Nebraska
Facts and Figures
In the past five years, the National Endowment for the Arts distributed $11,002,374 in federal funding, either directly or through state and regional partners, in Nebraska.
In the most recent information (2021) 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 2.4 percent or $3.6 billion to the state economy from arts and cultural production
- Employed 30,052 workers in the arts and cultural industries, with workers earning wages and benefits totaling more than $2.1 billion
Nearly 57 percent of Nebraska’s adults attended live music, theater, or dance performances, while more than 18 percent attended art exhibits, according to the 2017 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:
An average of 1,640 students from 80 high schools in Nebraska participated in Poetry Out Loud annually.
In Nebraska, 31 museums participated in Blue Star Museums.
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. Below are highlights of just some of Arts Endowment grantees and artists working in Nebraska.
To find a list of grants awarded by the agency to Nebraska, go to our Recent Grant Search.
State Highlights
National Endowment for the Arts Grant Spotlight: Louder than a Bomb Great Plains Youth Poetry Festival
Art Talk with Marg Helgenberger
Being Small and Thinking Big

David Philip Mullins

Rufus White

Albert Fahlbusch
United States of Arts: Nebraska
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