The study, practice and appreciation of the arts challenges, inspires and lifts up individuals and societies. As First Lady, Mrs. Clinton has dedicated herself to the celebration and recognition of all the arts. As Honorary Chair of the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities (PCAH) she has led efforts to support the unique contributions that the arts and humanities make to American life, while acting as the Administration’s leading advocate for public support of national arts initiatives through the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Mrs. Clinton has organized a series of 20th Century American Sculpture exhibits in the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden at the White House. She has worked hard to ensure the White House, often referred to as “The People’s House,” represents art from all Americans. Through her efforts the White House collection has acquired its first ever painting by an African American— a landscape by Henry Ossawa Tanner.
Mrs. Clinton is also involved in preserving many of the nation’s most treasured arts and archives through the Millennium Council’s Save America’s Treasures initiative. In addition she has initiated a campaign to stress the value and importance of arts education as a necessary part of mainstream elementary and secondary school curriculum.
Column on "An Invitation to the White House: At Home With History" (11/29/00)
Column on the 200th Anniversary of the White House (11/25/00)
Column Urging Congress to Pass Legislation Important to the American People (10/25/00)
Remarks on Cultural Preservation in Aspendos, Turkey (11/18/99)
Remarks by the President and First Lady at the VH-1 Save the Music Concert of the Century (10/23/99)
Remarks at the National Trust for Historic Preservation's 50th Anniversary Celebration (10/21/99)
Remarks at the Friends of Art and Preservation in Embassies Reception (4/30/99)
Art Education Event at Adrien Block Intermediate School #25, Queens, New York (3/3/99)
Remarks at the Massachusetts College of Art (12/5/98)
Column on the Sculpture Garden ( 11/4/98)
Remarks at the "Coming Up Taller" Arts Awards Ceremony (10/7/98)
Remarks on the Power of Arts in Education (9/17/98)
Column on the Marine Band (7/8/98)
Remarks at the NEA Heritage Awards Ceremony (9/23/97)
Remarks to the Friends of Art and Preservation in Embassies (6/18/97)
Remarks at the 65th Anniversary Celebration of the Folger Shakespeare Library (4/22/97)
Remarks at the Sculpture Garden Reception, the White House (1/5/96)
Remarks at the 125th Anniversary of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City (6/6/95)
Remarks at the National Design Awards (3/9/95)
Remarks at the Opening of the 20th Century Sculpture Exhibit at the White House (10/11/94)
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