Press Releases

Every year, the month of June is celebrated as LGBTQ+ Pride Month throughout our nation. Pride is a community celebration of acceptance, identity, and belonging. Despite past and present obstacles, the LGBTQ+ community continues to provide an array o...

Twenty-six organizations nationwide to receive Creative Forces Community Engagement Grants in this inaugural round of funding

The National Endowment for the Arts and Blue Star Families are pleased to announce the museums across America that will be participating in the Blue Star Museums program this summer, from May 21, 2022—Armed Forces Day—to September 5, 2022—Labor Day.

For its second major grant announcement of fiscal year 2022, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is announcing more than $91 million in recommended grants to organizations in all 50 states and U.S. jurisdictions. Grants are in three NEA funding...

Every May, Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month is celebrated throughout our nation to highlight the impact made by Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islander (AA and NHPI) people on American life and cult...

Nine high school students from across the nation are vying for the title of 2022 Poetry Out Loud™ National Champion and the $20,000 prize as part of an annual poetry recitation competition from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the Poetry...

The National Endowment for the Arts is pleased to share the 2022 winners of Poetry Ourselves, a companion competition open to the Poetry Out Loud state and jurisdictional champions to highlight their original poetry.

On Yom HaShoah—Holocaust Remembrance Day—we reflect on the horrific tragedy of the Holocaust in which more than six million Jews were persecuted and killed along with millions of others with diverse political beliefs, sexual orientation, disabilities...

The National Endowment for the Arts and the American Theatre Wing are pleased to announce the final songs from the 2021 winners of the Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge will premiere on Saturday, April 23, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. ET iHeartRadio Broadw...

After participating in local and state competitions, one student from each of the 50 states, American Samoa, District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands—55 total—will compete in the Poetry Out Loud National Semifinals, webcas...

The Biden-Harris Administration today submitted to Congress the president’s budget for fiscal year 2023.

New data released today by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) provide insights into the impact on the arts and cultural sector by COVID-19. The Arts and Cultural Production Satellite Account (ACPSA) tr...