New content on the National Endowment for the Arts web site http://www.arts.gov/NEAFeed.xml en-us Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:49:03 -0500 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:48:18 -0500 FeedForAll Mac v2.1 (2.1.0.1); http://www.FeedForAll.com/ The National Endowment for the Arts will host a webcast, Improving Arts Learning through Standards & Assessment: A National Endowment for the Arts Research Roundtable on Tuesday, February 14, 2012 from 8:30 AM to 3:00 PM http://www.nea.gov/news/news12/ArtsEd-Roundtable.html 1935C30D-F616-4025-9571-14BBF481B972-87849-0000ED99815C8E8E-FFA Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:48:41 -0500 Composer, Choreographer, PerformerMeredith Monk reflects on her 45 year career as a performing artist. http://www.nea.gov/podweb/podCMS/podlist.php 9CF5819D-A6CC-4C0D-BD8E-413164396E3A-87849-0000ED885EFD23C5-FFA Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:47:14 -0500 On behalf of the National Endowment for the Arts, it is with great sadness that I acknowledge the passing of 2006 NEA Jazz Master John Levy, a recipient of the A.B. Spellman NEA Jazz Master Award for Jazz Advocacy. http://www.nea.gov/news/news12/Levy.html 30940D3F-20F0-47C5-9044-7B8A742D1BC1-87849-0000ED7B1F100B4D-FFA Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:46:12 -0500 Meejin Yoon talks about creating work at the intersection of art, architecture, landscape, and technology. http://www.nea.gov/podweb/podCMS/podlist.php 0743B299-EEAC-44FB-A6A3-BA1CB8B4462D-87849-0000ED6C6A6F540F-FFA Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:45:02 -0500 At the 2012 NEA Jazz Masters Awards Ceremony & Concert on January 10, 2012, the National Endowment for the Arts not only welcomed five new inductees into this elite group, but also celebrated 30 years of jazz and its importance in American culture. http://www.arts.gov/news/news12/Jazz-Masters-post.html 0D889276-2D52-4499-A6FE-FC8B684869B6-87849-0000ED4D3D0714D0-FFA Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:43:20 -0500 Grants support unique opportunities to engage with NEA Jazz Masters through performance and education opportunities. http://www.arts.gov/news/news12/Jazz-Masters-post.html B79EEF3A-19F1-4C23-BE57-9703CA9325A1-87849-0000ED4C1C3E67AE-FFA Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:43:54 -0500 Legendary drummer and 2012 NEA Jazz Master Jack DeJohnette talks about his early career. http://www.nea.gov/podweb/podCMS/podlist.php 84049090-502E-4F65-A32D-0F3BB0A2066D-91468-0000F7909CA20D83-FFA Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:25:43 -0500 National Endowment for the Arts will honor the 2012 NEA Jazz Masters at an awards ceremony and concert produced by Jazz at Lincoln Center and featuring the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis. http://www.nea.gov/news/news12/Jazz-Masters-advisory.html E92D2065-FD59-4B1A-8419-C8767805B909-91468-0000F7829BC76715-FFA Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:24:43 -0500 The gifted 26-year-old pianist talks about making a career in jazz. http://www.nea.gov/podweb/podCMS/podlist.php 138E70BB-3D5F-44C0-ACB2-830F4EF772CF-78000-0001EA99F5AA95EA-FFA Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:54:54 -0500 For the first time, the National Endowment for the Arts critically acclaimed Operation Homecoming writing program will take place in a clinical setting as part of a formal medical protocol to help heal service members at the National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE) at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. http://www.arts.gov/news/news11/Operation-Homecoming.html 81E2F012-8B06-433A-92D5-B597F2720256-17843-00014D9412B03421-FFA Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:55:41 -0500 Chairman Landesman announced today that 162 Challenge America grants totaling $1,620,000 will be awarded to organizations in 46 states, plus the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. http://www.arts.gov/news/news11/challengeAmerica.html B4D95D60-F490-4CBD-AF8B-C0FDE731DAB5-57160-0002C607A8440478-FFA Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:51:17 -0500 The new Our Town