NEA

Organizations that have made it their mission to be equitable and inclusive while serving diverse populations are questioning if their work will disqualify them from federal arts grants.

Monday night's presentation of the 2017 NEA Jazz Masters fellowships, coming under the shadow of a proposed presidential budget that would eliminate the NEA outright, mixed politics with grace.

For thirty years, the National Endowment for the Arts has honored jazz musicians with the highest award for the genre, the NEA Jazz Masters Award.…