"It's worth recalling that federal support for the arts throughout modern American history has been bipartisan. The Federal Art Project (1935"43) commissioned artworks by some 10,000 artists during Franklin Delano Roosevelt's presidency, while in 1969 Richard Nixon doubled what Lyndon Johnson had previously provided for the newly created NEA." " Apollo
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 04:25PM on January 31, 2021