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Dana Gioia, chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts under President George W. Bush and poet laureate of California, talks about the importance of poetry in the United States. Duri…

President Bush and the first lady presented the National Medal of Arts and National Humanities Medal to the 2008 recipients at a ceremony in the East Room of the White House. Medals were…

Various artists and others testified about funding for the arts and the importance of the arts in all areas of life. The mayor of Honolulu talked about the role arts can play in economic dev…

Chair Gioia was interviewed about his position, which is nominated by the President and confirmed by the U.S. Senate, and his most recent book, Disappearing Ink: Poetry at the End of Print C…

National Endowment for the Arts chairman, Dana Gioia, was the commencement speaker at the Seton Hall University graduation ceremony.

Selections from works by Ogden Nash, Alfred Tennyson, Rudyard Kipling, Shel Silverstein, Mattie Stepanek, Joseph Bottum, and others were read in front of an invited audience.

Contemporary authors Elizabeth Spencer, Bret Lott, and Tom Wolfe commented on the writings and influence of authors Eudora Welty, Flannery O’Connor, and Truman Capote, respectively. Mr. Gioi…

Dana Gioia spoke about funding for the arts. Among the topics he addressed were the role of the artist in society, his experiences and career as a poet, and the role and mission of the Natio…

This event was held to salute American authors Truman Capote, Flannery O’Connor, and Eudora Welty. Following introductions by First Lady Laura Bush, actors performed excerpts from the author…

Dana Gioia talked about the operation of the National Endowment for the Arts and its impact on American culture. Following his remarks he answered questions from the audience.

Dana Gioia, the new chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, discussed the NEA’s interest in getting students to appreciate the Arts. The guest responded to audience telephone calls,…