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Water Town: Rockland, Maine Paints a Mural with Alexis Iammarino

October 2, 2018
For over six years, community artist Alexis Iammarino has made engaging art in the small coastal town of Rockland, Maine. From vibrant murals all the way to a curatorial public history project about the origins of the American-style donut, her multidisciplinary artwork stands out because it’s...
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Deploying to Puerto Rico

July 24, 2018
Last fall, the world watched with sorrow as Hurricanes Maria, Irma, and Harvey devastated the southern United States and the Caribbean. To support arts and cultural communities affected by these...
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NEW! The 2018 National Endowment for the Arts Guide

January 26, 2018
Click the link to take a look at the 2018 NEA Guide for details on the programs and activities of the NEA, as well as funding deadlines and information on Grants for Organizations, Literature Fellowships, Lifetime Honors, and Partnerships.
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First Person: Jennifer Crandall on the documentary "Whitman, Alabama"

September 28, 2017
When we think of the poet Walt Whitman, we usually associate him with New York or Washington, DC. But Alabama? Not so much. But for filmmaker Jennifer Crandall, formerly a video journalist for the Washington Post , Whitman was exactly who she found herself thinking of as she fell in love with the...
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Rural and Proud

June 12, 2017
Green River, Utah, (population 952) is in the southeastern part of the state, 52 miles north of the mountain biking mecca of Moab and 182 miles from Salt Lake City...
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Making Music Together

June 12, 2017
Erie, located at the far northwest tip of Pennsylvania on the southern shore of Lake Erie, is the fourth-largest city in the state with a population of roughly 100,000. In...
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Preserving the Future in Texas

June 12, 2017
What makes a community vibrant? Is it its nightlife, restaurants, shops, or a proliferation of arts organizations and public art? While the answer to that question is all of the...
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Out of the Ballpark

June 12, 2017
Maine is known for many things: lobsters, stunning vistas, lots of snow, lots of moose, and as the birthplace of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and Stephen King, to name just a...
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Creative Approaches to Problem-Solving

June 12, 2017
Located in the state’s eastern Appalachian region, Hindman, Kentucky, has seen its share of hardship in recent decades. The collapse of the coal industry left behind rampant unemployment, and the...
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Building a Sense of Community

June 9, 2017
How do you run a museum in a blue-collar town?” asked Bruce Pepich, executive director of the Racine Art Museum (RAM) . Throughout his 43-year tenure with the museum, Pepich’s...

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