New content on the National Endowment for the Arts web site http://www.arts.gov/NEAFeed.xml en-us Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:50:50 -0500 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:50:09 -0500 FeedForAll Mac v2.1 (2.1.0.1); http://www.FeedForAll.com/ Rocco Landesman, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, announced today the Indiana Arts Commission is the recipient of the 2009 National Accessibility Leadership Award/grant for their outstanding accessibility work. Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, the award recognizes exceptional initiatives or programs that make the arts accessible and inclusive for older adults and individuals with disabilities. http://www.arts.gov/news/news09/accessibility-award.html E1D15D30-55E3-48F9-B1B9-A15286987115-2366-00022C54E109BE9D-FFA Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:50:09 -0500 On Friday, November 20, 2009, the Arts Endowment will present a live webcast of a forum about America's artists and other cultural workers who are part of this country's real economy. http://www.arts.gov 31CAEE29-5769-4A73-A1E6-2B730F460277-2366-00022C4577FFCD42-FFA Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:50:45 -0500 Video tributes and extended interviews with the five honorees and other opera luminaries provide an in-depth look at the careers and creative relationships of the 2009 NEA Opera Honorees John Adams, Frank Corsaro, Marilyn Horne, Lotfi Mansouri, and Julius Rudel. http://www.nea.gov/honors/opera/videoBios2009.html 5A1516A1-A6A4-4AC9-B45C-7B23BC89E55E-1574-0001469A6E4BACBF-FFA Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:43:28 -0500 The newest post on the Art Works blog features an "art works in Peoria" video made by local artists and arts supporters. http://www.arts.gov/artworks 17D2A0F4-1CEA-4C2C-8BA4-9CD9571407DD-926-00006B80976409A5-FFA Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:45:16 -0500 In observance of Veterans Day, the Arts Endowment has posted a half-hour audio documentary about Tim O’ÄôBrien's award-winning novel The Things They Carried. http://www.arts.gov/national/homecoming/Veterans-Day-2009.html F1D17365-D343-4872-842C-4763F9B0309B-1496-0001BFE53625C96D-FFA Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:08:33 -0500 The first of this week's Art Works posts on Chairman Rocco Landesman's trip to Peoria. http://www.arts.gov/artworks/ 9165B3F3-A36F-43AC-AD92-C92478429C23-1496-0001BE3613EE70EB-FFA Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:35:44 -0500 New post by NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman. http://www.arts.gov/artworks C2735ABA-F12D-4430-9AF4-55FEA404F24C-1997-00024216773D2127-FFA Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:51:44 -0400 See full statement http://www.arts.gov/news/news09/budget.html 5F5435BD-E83D-4857-9857-A223FADFFE47-1997-000242141E67823F-FFA Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:49:56 -0400 Last week, Rocco Landesman announced that he will visit Peoria, Illinois, at the invitation of Suzette Boulais, executive director of Arts Partners of Central Illinois, and Kathy Chitwood, executive director of the Eastlight Theatre, as the first stop on an "art works" tour across America. See the schedule of events for the November 6th visit. http://www.arts.gov/news/news09/peoria-schedule.html B7FE94E0-8127-47F2-A279-4434A7CC2B4A-1997-000241F0560319FD-FFA Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:47:23 -0400 To highlight Chairman Landesman's "Art works" theme, the NEA has launched the Art Works blog. The blog will feature speeches, interviews, audio, video, and reports from the announced Arts Works Tour. The blog is designed as a vehicle for learning about and sharing how "art works" in neighborhoods, towns, and cities across the country. http://www.arts.gov/artworks 321ED9D4-A524-46DD-9E2A-3C54AEAB2F04-364-000023CCBF3CF7B4-FFA Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:38:04 -0400 NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman addresses 2009 Grantmakers in the Arts conference and laid out the guiding principle that will inform his work at the agency: Art works. Chairman Landesman also announced that he will spend the next six months learning and highlighting the ways that art works in neighborhoods and towns across America. http://www.nea.gov/news/news09/arts-works-release-and-speech.html 951F0E6B-6569-4377-BABE-9A759A197850-364-0000237126DCAAA6-FFA Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:36:52 -0400 In the month of October, organizations and communities across the country will join the largest annual celebration of the arts and humanities in the nation, National