Robert Mapplethorpe and Andres Serrano are now legendary, as much because of NEA support of their work as for the work itself. This is one example of what can happen when politics meets culture, and it provides an appropriate snapshot of the issues explored in this book.

Kevin V Mulcahy (Author) , Margaret J. Wyszomirski (Author)

From accord to discord - arts policy during and after the culture wars, Margaret Jane Wyszomirski; the politics of arts policy - subgovernment to issue network, M.J. Wyszomirski; federal arts patronage in the new deal, Lawrence D. Mankin; to change a nation's cultural policy - the Kennedy administration and the arts in the United States, 1961-1963, Milton C. Cummings, Jr.; the organization of public support for the arts, M.J. Wyszomirski and Kevin V. Mulcahy; leadership and the NEA - the roles of the chairperson and the National Council on the Arts, David B. Pankratz and Carla Hanzal; the NEA and the reauthorization process - Congress and arts policy issues, K.V. Mulcahy; the process of commissioning public scultpure - due or duel, Judith Huggins Balfe; the public interest and arts policy, K.V. Mulcahy.