Press Release Jul 12, 2023 NEA Announces the 2024 Recipients of NEA Jazz Masters Honors The National Endowment for the Arts today announced the 2024 recipients of NEA Jazz Masters Fellowships—Gary Bartz, Terence Blanchard, Amina Claudine Myers, and Willard Jenkins, recipient of the 2024 A.B. Spellman NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship for Jazz...
Press Release May 24, 2023 National Endowment for Arts Announces Second Round of Grants for FY 2023 The NEA is pleased to announce more than $103 million in recommended grants in the second major grant announcement of fiscal year 2023.
Press Release May 08, 2023 National Endowment for the Arts Statement on the Death of National Heritage Fellow Chris Strachwitz It is with great sadness that the National Endowment for the Arts acknowledges the death of record producer and label founder Chris Strachwitz, recipient of the first Bess Lomax Hawes National Heritage Fellowship in 2000.
Press Release Apr 17, 2023 National Endowment for the Arts Statement on the Death of NEA Jazz Master Ahmad Jamal It is with great sadness that the National Endowment for the Arts acknowledges the passing of pianist and composer Ahmad Jamal, recipient of a 1994 NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship, the nation’s highest honor in jazz.
Press Release Feb 28, 2023 National Endowment for the Arts Announces 2023 NEA National Heritage Fellows The NEA is pleased to announce this year’s NEA National Heritage Fellows, recipients of our nation’s highest honor in the folk and traditional arts.
Press Release Feb 22, 2023 2023 NEA Jazz Masters Honored at Free Events In honor of the 2023 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters—Regina Carter, Kenny Garrett, Louis Hayes, and Sue Mingus—the NEA is collaborating with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on a series of free events March 30-April 1 t...
Press Release Jan 10, 2023 National Endowment for the Arts Announces First Round of Fiscal Year 2023 Grants The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is pleased to announce the first round of recommended awards for fiscal year 2023, with more than $34 million in funding to support the arts nationwide.