This special supplement to both the <EM>National Campaign for Freedom of Expression Quarterly</EM> and the <EM>National Association of Artists' Organizations Bulletin</EM> presents reactions to the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court on June 25, 1998 that the National Endowment for the Arts may consider decency in awarding arts grants. The supplement contains a timeline of the eight-year process which led up to the decision and includes brief articles by Ellen Yaroshefsky, Helen Brunner, Tim Miller and Holly Hughes.

This report, Prepared with the Freedom of Expression Task Force of Arts Midwest, is a result of a project by the Arts Midwest's Board of Directors in 1990 to assess and to understand the current state of free expression in the Midwest's arts community.

This report provides brief summaries of federal obscenity and children pornography statutes, as amended by the Child Protection and Obscenity Enforcement Act of 1988, Public Law 100-690, section 7501-7526, and the 1989 dial-a-porn legislation. It also discusses selected Supreme Court cases on the subject, through 1989. Under the Constitution, Congress may enact statutes that regulate pornography that crosses state lines or national boundaries, is imported or exported, or is mailed.

This pamphlet deals with the funding restrictions imposed on the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities towards materials that may be considered obscene as defined by Miller vs. California, 413 U.S. 15, 24 (1973). This report concludes that, if the funding restriction applies only to obscenity as the term is used in Miller, then it raises no constitutional issues, because obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment.

This is the ninth edition of the National VLA Directory, with updated descriptions of Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts programs throughout the and Canada. At present there are 46 independent VLAs providing legal services. Some VLAs are established members of their arts and legal communities, boasting full-time staff members and a variety of programs and publications; others are new programs still in the intitial development stage.

This guides identifies the broad range of risks faced by museums and historical societies, including various types of liability, property risks, crime exposures, and employee benefits. Written by specialists in risk management and insurance for non-profits, this book points out the risks, describes strategies for controlling them, and offers advice on dealing with the insurance industry. Though written about museums, the book is also a resource for non-profit managers.