Announcements

June 2017

people in horse drawn cart in front of low building

NEA Announces Grants to Support the Arts in Every U.S. State and Jurisdiction

June 14, 2017

Washington, DC —As the only funder in the country to support arts activities in all 50 states and five U.S. jurisdictions, the National Endowment for the Arts announces its second round of funding for FY 2017. This funding round includes partnerships with state, jurisdictional,...

National Endowment for the Arts Announces 2018 Class of NEA Jazz Masters

June 12, 2017

Washington, DC—Joanne Brackeen, Pat Metheny, Dianne Reeves, and Todd Barkan now join the ranks of the nation’s highest honor in jazz, the NEA Jazz Masters. The 2018 NEA Jazz Master recipients were announced this evening at a DC Jazz Festival concert at the John F. Kennedy Center...

National Endowment for the Arts' Statement on the Shakespeare in the Park by the Public Theater’s Production of "Julius Caesar"

June 11, 2017

The National Endowment for the Arts makes grants to nonprofit organizations for specific projects. In the past, the New York Shakespeare Festival has received project-based NEA grants to support performances of Shakespeare in the Park by the Public Theater. However, no NEA funds...

A group of people of diverse ages sit around a classroom discussing a book.

National Endowment for the Arts Announces 2017-2018 NEA Big Read Grants

June 8, 2017

Washington, DC —Today the National Endowment for the Arts announced seventy-five nonprofit organizations will receive grants totaling more than $1 million to host an NEA Big Read project between September 2017 and June 2018. An initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts...

May 2017

Blue Star Museums Offers Free Admission for Eighth Year

May 16, 2017

Washington, DC— NEA Chairman Jane Chu and Blue Star Families CEO Kathy Roth-Douquet announced the eighth annual launch of Blue Star Museums, a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and more than 2,000 museums...

Industrial Design is Key to Growth of Manufacturing Sector

May 2, 2017

Washington, DC — Another example of the arts positively impacting business is the growing recognition among manufacturers of the value of industrial design and design thinking. To advance design as an asset for improving manufactured products and processes, the National...

April 2017

Graphic with photos of the nine poetry out loud finalists

Final Contest for the Title of National Poetry Out Loud Champion on April 26, 2017

April 26, 2017

WHAT: Nine student finalists representing high schools from Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, and South Dakota match their skills in reciting classic and contemporary poetry in a contest for the title of 2017 Poetry Out Loud...

Latest Economic Data Tracks Arts and Cultural Jobs per State

April 19, 2017

Washington, DC—For the first time, state leaders will have authoritative federal data on arts and cultural employment and compensation in their state with the announcement of the latest findings from the Arts and Cultural Production Satellite Account (ACPSA). A collaboration of...

High School Students Compete for National Championship in Poetry Out Loud

April 6, 2017

Washington, DC —Since 2005, 3.3 million students from across the country have memorized some of the best poetry, sharing their interpretation of the work of poets such as Judith Ortiz Cofer, Walt Whitman, and Kevin Young through a dynamic recitation competition—National...

March 2017

New Investments in Healing Arts Program for the Military

March 28, 2017

Washington —The role of the arts in helping heal the signature wounds of our recent wars is significant and expanding. Through its national initiative Creative Forces: NEA Military Healing Arts Network , the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is adding four clinical sites to...

NEA

News