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STATE OF
THE ART
Let’s begin with our country’s two premier institutions,
the National Endowment for the Arts and the Nation-
al Institutes of Health. With its $162 million budget
for 2020, the NEA strengthens America’s creative
capacity by providing diverse opportunities for arts
participation. The NIH will spend $41.7 billion on
medical research in 2020 to turn discoveries into
improved health for the nation.
NEA Chairman Mary Anne Carter makes a compell-
ing case for the arts and arts education for you. The
NIH’s Dr. Howlett and Dr. Dowling introduce you to
a seminal ten-year study involving 12,000 school-
children, which will be groundbreaking in our under-
standing of human cognitive development.