Arts and Humanities Month. To recognize and celebrate the important role arts and culture play in our lives, the National Endowment for the Arts encourages citizens around the country to visit their local arts organizations. http://www.nea.gov/news/news09/arts-humanities-month.html 5DF2220E-BAF8-46C3-976F-DA22352C08BE-1871-0001447059899ED1-FFA Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:33:39 -0400 The NEA has redesigned its website homepage to include a dynamic features banner highlighting items in the site. Current highlights include Arts and Humanities Month, NEA ARTS Magazine, NEA National Heritage Fellowships, and a video conversation with novelist Ray Bradbury. http://www.arts.gov 369D03F1-EE0A-4736-98C6-71110A1D766C-1871-00014454688C40DF-FFA Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:32:08 -0400 The newest issue of the NEA’Äôs redesigned quarterly magazine includes feature articles, slideshows, and interviews focusing on the folk & traditional arts. http://www.arts.gov/about/NEARTS/indexNew.html AAB5BD9C-AED4-44B9-9E0F-4AAA23BDEF26-823-0000A1687F07E740-FFA Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:46:04 -0400 In-depth interviews have been added to the profiles of the 2009 NEA National Heritage Fellows. Conducted over this past summer, these conversations explore the work and lives of these remarkable artists. http://www.arts.gov/honors/heritage/fellows/NHFIntro.php?year=2009 610EA01D-2DE1-4152-9E3A-99149FCF7691-823-0000A17716155020-FFA Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:47:07 -0400 The National Endowment for the Arts hosted a Poetry and Prose Pavilion at the National Book Festival, featuring readings and book signings by 11 writers from across the nation, including award-winning novelists Marilynne Robinson and Tim O'Brien and U.S. Poet Laureate Kay Ryan. http://www.nea.gov/features/nbf/index.html BE76273A-5354-4A93-9A86-A2FC23D6BC27-835-0000A199127A81FE-FFA Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:49:33 -0400 The National Endowment for the Arts NEA will host a Poetry and Prose Pavilion from 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the National Book Festival in Washington, DC, on September 26, 2009. The pavilion features readings and book signings by 11 writers from across the nation, including award-winning novelists Marilynne Robinson and Tim O'Brien and U.S. Poet Laureate Kay Ryan. http://www.nea.gov/news/news09/poetry-and-prose-pavillion.html 235AB5FA-ADFC-4055-A5E5-8A009F513D04-1918-00019C42F255F072-FFA Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:33:57 -0400 Statement clarifying the issues concerning an August conference call in which an NEA employee participated. http://www.nea.gov/news/news09/statement.html 38635E14-A728-477D-94BC-D6268A36838D-1918-00019C6B0A1FF72E-FFA Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:36:49 -0400 Eleven master artists from around the country, representing eleven distinct folk and traditional arts, will be honored in Washington, D.C. the week of September 21st for events celebrating their receipt of a 2009 National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. The fellowship is the highest form of federal recognition of the folk and traditional arts. http://www.nea.gov/news/news09/2009-NEA-Heritage-Fellows-Celebrations.html E4632453-8B9E-4B1F-9FCD-2B5E7D486BE7-4658-0004ACC9A45E56A1-FFA Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:25:46 -0400 The Arts Endowment will award 16 literature fellowships totaling $275,000 to support projects by literary translators to translate works written in other languages into English. http://www.arts.gov/news/news09/translation.html D454DEFD-A4A7-4765-894E-EAA363D071F6-689-0000949582A99B8B-FFA Fri, 21 Aug 2009 08:21:43 -0400 NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman began his tenure as Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts on August 11. Please see his video greeting to the American public. http://www.arts.gov 7AB50123-CACB-4D63-90F3-72F0E66F88DE-2325-00022E9B213FB070-FFA Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:54:50 -0400 Rocco Landesman, nominated by President Barack Obama as the tenth chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate. http://www.arts.gov/news/news09/landesman-confirmation.html 6E6A1F75-B2A8-488E-A69A-E70DC109216B-446-00000247B405D53E-FFA Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:00:03 -0400 Application guidelines for Literature Fellowships: Translation Projects are now available. This category supports published translators for the translation of specific works of prose, poetry, or drama from other languages into English. http://www.art.gov/grants/apply/LitTranslation/index.html 