Honorary Chairman First Lady Michelle Obama- NEAPuppeeters didn’t do badly, either: The Center for Puppetry Arts in Atlanta received $50,000, while the Sandglass Center for Puppetry and Theater Research in Vermont and the Spiral Q Puppet Theater in Philadelphia both received $25,000, all to preserve administrators and puppeteers.
The NEA also covered the ethnicity requirement: The Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance received $50,000 to preserve its director’s position, as did Chicago’s Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies, which used the money to retain a collections manager and an exhibition coordinator. Radio Bilingue, Inc. received $25,000 to hold onto the host of the La Hora Mixteca Radio Program.
The Mixtecs are native to Oaxaca, Mexico.
Honorary Chairman First Lady Michelle Obama- NEA