[DOC] [TLE] Frohnmayer Denies 'NEA 4' Grant Appeals : Arts funding: The NEA ... [PAR] The denial apparently sets the stage for a lawsuit challenging the. ... August 25, 
1990|ALLAN PARACHINI | TIMES STAFF WRITER ... Affected were appeals by 
performance artists Karen Finley and Holly Hughes of New York; Tim ... "The 
government wants art to be propaganda for the state, and we're not willing to do 
that.". [DOC] [TLE] Caught In The Cross-fire: Politics And The Nea Documents Show ... [PAR] Jun 13, 1993 ... November 4, 1991 ... artists sued the National Endowment for the Arts, 
contending their grant ... and, in one case, smeared chocolate across her scantily 
clad body. ... which didn't endear them to the political or religious right either. ... at 
least as early as June 5, 1990, to deny any grants to Finley, Hughes,... [DOC] [TLE] National Endowment for the Arts - Wikipedia [PAR] The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is an independent agency of the 
United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects ... 
From the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, Congress granted the NEA an annual 
funding of .... and Holly Hughes, were performance artists whose proposed 
grants from the... [DOC] [TLE] THE NEA 4 Essays - Franklin Furnace [PAR] NEA FUNDING AND FRANKLIN FURNACE ... In 1990, I, a wandering queer 
performance artist, had been awarded a NEA Solo ... then successfully sued the 
federal government with the help of the ACLU (if you're ... and try to acknowledge 
that our bodies actually exist under our clothes indecent? .... How 'bout them 
apples? [DOC] [TLE] Finley v. NEA | Center for Constitutional Rights [PAR] NEA challenged the decency provision in government grants to artists through 
the ... lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a 1990 law requiring the 
National ... arts grants on behalf of performance artist Karen Finley and others 
artists, whose applications for NEA funding were denied because of the decency 
standards. [DOC] [TLE] The National Campaign for Freedom of Expression [PAR] Assisting artists and organizations facing attacks on their artistic freedom is at the 
core .... was to initiate a lawsuit against the NEA in 1990 on behalf of four artists (
John Fleck, Karen Finley, Holly Hughes, and Tim Miller) whose grants had been 
denied .... The government controls the use of public performance and exhibition
... [DOC] [TLE] The case could drag on long past the next NEA ... - Robert Atkins [PAR] 'NEA 4 (all right, 2 of them) Re-Unite,' from 'Eye/I Witness: Art Writing as Activism, 
... In 1990 they became notorious as two of the so-called NEA 4, performance 
artists who sued the National Endowment for the Arts for rescinding their grants 
based on ... Since then, he has produced numerous works including My Queer 
Body... [DOC] [TLE] The National Endowment for the Arts vs. Finley - Dramatists Guild [PAR] group's ultimate goal of eliminating the NEA and all government funding of the 
arts ... In 1990, when four performance artists (Karen Finley, Holly Hughes, John 
... agency's peer review panel, the artists sued the Endowment. .... Page 4 ... 
denial of taxpayer subsidy with measures 'aimed at the suppression of 
dangerous ideas... [DOC] [TLE] Understanding the NEA Crisis of 1990 through the Work of Tim ... [PAR] Lawmakers, angry that government money had indirectly been used ... 
performance artists Karen Finley, John Fleck, and Holly Hughes, sued the NEA in 
.... 22 Barbara Gamarekian, Arts Agency Denies 4 Grants Suggested by ..... 
audience to call out their favorite body parts and coaxing them until they feel 
comfortable. [DOC] [TLE] Dance under the Censorship Watch - Judith Lynne Hanna, Ph.D. [PAR] exhibits. Performance artists Karen Finley, John Fleck, Holly Hughes, and Tim 
Miller successfully sued when the NEA denied them funding in 1990, contrary to 
a... [DOC] [TLE] Frequently Asked Questions - Religion | First Amendment Center ... [PAR] Today, the establishment clause prohibits all levels of government from .... of the 
East Pediment on the Supreme Court's Web site, this

Question: In 1990 4 performance artists sued this government body for denying them grants
Answer: National Endowment for the Arts