2DC4AA82-F998-4DB1-A6D7-D48096918592-988-00009E05154C91D0-FFA Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:01:18 -0400 The August NEA Spotlight features articles are now available. The NEA Spotlight highlights NEA-supported projects. http://www.arts.gov/features/index.php?choosemonth=2009_08 13579301-2EB2-4482-BC6E-B82A8F0B4E9D-629-0000479E56181A59-FFA Thu, 06 Aug 2009 08:34:31 -0400 For the second year, the National Endowment for the Arts will bring outstanding jazz musicians, writers, producers, and scholars to communities across the nation through NEA Jazz Masters Live. http://www.arts.gov/news/news09/jazz-masters-live.html E153140B-BE3B-40E8-83C6-B9C4B5C90846-2820-0003173C4A60FFF3-FFA Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:17:28 -0400 On July 22-24, 2009 the National Endowment for the Arts will convene the National Summit on Careers in the Arts for People with Disabilities at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC. http://www.arts.gov/news/news09/Disability-summit.html AE38A098-D1E4-4F57-9CAD-6E95A4763C61-1239-00013EB227673A49-FFA Mon, 13 Jul 2009 13:30:53 -0400 The National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) announced today the roster of literary, performing, visual, design, and culinary artists selected to represent Los Angeles and the United States at the 2009 Guadalajara International Book Fair (Feria Internacional del Libro de Guadalajara or FIL Guadalajara). http://www.nea.gov/news/news09/guadalajara.html 41733694-5A7A-4153-B6EA-C01577C59AE5-1644-00013DFC9F3E7D66-FFA Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:22:34 -0400 The NEA has announced that 269 nonprofits, including arts, culture, and science organizations, libraries, and municipalities will receive grants totaling $3,742,765 to host Big Read celebrations between September 2009 and June 2010. The Big Read brings communities together to read, discuss, and celebrate one of 30 selections from U.S. and world literature. http://www.nea.gov/news/news09/big-read-grants-2009-2010.html 955B1696-A4C3-4FD2-81C8-3C50D2894DC7-1644-00013DEB8B1D71FD-FFA Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:21:20 -0400 Arts Participation 2008: Highlights from a National Survey features top findings from the 2008 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, the nation's largest and most representative periodic study of adult participation in arts events and activities, conducted by the NEA in partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau. Five times since 1982, the survey has asked U.S. adults 18 and older about their patterns of arts participation over a 12-month period. The 2008 survey reveals dwindling audiences for many art forms, but it also captures new data on Internet use and other forms of arts participation. http://www.arts.gov/news/news09/SPPA-highlights.html 456B0C6C-9F87-4651-B4E5-66C28490BA97-318-00000B9FBFCC6D2E-FFA Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:16:14 -0400 The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) today announced the recipients of the 2010 NEA Jazz Masters Award -- the nation's highest honor in this distinctly American music. http://www.nea.gov/news/news09/2010-NEA-Jazz-Masters.html DC0792BC-B7FE-40F9-8E68-885C99F67AB2-665-000085A75231AEC2-FFA Thu, 21 May 2009 11:29:29 -0400 Eleven fellowships, which include a one-time award of $25,000 each, are presented to honorees from eight states and Puerto Rico. NEA National Heritage Fellowship Recipients http://www.arts.gov/news/news09/2009-NEA-Heritage-Fellows-Announced.html C0985CBD-FCFC-4943-89C2-9F77D5B89B1B-1151-00000FABEEC9038F-FFA Thu, 14 May 2009 19:10:47 -0400 Grants are available to support the development, production, and national distribution of radio and television programs on the arts. http://www.nea.gov/grants/apply/RadioTV/index.html 841FE9CA-8AD9-4BE5-81E0-7A16EC9021DB-1240-00017A68E3DFB92E-FFA Mon, 11 May 2009 13:36:24 -0400 Details of the Fiscal Year 2010 budget request for the National Endowment for the Arts were submitted to Congress as part of President Obama's FY 2010 budget. The President's budget requests $161.3 million for the agency, an increase of $6.3 million or 4 percent over the NEA's FY 2009 budget of $155 million. http://www.nea.gov/news/news09/2010-nea-budget-request.html B8664F5A-BDCB-4434-9A71-1E55684DFF98-500-000041B50684EE81-FFA Thu, 07 May 2009 14:06:04 -0400 The National Endowment for the Arts today announced that Copper Canyon Press, an internationally renowned nonprofit literary publisher, will be the U.S. publisher for its International Literary Exchange with the People's Republic of China. http://www.nea.gov/news/news09/china-anthology.html 