guidelines are available. Our Town supports creative placemaking projects that contribute to the livability of communities and place the arts at their core http://www.arts.gov/grants/apply/OurTown/index.html C88C41B7-3CB2-4E73-B873-B11A7338EB3D-3657-0002329454700C95-FFA Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:08:35 -0500 The National Endowment for the Arts is leading a new task force of 13 federal agencies and departments to encourage more and better research on how the arts help people reach their full potential at all stages of life. http://www.nea.gov/news/news11/Task-Force-Announcement.html 15F100EB-5647-4A60-AC72-201C77C144E2-3657-000232815C427163-FFA Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:48:32 -0500 At a public panel discussion in Rapid City, South Dakota, today, National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Rocco Landesman announced that the agency will award 863 grants to organizations and individual writers across the country. http://www.arts.gov/news/news11/ArtworksI-GrantAnnounce.html 66A3C458-742D-4069-9301-655B2E08EE23-3657-0002327BAD4341B9-FFA Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:47:27 -0500 The video archive of the October 27, 2011 NEA Opera Honors ceremony and concert is up on our YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/NEAarts#p/c/8E95E792B1FF556F/0/RnVYAgRYJZ4 07B9BABD-4524-4244-AE39-B15A28177F46-3657-00023232FB40846E-FFA Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:44:54 -0500 Join us October 27, 2011 from 7:30-9:15 pm ET for the 2011 NEA Opera Honors ceremony and concert in Washington, DC at the Sidney Harman Center for the Performing Arts. Honorees include designer John Conklin, general director Speight Jenkins, Mezzo-soprano Risë Stevens, and composer Robert Ward. http://www.arts.gov/honors/opera/2011-webcast.html 5EAC217D-90A7-4B53-BC63-C08222F37C1F-61420-0000A20F29EEF279-FFA Thu, 27 Oct 2011 17:16:07 -0400 Marc Scorca celebrates opera in America and the 2011 NEA Opera Honorees. http://www.nea.gov/podweb/podCMS/podlist.php 35F6F308-8305-4802-BCEC-15F2C1B4FF78-61420-0000A1FA2A90513A-FFA Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:15:26 -0400 The archived video of the live webcast announcement of the finalists and honorable mentions which took place October 10, 2011 at the Grantmakers in the Arts conference. http://tinyurl.com/3mv3vg5 11D6B9AC-A9FE-4063-B8FB-C7FD9EBF343E-27056-00005007BE2EE8FF-FFA Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:51:24 -0400 The live webcast announcement of the finalists and honorable mentions will take place October 10, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. PST/11:00 a.m. MST/12:00 p.m. CST/1:00 p.m. EDT. http://tinyurl.com/2011caj 310A966E-8F1C-455B-B7A7-C66E766C1234-24549-0000433DF094FD91-FFA Fri, 07 Oct 2011 10:21:26 -0400 Billy Luther explores different facets of his heritage in his documentaries. His latest looks at a little known celebration of the Laguna Pueblo, Grab Day. http://www.nea.gov/podweb/podCMS/podlist.php EB500F68-AA9C-4F49-8575-2688D096D752-24549-000043329194B9CC-FFA Fri, 07 Oct 2011 10:19:25 -0400 Meet Morris Robinson, who was a football All-American at The Citadel, started studying voice at the age of 30, and sings at the great opera houses throughout the country. http://www.nea.gov/podweb/podCMS/podlist.php 22C4FA51-AA10-4377-8569-9A283BA7CE23-93336-0000FE4C70CD6C11-FFA Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:52:42 -0400 Violinist and oud player Simon Shaheen discusses his merging of Arab and western musical traditions. http://www.nea.gov/podweb/podCMS/podlist.php C39EC455-A7ED-488F-B77B-CC4C792AD795-93336-0000FE4B42F22930-FFA Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:47:55 -0400 Profiles of 80 of the NEA National Heritage Fellowship recipients from 1982 to 2011. Also included is the NEA National Heritage Fellowships DVD-ROM with photos, videos, and audio recordings of all the Heritage Fellows. http://tinyurl.com/452wlgv BD0B95F0-A78E-4AA7-B2D4-B1326FEA59CA-93336-0000FE20F62D6DBB-FFA Fri, 21 Oct 2011 10:53:06 -0400 Poems, bios, and author statements by the 2011 NEA Literature Fellowships in Poetry recipients are now up in Writers