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Arts Corps teaching artists work with students during the 2018 Arts Liberation and Leadership Institute (ALLI). ALLI is a paid 10-week teen leadership intensive where 25 youth are trained in artistry, social justice, and organizing. Photo by Amy Piñon

Still image from Blackout (2017), a volumetric film and roomscale VR installation produced by Scatter, one of the case studies in the new NEA publication Tech as Art: Supporting Artists Who Use Technology as a Creative Medium. Image courtesy of Scatter

StageOne Family Theatre’s production of Lawbreakers!, one of the grants awarded by the Arts Endowment in celebration of the women’s suffrage centennial. Photo courtesy of StageOne Family Theatre

The musical group Black Violin also performed for Avanti High School students as part of the school’s partnership with the Washington Center for the Performing Arts. Photo by Colin Brennan

Filipino Folktales & Fables by Alvin Chan, which had its world premiere at Honolulu Theatre for Youth in 2018, is a celebration of the many rich cultural traditions of the Philippines. (Front l-r) Sean-Joseph Choo, Christian Quinto, and Matthew Mazzella. (Back) Maki'ilei Ishihara and Junior Tesoro. Image courtesy of Honolulu Theatre for Youth 

2017 NEA Jazz Master Dee Dee Bridgewater performing with the SFJAZZ High School All Stars Big Band during the virtual 2021 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert. Image courtesy of Elephant Quilt

2020 National Heritage Fellow Naomi Diouf in the film celebrating the honorees, The Culture of America, available for viewing at arts.gov/honors/heritage. Photo courtesy of Hypothetical Films

Ariel Texidó and Soraya Padrao in GALA Hispanic Theatre’s production of El perro del hortelano, supported by the National Endowment for the Arts. Photo by Daniel Martinez

Alice Sheppard and Laurel Lawson perform in Kinetic Light's dance work Descent. Photo by Jay Newman/BRITT Festival