72B6DBAE-23A5-4D90-B4F9-A42140F77FFE-500-000041A45A091600-FFA Thu, 07 May 2009 14:04:52 -0400 The National Endowment for the Arts has announced its second round of funding for fiscal year 2009 in the categories of Access to Artistic Excellence, Learning in the Arts, Arts on Radio and Television, American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius, and Partnership Agreements (State and Regional). In this round of funding, the Arts Endowment will distribute $83,477,100 to support 1,076 projects by nonprofit national, regional, state, and local organizations nationwide. http://www.nea.gov/news/news09/Announce4-09.html 34610973-5878-4855-82D6-2DC2297DF524-817-00001343E5756330-FFA Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:50:26 -0400 Backed by a cheering section of his family and friends, 18-year-old William Farley of Arlington, Virginia captivated both judges and audience with his poetry recitations to gain the title of 2009 Poetry Out Loud National Champion. http://www.nea.gov/news/news09/polwinner2009.html 5B85632B-F366-4EF5-B575-4AF2ECC18F8C-1747-00018BA5C2B8F556-FFA Wed, 29 Apr 2009 17:45:56 -0400 At the end of the competition yesterday, twelve finalists have been selected to compete in tonights finals. http://www.arts.gov/national/poetry/2009-finalists.html 35149E2B-7BAE-49A7-81D4-293069F5B0FB-1747-00011821918503E0-FFA Tue, 28 Apr 2009 06:29:05 -0400 Composer John Adams, stage director and librettist Frank Corsaro, mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne, general director Lotfi Mansouri, and conductor Julius Rudel are the 2009 NEA Opera Honors recipients. http://www.nea.gov/news/news09/2009-opera-honorees.html 2E4C673A-BEBE-4C95-A52B-01A63FBD9F14-1025-0000CB7BC0D151FC-FFA Mon, 27 Apr 2009 07:04:30 -0400 37 nonprofit, professional theater companies will receive grants of $25,000 each to participate in Shakespeare for a New Generation from June 1, 2009-May 31, 2010. http://www.nea.gov/news/news09/shakespeare-for-a-new-generation.html 5B69120B-C95A-4427-9DBB-2D99BB4351D7-646-000032E75ABD9650-FFA Sat, 25 Apr 2009 08:28:27 -0400 One-time required report http://www.nea.gov/recovery/nea-recovery-plans-reports.html 650CDEBF-82B4-4547-B0B2-920D7E5A5C32-2020-0000AD0160CFD6A5-FFA Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:28:14 -0400 Update onAmerican Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 http://www.nea.gov/recovery/nea-recovery-plans-reports.html 5C1AFFC7-FED0-48C0-AB04-5CDB6BE62906-2020-0000ACE8317251C0-FFA Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:26:26 -0400 The National Endowment for the Arts today announced $19.8 million in one-time grants under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) to the state arts agencies and regional arts organizations to support the arts sector of the economy. Potential recipients include organizations in the performing, visual, and literary arts. http://www.nea.gov/news/news09/nea-announces-first-recovery-grants.html 953823D4-861F-4D6D-88AD-4B52FC3FCB35-1535-000059C8B6F41B64-FFA Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:30:06 -0400 American University (AU), National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the U.S. Department of State announced today that applications are being accepted for the inaugural NEA International Arts Journalism Institute in Visual Arts, to take place June 12-26, 2009. Applications for American journalists are due April 17, 2009. http://www.nea.gov/national/aji/press/aji_va.html D0AC7511-AD7E-4884-A2D1-0521FCD2604E-946-000091F3F99CF734-FFA Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:48:48 -0400 The National Council on the Arts, the advisory body of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), will meet in a public session on Friday, March 27, 2009, in Room M-09 of The Nancy Hanks Center, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. http://www.arts.gov/news/news09/NCA166.html 6E9437FF-CFCB-48D8-B89B-BE6B0AFA0DFE-2709-0002748CFCE11D0B-FFA Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:59:14 -0400 At the end of National Poetry Month, 53 high school students will walk on stage to face their peers armed only with the poems they have memorized and made their own. One will walk away with the title of Poetry Out Loud National Champion and a $20,000 award, the culmination of the fourth annual Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest. http://www.arts.gov/news/news09/poetry-out-loud-2009-finals.html DC1B8026-D307-4261-846F-94C2FC6E6FC3-2709-0002747E22FA6BD4-FFA Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:58:10 -0400 The NEA Education Leaders Institutes bring together state teams to discuss a shared arts education challenge, and create