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The Art of Memory: An Art Talk with Carlos Rolón

September 25, 2018
For Chicago-born and raised artist Carlos Rolón , also known as Dzine, becoming an artist wasn't a single "Aha!" moment but rather a series of moments that, strung together, stirred his curiosity and illuminated his path. There was, for example, the poster from the Art Institute of Chicago—possibly...
quote by Maya Lin

#TuesdayThought: Maya Lin

September 11, 2018
"If any art form, anything, gets us to take a moment's pause and look at something afresh, that's got to be a good thing." — Maya Lin ICYMI, we spoke with Maya Lin for our NEA Arts magazine issue on Innovation. Read her story here .
A colorful mural on a building wall in Philadelphia

Mural Arts Philadelphia: Empowering Communities through Art

July 6, 2018
From the first hospital established in 1732 to the first meeting of the U.S. Congress in 1789 to the first zoo opened in 1847, Philadelphia has long been a city of national firsts. According to a 2007 New York Magazine article, the City of Brotherly Love was also the birthplace of modern graffiti,...
NEA Arts No 2 2018 cover

NEW NEA Arts! Community Art: A Look at Public Art in America

June 27, 2018
When most people think about public art, they think of a mural on a wall or a building, or perhaps a large sculpture in a park. While murals and sculptures are certainly public art, they are far from the only ways that public art can be expressed. Perhaps a better term for public art would be...
A brightly colored mural on a Philadelphia city wall

Mural Arts Philadelphia

June 21, 2018
From the first hospital established in 1732 to the first meeting of the U.S. Congress in 1789 to the first zoo opened in 1847, Philadelphia has long been a city...
cropped photo of US flag painting by Jasper Johns

Life According to Jasper Johns

June 14, 2018
Perhaps no American artist is more associated with the U.S. flag than Pop Art icon Jasper Johns . Painter, sculptor, and printmaker, Johns used the flag as well as other American symbols as a springboard for his colorful meditations on what it means to be an American. In honor of Flag Day, here’s...
designed version of quote by Dennis Osadebe

Notable Quotable: Visual Artist Dennis Osadebe

June 6, 2018
"I would love my work to leave you feeling like you can be a better version of yourself because art is what your own possibilities are as a human being, it is about your own excitement, your own potential, and what you can become." -- Dennis Osadebe
Woman wearing a black suit with large red brooch standing next to a white sculpture.

#FlashbackFriday: Susan Fisher Sterling of National Museum of Women in the Arts on Recognizing and Promoting Women Artists

June 1, 2018
According to the 2017 report The Ongoing Gender Gap in Art Museum Directorships from the Association of Art Museum Directors, women lead nearly 50 percent of art museums in North America. It’s a heartening statistic at first glance, but one that Susan Fisher Sterling says belies the progress still...
Artist Jim Denomie working in the printmaking studio at Crow's Shadow

Grant Spotlight on Crow's Shadow Institute of the Arts

May 30, 2018
Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts (CSIA) was founded more than 25 years ago with the vision of helping creative people on the Confederate Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Pendleton, Oregon, move forward with their work by providing an infrastructure via professional development and...
an older African American man stands face to face with a very large size bronze sculpture of Abraham Lincoln

Art Talk with Sculptor Ed Hamilton

May 25, 2018
“Memorials need to address issues. [They] need to address honoring certain people, events, and they also need to tell you about a particular time period. Whether you like it or not, they should provoke a new way of thinking about a subject.” — Ed Hamilton Sculptor Ed Hamilton has been fascinated by...

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