Corner http://www.nea.gov/features/writers/writersCMS/index.php?year=2011b DEBEF706-25F5-48D1-878B-EF4286EEB1CC-18509-0002F56EF0C386DB-FFA Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:22:55 -0400 Tickets for the award ceremony are free and will be available on Monday, September 26 at 10:00 a.m. through the Shakespeare Theatre Company box office. http://www.nea.gov/honors/opera/media/2011-opera-honors-ceremony.html FBFD1063-BE81-4EF3-AD24-E7E42FE323EB-18509-0002F56BD4565996-FFA Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:19:44 -0400 Tickets for the award ceremony are free and will be available on Monday, September 26 at 10:00 a.m. through the Shakespeare Theatre Company box office. http://www.nea.gov/honors/opera/media/2011-opera-honors-ceremony.html 415D97BB-973A-4347-AEA0-95FD21A6473A-18509-0002F569FE06D694-FFA Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:19:36 -0400 The Poetry & Prose Pavilion is one of more than a dozen pavilions where 100+ writers and illustrators will discuss their work. New pavilions featuring "Cutting Edge" literature and State Poets Laureate have been added alongside pavilions on history and biography, mystery fiction, graphic novels, and more. Last year a record-breaking 150,000 book fans attended the festival. http://www.nea.gov/news/news11/NBF.html F8E56FC5-3D70-43A7-89BA-4CA7BA3A5603-65620-0001D852E224A815-FFA Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:15:52 -0400 Slack key guitar master Led Kaapana talks about making music the Hawaiian way. http://www.nea.gov/podweb/podCMS/podlist.php F2890CF0-9173-4DC7-8DA5-244323AC59EA-65620-0001D83A58BE1F74-FFA Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:14:29 -0400 NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman will visit Hamilton, Cincinnati, Columbus, and Cleveland, Ohio, September 16-20, 2011. In each city, Chairman Landesman will learn about the efforts to use the arts to create vibrant, livable communities. http://www.nea.gov/news/news11/Ohio-advisory.html D40BC677-8B80-49BB-89E5-1CE696DADDC1-27000-00005B215E5DDC75-FFA Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:52:30 -0400 "On behalf of the National Endowment for the Arts, it is with great sadness that I acknowledge the passing of Appalachian banjo picker, singer and 1987 NEA National Heritage Fellow Wade Mainer," said NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman. “Mainer embodied the qualities of excellence and commitment to artistic tradition that define the best of our nation's shared cultural heritage. http://www.nea.gov/news/news11/mainer.html 2C327CAF-378B-4B9D-918F-771F1DC60113-27000-00005B1C818B018D-FFA Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:49:29 -0400 "On behalf of the National Endowment for the Arts, it is with great sadness that I acknowledge the passing of Irish traditional musician and 2010 NEA National Heritage Fellow Mike Rafferty," said NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman. "Rafferty has devoted a lifetime to exploring, performing, and teaching traditional Irish music to students on both sides of the Atlantic." http://www.nea.gov/news/news11/rafferty.html D7B84A5D-8C35-4E2E-93E7-19C60F811935-27000-00005B0B4235E628-FFA Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:48:15 -0400 Two new vacancy announcements have been posted on the website: Information Technology Specialist http://www.nea.gov/about/Jobs/JobsMenu.html 642E89F1-3567-49A0-B727-F3E76310FD4C-21888-00025B5DB6ADB148-FFA Thu, 08 Sep 2011 09:40:28 -0400 On behalf of the National Endowment for the Arts, it is with great sadness that I acknowledge the passing of blues guitarist, singer, and 2002 NEA National Heritage Fellow David "Honeyboy" Edwards. Edwards is a monumental figure in the rich history of the Delta blues and we join many others in the blues community and beyond in mourning his death while celebrating his life and lasting legacy." http://www.nea.gov/news/news11/honeyboy.html C3D4B024-08F8-483A-8787-B7EBABC376F6-65675-0001C4B2B52837E5-FFA Tue, 06 Sep 2011 11:40:20 -0400 Free tickets for the September 23rd NEA National Heritage Fellows concert are now available online at strathmore.org or in person at the Music