strategies to strengthen their state's arts education policies. http://www.arts.gov/news/news09/nea-announces-education-leaders-institutes.html BDB3FB7A-F42A-4416-8A52-06445113ADBE-1280-0000E76B519AE766-FFA Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:02:39 -0400 National Endowment for the Arts and the American Dance Festival have announced that the festival is seeking applicants for the 2009 NEA Arts Journalism Institute for Dance Criticism for professional print, online, radio, and television journalists. With support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the program offers journalists immersion in one of the world's premiere modern dance festivals, held on the campus of Duke University from June 20 to July 11, 2009. http://www.arts.gov/news/news09/AJI-ADF-2009.html E7315396-1FA5-493A-B7FF-D013E15B8595-1280-0000E75DF7B96D85-FFA Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:01:42 -0400 The Arts Endowment has announced the availability of grant guidelines for The Arts and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Public Law 111-5 ("Recovery Act"). This opportunity was created in response to passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which includes $50 million to assist the nonprofit arts sector through funding to the National Endowment for the Arts. The new program will fund projects that focus on the preservation of jobs in the arts. http://www.nea.gov/news/news09/nea-announces-recovery-programs.html 90EF1C05-11D0-499E-A16F-B4F2CDD01DD5-1243-0000AE6B2F5E6CB5-FFA Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:52:33 -0500 Unemployment rates are up among working artists and the artist workforce has contracted, according to new research from the National Endowment for the Arts. Artists in a Year of Recession: Impact on Jobs in 2008 examines how the economic slowdown has affected the nation's working artists. http://www.nea.gov/news/news09/artist-unemployment-rates.html 9006C6B9-948F-4B28-A079-5FC0EED8C802-1243-0000AE498B2DDE25-FFA Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:50:08 -0500 New Tom Pich portraits of the NEA National Heritage Fellows have been added to the site. This remarkable gallery now includes 125 portraits. http://www.nea.gov/honors/heritage/gallery/pich_82-89.html 8922D91D-E7EA-4D89-8C63-2BCFB0B88E00-1243-0000AE26FF01C1FC-FFA Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:47:40 -0500 The 2007 NEA Annual Report is now available. The 2007 Annual Report presents profiles of some of the outstanding grants awarded in Fiscal Year 2006. This year, we profiled two organizations from every state that have received support from the National Endowment for the Arts, including photos and descriptions of their projects. http://www.nea.gov/about/07Annual/index.php 79164BCF-34E3-4FBA-9B9B-196A01A8335C-1243-0000ADEFC0CCCC54-FFA Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:53:30 -0500 NEA Spotlight features highlight NEA-supported artists and organizations. http://www.nea.gov/features/index.php?choosemonth=2009_03 D2C0B84E-677B-496D-A89D-61BC848A3F28-1243-0000ADD8F366F7FF-FFA Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:42:05 -0500 NEA ARTS is the 16-page newsletter of the National Endowment for the Arts, published five times a year. Each issue includes recent information on the NEA's national initiatives, sponsored programs, awards and grants. http://www.arts.gov/about/NEARTS/index.php?issue=2008_v5 C2FC9412-1A89-47A7-84CA-76ADC5326E87-852-00007EAA376078E6-FFA Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:44:41 -0500 Articles highlighting NEA-supported projects. http://www.nea.gov/features/index.php?choosemonth=2009_02 0B71F550-BAB4-4ECE-B057-98AB3D854130-852-00007E5023212C13-FFA Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:38:14 -0500 The Arts Endowment has announced the appointment of Patrice Walker Powell as the agency's acting chairman. In addition, Anita Decker was appointed by the White House as NEA director of government affairs effective February 4 http://www.nea.gov/news/news09/nea-acting-chairman.html 870101BB-D177-41E7-BEBC-AE809D03DE92-2612-000231C02F7697F3-FFA Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:49:54 -0500 Fellowships in prose (fiction and creative nonfiction) or poetry are available to published creative writers. Fellowships enable recipients to set aside time for writing, research, travel, and general career advancement. http://www.nea.gov/grants/apply/Lit/index.html 38D26488-832C-49DE-9AA7-85B82F956BDC-2612-000231B98224E0A4-FFA Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:35:51 -0500 The National Arts Endowment for the primary funding opportunities for organizations can be found here