Jane Alexander

No one's conception of art is going to be acceptable to everybody.

No one's conception of art is going to be acceptable to everybody.

Senator Helms might very well do that. I would point out to him that we in the art world are read more

Senator Helms might very well do that. I would point out to him that we in the art world are not necessarily in the business of making controversial art.

If a panel feels that a grant is worthy and they know the content of the work of art in read more

If a panel feels that a grant is worthy and they know the content of the work of art in question, we at the endowment will be prepared to defend it.

It would be difficult, in this day and age, to fund art that made racial slurs.

It would be difficult, in this day and age, to fund art that made racial slurs.

I don't know how one actually would define obscenity. I'm sure the definition is different according to the age one read more

I don't know how one actually would define obscenity. I'm sure the definition is different according to the age one is living in.