Center at Strathmore ticket office, 5301 Tuckerman Lane in Bethesda, Maryland, and the House of Musical Traditions, 7040 Carroll Avenue, Takoma Park, Maryland. http://www.nea.gov/news/news11/2011-NEA-Heritage-Concert-Announced.html E2F1DD2F-ECF2-4AD7-830C-631D04EB8983-65675-0001C4C49CE8A8F6-FFA Tue, 06 Sep 2011 11:41:48 -0400 NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman will visit Minneapolis on September 9, 2011 for a series of events and site visits. http://www.nea.gov/news/news11/Minneapolis-advisory.html D7E92CEB-C0F3-41CA-828B-E19D4717701B-21888-00025B300FEA3C65-FFA Thu, 08 Sep 2011 09:38:11 -0400 Co-Founder of the Vermont Performance Lab, Sara Coffey talks about creating spaces and community support for contemporary dance in rural Vermont. http://www.nea.gov/podweb/podCMS/podlist.php D8C0A41B-D905-4A81-ACE5-0C65C5625FDF-65675-0001C4A0947B7796-FFA Tue, 06 Sep 2011 11:39:20 -0400 This Labor Day weekend, more than 1,500 museums nationwide offered a final 'thank you' to military families through the Blue Star Museums program, which concluded on September 5. Blue Star Museums is a national partnership among Blue Star Families, the National Endowment for the Arts, and museums across the country that offers free admission to active duty military personnel and their families between Memorial Day and Labor Day. Leadership support has been provided by MetLife Foundation through Blue Star Families. http://www.nea.gov/news/news11/BSM-wrapup.html 59805D48-DFEC-4E91-A80B-3884145F97C1-65675-0001C493F652F6B6-FFA Tue, 06 Sep 2011 11:38:03 -0400 Co-founders of San Jose Taiko, Roy and PJ Hirabayashi talk about the importance of this traditional art in the Asian American community. http://www.nea.gov/podweb/podCMS/podlist.php 3C547EB0-1CF4-4E38-8721-DA818A107766-20171-00008C7EA1BC9FCA-FFA Fri, 26 Aug 2011 12:04:50 -0400 Through fellowships to published translators, the Arts Endowment supports projects for the translation of specific works of prose, poetry, or drama from other languages into English. Grants are for $12,500 or $25,000. Award amounts are determined by the NEA. http://www.nea.gov/grants/apply/LitTranslation/index.html 2D6A8EA2-5561-4E10-BB0F-033608954CAF-20171-000038C9CA8C4A62-FFA Fri, 26 Aug 2011 10:37:47 -0400 New nomination guidelines for the NEA National Heritage Fellowships have been posted. These fellowships are the nation's highest award in the folk & traditional arts. http://www.nea.gov/honors/heritage/nomination.html 6FD54E93-E999-4726-8061-ECA0168F59D2-21451-00003B937350D47F-FFA Fri, 19 Aug 2011 11:13:09 -0400 Innovative director Nic Muni talks about the challenges and rewards of producing opera. http://www.nea.gov/podweb/podCMS/podlist.php 617605D1-A966-443F-A034-AD04663A30B2-21451-00003B8642A5C891-FFA Fri, 19 Aug 2011 11:09:44 -0400 David Seidler talks about his film, The King's Speech, and his own struggle with stuttering. http://www.nea.gov/podweb/podCMS/podlist.php 051AF869-6B2D-4AD1-9F3D-63A37928F990-47142-000092EA256D9185-FFA Sat, 13 Aug 2011 12:59:34 -0400 In the weeks Art Works podcast jazz writer Gary Giddins talks about the incomparable Louis Armstrong. http://www.nea.gov/podweb/podCMS/podlist.php F4146C38-1ED1-433E-8DE6-337C484543A6-47142-000092E7D07DB108-FFA Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:05:07 -0400 The 2011 v2 issue of the NEA Arts Magazine is now available on the website. The "Arre You Ready for the Country" issue focuses on exemplary arts projects in rural areas of the U.S. http://www.arts.gov/about/NEARTS/2011_v2/index.html F7CFDA7E-4494-4AF1-898E-8444AC88672E-20065-0000483046A364B1-FFA Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:15:55 -0400 The new Our Town section of the website includes the "Our Town Communities" map linking to project descriptions, videos and podcasts on creative placemaking, and links to related Art Works blog posts. http://www.arts.gov/national/ourtown/index.php 7F1651FF-1A7C-4949-A9F6-56E6EAAD2F27-20065-000048319117CA6D-FFA Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:16:01 -0400 The NEA's Office of Research & Analysis has announced the availability of grants to conduct research into the value and impact of the U.S. arts sector