http://www.nea.gov/grants/apply/index.html 6A1B2235-69B4-4B75-B4E4-32780ACE32D5-1554-000144F6969D78CA-FFA Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:17:09 -0500 An information press release on the role of the arts and culture industry in economic stimulus. http://www.nea.gov/news/news09/arts-and-economic-stimulus.html DC92BCB9-1F30-4192-AFDC-0796F0354BE9-1554-0001451A1A663C4D-FFA Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:19:42 -0500 For the first time in more than 25 years, American adults are reading more literature, according to a new study by the National Endowment for the Arts. Reading on the Rise documents a definitive increase in rates and numbers of American adults who read literature. http://www.nea.gov/news/news09/ReadingonRise.html 6E5552A8-A6AB-4D0C-A672-12DAD672B4AD-632-00000D8716C68A08-FFA Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:12:36 -0500 To give greater visibility to the NEA's audio and video productions, and Audio & Video section has been added to the web site. http://www.arts.gov 929B16B8-2314-4689-A06D-5ADDB3DB36AC-2277-00035A817624DDA7-FFA Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:27:36 -0500 The Save America's Treasures grant program has announced $10.52 million in awards. The Save America's Treasures program is dedicated to preserving, conserving and rescuing our nation's most significant cultural and heritage resources. http://www.arts.gov/news/news08/SAT.html 96FEFF52-9F84-4F89-A363-23EE6FEB3B79-2277-00035A75D901E0EB-FFA Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:26:16 -0500 The Arts Endowment has announced more than $23 million in new grants in the Access to Artistic Excellence, Challenge America Fast Track, Creativity & Aging in America, and Literature Fellowships categories. http://www.arts.gov/news/news08/Announce12-08.html 44514EF9-C78E-11DD-8FB6-0011243AB5D2-983-00000697C044D1C1-FFA Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:16:13 -0500 The December "NEA Spotlight" articles are available. The NEA Spotlight highlights NEA-funded artists and organizations. http://www.arts.gov/features/index.php?choosemonth=2008_12 8948666C-C78E-11DD-8FB6-0011243AB5D2-983-00000698A6265C8B-FFA Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:18:09 -0500 Photos from the 2008 National Heritage Fellowships celebration in October are now posted. http://www.arts.gov/honors/heritage/gallery4/concert.html E5CAA5E3-C78E-11DD-8FB6-0011243AB5D2-983-00000699DA822A6E-FFA Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:20:44 -0500 Photos from the inaugural NEA Opera Honors launch, luncheon and concert are now available in the NEA Opera Honors section. http://www.nea.gov/honors/opera/gallery/2008Concert.html C8496FDA-C78E-11DD-8FB6-0011243AB5D2-983-0000069978291AB0-FFA Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:19:55 -0500 New portraits of NEA Jazz Masters and photos from the 2009 Awards ceremony have been added to the NEA Jazz Masters "Gallery" section. http://www.arts.gov/national/jazz/index.html 2B0CFE02-C78F-11DD-8FB6-0011243AB5D2-983-0000069AC15E893B-FFA Thu, 11 Dec 2008 09:22:40 -0500 A new National Endowment for the Arts research note shows that women are making gains in traditionally male artist occupations, but still earn less than male artists. Women Artists: 1990-2005 takes a closer look at female artist employment trends that were previously mentioned in the May 2008 NEA report Artists in the Workforce: 1990-2005. http://www.arts.gov/news/news08/WomenArtists.html {13a4b977-b698-36ff-6ac5-cf8061767c1a} Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:45:41 GMT Photo gallery of the 2008 National Heritage Fellowships awards ceremony and concert. http://www.nea.gov/honors/heritage/gallery4/concert.html {a9c36040-bed8-e754-f6a0-8c6636f721d8} Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:44:35 GMT President George W. Bush today announced the recipients of the 2008 National Medal of Arts. Nine medals were presented by the President and Mrs. Laura Bush in an East Room ceremony at the White House http://www.nea.gov/news/news08/Medals.html {a0685c8a-5ba8-c01-5523-ffc58d2f7d84} Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:49:15 GMT Young people from communities across the U.S., China, Egypt and Mexico who engage in after-school arts and humanities programs that promote educational achievement and productive lives were honored by Mrs. Laura Bush at a ceremony for the 2008 Coming Up Taller Awards in the East Room of the White House on Friday, November 14. http://www.nea.gov/news/news08/ComingUpTaller.html {e871fb08-fc2e-4f50-7379-1b3cd1545bb} Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:48:30 GMT To celebrate the inaugural NEA