In his November 28, 2024 Wall Street Journal op-ed “Trump Can Restore Honor to American Art,” Johnny Burtka, president and CEO of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute wrote, “There are plenty of other candidates better suited to restore honor to federal arts and culture agencies [including the National Endowment for the Arts]. Justin Shubow, president of the National Civic Art Society, served on the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts during Mr. Trump’s first term before becoming chairman in 2021. He played a critical role in the president’s classical-architecture initiative and influenced the designs of the Dwight Eisenhower and World War I Memorials… [He] would serve as [an] eloquent defender[] of Western civilization.”