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Nebraska

Facts and Figures

In the past five years, the National Endowment for the Arts distributed $12,364,407 in federal funding, either directly or through state and regional partners, in Nebraska.

In the most recent information (2023) from the Arts and Cultural Production Satellite Account (ACPSA), which is produced jointly by the National Endowment for the Arts’ Office of Research & Analysis and the Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. Commerce Department, Nebraska...

  • Added 2.3 percent or $4.1 billion to the state economy from arts and cultural production
  • Employed 34,454 workers in the arts and cultural industries, with workers earning wages and benefits totaling $2.2 billion

Nearly 53 percent of Nebraska’s adults attended live music, theater, or dance performances, while more than 25 percent attended art exhibits, according to the 2022 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, conducted in partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau.

In addition to offering direct grants, the NEA supports national initiatives benefiting people across the country. Over the past five years:

The Blue Star Museums program provided free admission to thousands of active military personnel and their families at 45 participating museums in Nebraska.

More than 1,544 students from 86 high schools in Nebraska participated in Poetry Out Loud.

The NEA Big Read program generated community events focused on reading outstanding American literature and involving more than 2,161 adults and students in Nebraska.

The Shakespeare in American Communities program in Nebraska enabled schools to offer 3,408 children the opportunity to see live professional performances of Shakespeare, or to engage in educational programs


Nebraska Fact Sheet

On this page, find information on the arts and culture for the state of Nebraska, and how the National Endowment for the Arts has supported the arts in communities throughout the state. 

To find a list of grants awarded by the agency to Nebraska, go to our Recent Grant Search. 

State Highlights

a group of four students on a stage with festival banners behind them
Grant Spotlight: Louder than a Bomb Great Plains Youth Poetry Festival
Apr 30, 2019
Matt Mason, executive director of the Nebraska Writers Collective, launched the Louder than a Bomb: Great Plains Youth Poetry Festival with the goal of giving young people first-hand experience with what he described as "what poetry and creative writing and art can do for their lives."
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Marg Helgenberger in character as Regina Giddens on an early 1900s sofa wearing a red dress
Art Talk with Marg Helgenberger
Oct 12, 2016
Growing up in the small farming community of North Bend, Nebraska, Marg Helgenberger has gone on to a successful career in acting.
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Rufus White
2014
2014 National Heritage Fellow Rufus White is a tradition keeper and featured performer of traditional songs of the Umonhon (Omaha Tribe of Nebraska).
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State & Regional Contacts

Nebraska Arts Council 
1004 Farnam Street, Plaza Level
Omaha, NE 68102
402/595-2122
TT/Voice: 402/595-2122

Mid-America Arts Alliance (Regional Arts Organization)
2018 Baltimore Avenue
Kansas City, MO 64108
816/421-1388
info@maaa.org 

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