In theory, the institutions to whom the endowment awards grants could turn around and commission artists to make edgy work.
She was briefly in P Diddy's band Dirty Money and she's now gone solo, making edgy R&B mentioned in the same breath as Frank Ocean.
Look at Lions Gate making edgy movies.' I want them to say, 'It's provocative,' and I want a lot of people to go see it".
But the endowment also had -- until the violence of the right's attacks against it in Newt Gingrich's Contract With America -- an honorable tradition of supporting individuals who make edgy work.
Featuring the former Titus Andronicus guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Pete Feigenbaum, it started out making edgy, droning psychedelic soundscapes (the band's debut album, "%," from 2010, is a marvel of the chaotic), but it has since moved in a more accessible direction.
Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi always makes edgy choices, and her festival premiere gown was no exception: a Stephane Rolland Couture creation with a sci-fi black patent sculptural top, combined with a draped white, goddess-like skirt.
Several years in New York had made Spark edgy and unhappy.
The distraction irritated me, and reading the diving manual made me edgy.
Her memories of Etch A Sketch echoed Matt's: "When I was a kid, I kind of always hated Etch A Sketch, because it made me edgy.