Opera Honors class, the NEA commsisioned these short films. Each honoree is highlighted in a video tribute, an extended interview, and a conversation with a fellow opera luminary. http://www.arts.gov/honors/opera/videoBios.html {961e9caf-f412-d603-2039-8dd567bb3ed} Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:29:09 GMT Conductor JoAnn Falletta and country songwriter and singer Lee Greenwood have been confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve on the National Council on the Arts, the advisory body of the National Endowment for the Arts. The confirmation follows their nomination by President George W. Bush to serve on this advisory body to the Arts Endowment. http://www.arts.gov/news/news08/Council-members.html {70877c7-d0f-46f5-ca38-a04c2cc8e8e5} Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:24:49 GMT The National Council on the Arts, the advisory body of the National Endowment for the Arts, will meet in a public session on Friday, October 31 in Room M-09 of The Nancy Hanks Center, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. http://www.arts.gov/news/news08/Council10-08.html {f5575590-857f-373e-59a3-ac8c095c364} Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:44:56 GMT The NEA has announced the first seven selections for the NEA New Play Development Program. The two NEA Outstanding New American Play selections will receive $90,000 each to support advanced development activities, culminating in a full production of each play. The five NEA Distinguished New Play Development Projects will receive $20,000 each to support early development activities for a new play. http://www.arts.gov/news/news08/NPDP2.html {ea396e6a-3ee0-847-63f5-e69024dcb791} Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:44:06 GMT Columbia University's Graduate Journalism School has announced that 23 critics, editors, reporters, and producers have been chosen to participate as fellows in the fifth annual NEA Arts Journalism Institute in Classical Music and Opera. http://www.arts.gov/news/news08/AJIColumbia.html {596eab49-84bb-9802-1bf9-24ce42201e13} Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:12:49 GMT Interviews with the six 2009 NEA Jazz Masters have been added to the site. http://www.arts.gov/national/jazz/jazz09/index.html {3d4e8f47-2842-650-e895-be34a29e01f} Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:16:21 GMT The National Endowment for the Arts will recognize the recipients of the first individual NEA honorific in more than a quarter century: the NEA Opera Honors, created to celebrate the art and artists of opera in America. The inaugural event will take place on Friday, October 31 at 8 p.m. in the Sidney Harman Hall of the Harman Center for the Arts, Washington, DC. http://www.arts.gov/news/news08/OperaHonors2.html {a01633d8-475b-575a-cca8-df154a84727f} Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:07:47 GMT The NEA is partnering with the Library of Congress and Wake Forest University Press to host an evening of readings by poets Chris Agee and Sinead Morrissey on Thursday, October 2, 2008. The reading celebrates the release of the anthology The New North: Contemporary Poetry from Northern Ireland. http://www.arts.gov/news/news08/newnorth.html {e5194f16-c7fd-b381-38f6-8f0d4c9bb} Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:25:26 GMT The NEA announced the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs as the recipient of the 2008 National Accessibility Leadership Award/grant for their outstanding accessibility work. http://www.arts.gov/news/news08/accessibilityaward.html {177092cc-d082-3460-dab8-aeb3a147ad08} Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:24:29 GMT A quick photo tour from David Kipen's recent visit to the South. http://www.arts.gov/bigreadblog/ {a1278647-bf4e-e8b6-be44-ae0b75083785} Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:54:09 GMT Interviews with this year's NEA National Heritage Fellows have been posted. The NEA National Heritage Fellowship is the nation's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts. http://www.arts.gov/honors/heritage/fellows/NHFIntro.php?year=2008 {5e6f21dd-49ff-c733-20f8-56e6860c1c3d} Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:52:46 GMT NEA Chairman Dana Gioia will visit El Paso, Texas, on September 19 to help launch The Big Read Mexico at a gala kickoff hosted by the El Paso Public Library and the city's Museums and Cultural Affairs Department. Big Read Mexico is the newest international component of the NEA's national reading program The Big Read. http://www.arts.gov/news/news08/ElPaso.html {fc17bbee-748c-c482-7caa-812053193510} Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:50:55 GMT