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National Endowment for the Arts Announces 2019 NEA National Heritage Fellows

June 18, 2019
Washington, DC —Today the National Endowment for the Arts announced the 2019 NEA National Heritage Fellows, recipients of the nation’s highest honor in the folk and traditional arts. The 2019 recipients are masters of a wide range of folk and traditional art forms: Tejano...
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Michigan Governor Welcomes National Endowment for the Arts

June 13, 2019
Washington, DC —The National Council on the Arts , the advisory body for the National Endowment for the Arts, will gather in and around Detroit, Michigan, for their summer meeting, June 19 to 21, 2019—only the second meeting convened outside of Washington, DC in the past 29...
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National Endowment for the Arts Announces $1 Million in Grants to Support Community Reading Programs Nationwide

June 12, 2019
Washington, DC —Through support from the National Endowment for the Arts, 78 organizations across the nation will have the opportunity to come together through the joy of sharing a good book. The latest NEA Big Read grants total more than $1 million and will support community...
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Author of NEA Big Read title Borne

Meet Jeff VanderMeer whose sci-fi, fantasy, post-apocalyptic novel Borne is a new NEA Big Read title.

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