on the nation, whether on individuals or communities http://www.nea.gov/news/news11/Research-Art-Works.html DB0FC5DA-C524-4CA1-8C05-AF2E2907A846-20065-00004830B1770A98-FFA Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:15:57 -0400 Nonprofit arts organizations are invited to attend two webcasts about funding opportunities through the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities http://www.nea.gov/news/news11/HUD.html 04C4593E-3B92-4FE6-A0A1-9CB3959F75C2-20065-000048311CBFAC17-FFA Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:15:59 -0400 Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation have announced a new public-private partnership in support of Southern Exposure: Performing Arts of Latin America ('Southern Exposure') http://www.nea.gov/news/news11/Southern-Exposure.html D2636197-4386-4632-9992-78D0C4DD509B-20065-00004832A0E709FB-FFA Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:16:05 -0400 National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Rocco Landesman today announced the latest round of NEA funding for Fiscal Year 2011 totaling more than $88 million awarded through 1,145 grants to not-for-profit national, regional, state, and local organizations nationwide. http://www.nea.gov/news/news11/grant-announcement-may.html 4C7F49DE-4DD1-4E18-B33F-F13EB68D89E9-51731-00008788916C6EAE-FFA Wed, 18 May 2011 11:20:07 -0400 The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) today announced that 36 nonprofit, professional theater companies in 21 states plus the District of Columbia will receive grants of $25,000 each to participate in Shakespeare for a New Generation. http://www.nea.gov/news/news11/shakespeare-announcement-may.html A6FFDA5D-FCDD-48DE-B46D-7467A3820F27-51731-0000872C1D7AD262-FFA Wed, 18 May 2011 11:19:02 -0400 NEA Chairman's prepared statement on the NEA's FY 12 budget request before the House of Representatives Appropriation Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies. http://www.nea.gov/news/news11/congressional-testimony-May2011.html 63C3599E-9F65-42F6-9640-FB510EA583D7-23690-000154B4B6C7BE99-FFA Fri, 13 May 2011 16:45:05 -0400 Howard Shalwitz talks about the theater company’s production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Bruce Norris, Clybourne Park. http://www.nea.gov/podweb/podCMS/podlist.php 92D97CEB-67E1-4CCB-BAF3-44D2156AD4D2-23690-000154900FCE47C8-FFA Fri, 13 May 2011 16:42:28 -0400 Twenty-one arts journalists from 13 states have been chosen to participate as fellows in USC Annenberg's seventh National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Arts Journalism Institute in Theater and Musical Theater. http://arts.gov/news/news11/AJI-USC-2011-participants.html 40ED6E2A-F5EC-49B1-8885-01F9E8AB86FB-85813-0000EDE3C553DC13-FFA Thu, 05 May 2011 18:50:04 -0400 The great jazz writer Gary Giddins talks about the great jazz legend Duke Ellington. http://www.nea.gov/podweb/podCMS/podlist.php 1B618C62-C899-4DFD-B944-0D856D6593C3-85813-0000EDB1ABFF34FB-FFA Thu, 05 May 2011 18:47:04 -0400 Time and Money: Using Federal Data to Measure the Value of Performing Arts Activities is a new research note from the National Endowment for the Arts that looks at the value of the arts in three ways: time spent on arts activities; organizational revenue and expenses; and direct consumer spending. A particular focus on performing arts data provides consistency across these three measurements. http://arts.gov/news/news11/TimeAndMoney.html E893DE86-DB80-4646-8596-4CAF0BEAC2B8-85813-0000EDD373A6C8F2-FFA Thu, 05 May 2011 18:48:54 -0400 Poet Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz talks about slam poetry and community. http://www.nea.gov/podweb/podCMS/podlist.php 3437D383-A48D-44CB-989B-54E36CFDF520-85813-0000EDA6A6F0096B-FFA Thu, 05 May 2011 18:46:15 -0400 From a competitive field of more than 365,000 students nationwide, 16-year-old Youssef Biaz of Auburn, Alabama, received the title of 2011 Poetry Out Loud National Champion at the National Finals held in Washington, DC on Friday, April 29, 2011. http://www.nea.gov/news/news11/POL-champion.html B198B824-FFDF-414B-9E9A-AFF44D4AAA5A-11094-00024047D787A334-FFA Mon, 02 May 2011 18:04:01 -0400