NEA

The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent federal agency that funds, promotes, and strengthens the creative capacity of our communities by providing all Americans with diverse opportunities for arts participation.

NEA Arts Magazine

NEA Arts No 3 2017 cover

Fostering and Supporting Access to the Arts

For many of us, we take it for granted that we can visit a museum on the weekends, purchase tickets to a performance, or register ourselves or our children for...

50th HIGHLIGHTS

United States of Arts
People from across the country share their stories about how the arts are important to them.

Milestones
Videos highlighting some of the important artists and organizations that the NEA has supported over the years, and the impact they have made on U.S. culture.

NEA Timeline
Highlights from the history of the NEA.

Audio & Video

Art Works Blog

A young man in prison garb holds up a brightly colored painting that he made

Through Painting, Incarcerated Youth Find Freedom

a headshot of the writer Sandra Gail Lambert

Art Talk with NEA Literature Fellow Sandra Gail Lambert

I feel responsible for speaking to the way things are and to envision a possibility for the future with ourselves in nit as we are and as we can be in positive ways... Merritt Johnson

Notable Quotable: Multimedia Artist Merritt Johnson on the Responsibility of the Artist

Partnerships

The NEA works with more than 20 other federal agencies, state and local governments, state and regional arts agencies, and private nonprofits on projects that provide opportunities for Americans to experience quality arts programming throughout the country.

Upcoming Events

Jan172018

Art Works Guidelines Workshop January 2018

Webinar

Jan242018

Webinar for Challenge America Applicants Interested in Applying to Art Works

Webinar