Development, thiab Environmental Protection Agency vim nws yog lawv cov phooj ywg nyob rau hauv tsoom fwv.
Ua ke, peb tau ua hauj lwm zoo tshaj qhov uas peb tau ua ib leeg raws nraim vim hais tias tsoomfwv thiab txiaj ntsig tsis muaj kev xav ua ib yam nkaus.
Tseemfwv qibsiab cov koomhaum raug them nyiaj rau txhua tus neeg Amelikas hauv txhua lub zej zog; tsis muaj lwm tus neeg muaj kev pabcuam muaj cov kev pabcuam losyog cov peev txheej ua. Foundation las yog txhais tau tias yuav muaj peev xwm muaj peev xwm; cov kev pabcuam pejxeem muaj tshwm sim los coj cov kev pabcuam ntxiv los mus ntsuas. Tsoom fwv yuav teb rau cov neeg xaiv tsa los ntawm kev xaiv tsa kev xaiv tsa; Lub hauv paus tseem raug them rau qhov xav tau ntev tshaj sijhawm.
Peb tau sib koom tes nrog kev cog lus los txhawb nqa cov zej zog. Thiab, nyob rau hauv cov ntaub ntawv no, peb tuaj ua ke vim peb txhua tus totaub tias cov neeg txawj ntse yog qhov chaw nyob hauv txhua lub zej zog. Peb kuj to taub tias cov neeg ua yeeb yam pab peb hauv peb cov zej zog, pab peb txuas lus nrog peb cov neeg zej zog, thiab pab txhawb nqa kev koom tes. Ib qho yooj yim, peb to taub hais tias nws tsis muaj peev xwm muaj zog hauv zej zog tsis muaj kev ua yeeb yam thiab kev lag luam.
Yog tias peb poob rau tsoomfwv cov koomhaum xws li National Endowment for the Arts, peb yuav tsis tsuas yog cov nyiaj tso ncaj kev lag luam hauv cov zejzog thoob plaws hauv 50 lub tebchaws, peb tseem poob cov kev pabcuam uas peb coj los ua ke nrog Tebchaws Asmeskas.
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