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NEA Arts Spotlight: Connecting Generations

November 13, 2019
One of the things that tends to separate [traditional arts] from fine arts is that they’re usually learned through observat ion and imitation and close one-on-one work with a master artist,” said Josh Chrysler, a folklorist with the Wyoming Arts Council , discussing the state’s apprenticeship...
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#TuesdayMotivation: Henry Winkler

November 12, 2019
"I live by two words: tenacity and gratitude." — Henry Winkler What two words best describe your creative practice? Let us know on the National Endowment for the Arts Facebook page .
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Art Talk with Literature Fellow Hugh Martin

November 8, 2019
It’s difficult to imagine finding poetry in makeshift latrines or tear gas basic training, but Hugh Martin has done it. A 2019 Literature Fellow , Martin transforms his sometimes putrid, sometimes traumatic, and frequently wrenching experiences serving in Iraq with the National Guard into searing...
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Taking Note: How Do We Read? Let’s Count the Ways

November 7, 2019
The corporate sponsors of a marketing study called “The Infinite Dial” describe it as “the longest-running survey of digital media consumer behavior in America.” The 2019 survey report , which Edison Research and Triton Digital released earlier this year, focuses largely on podcasting, social media...
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#WisdomWednesday: Migdalia Cruz, Playwright

November 6, 2019
"For me, finding your voice is about how you learn to address your own truth. And the more you know about yourself, the more you're able to write truthfully." — Migdalia Cruz Read our recent interview with playwright Migdalia Cruz here .
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NEA Arts Spotlight: What Light through Yonder Correctional Facility Window Breaks?

November 5, 2019
When Shakespeare was writing Romeo and Juliet , there was no way for him to know that in a few hundred years, his tragedy would become an educational resource and inspiration for millions of teachers and students, much less for youth in detention centers. Yet, that’s happening every year thanks to...
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Arts and the Military: A Creative Partnership

November 1, 2019
"At first glance, the arts and the military might seem to have very little in common. But in truth, the two disciplines have a long history together. From the Greek playwright Aeschylus who took the ancient Persian-Greek wars as his subject circa 472 BC, to Walt Whitman who not only wrote...
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#ThrowbackThursday: Halloween Edition

October 31, 2019
"I think the two things that make me happiest if I can sort of achieve them in a story is to make somebody laugh, or to make them feel kind of a sense of eeriness or maybe a chill. And in some ways I think the two sensations they run parallel with each other. In fact, sometimes I think that they’re...
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Art Talk with Minnesota Opera Chief Artistic Officer Priti Gandhi

October 30, 2019
Although Priti Gandhi performed as a full-time opera singer for almost 20 years, performing with companies such as the San Diego Opera, the Royal Opera House, and New York City Opera, there were certain roles for which she was not deemed an appropriate fit. “People looked at me and didn't have the...
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#TuesdayThought: Luis Alberto Urrea

October 29, 2019
"The concept of a literature of witness—of bearing witness—has embedded in it the need for action. One must not simply hide in the shadows and type; one must also stand in the light." — Luis Alberto Urrea Catch up on what's new with the National Endowment for the Arts Big Read here .

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