Press Release Jul 12, 2023 NEA Announces the 2024 Recipients of NEA Jazz Masters Honors The National Endowment for the Arts today announced the 2024 recipients of NEA Jazz Masters Fellowships—Gary Bartz, Terence Blanchard, Amina Claudine Myers, and Willard Jenkins, recipient of the 2024 A.B. Spellman NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship for Jazz...
Press Release Jun 28, 2023 National Endowment for the Arts Funds 25 Rural Communities Through Citizens' Institute on Rural Design The National Endowment for the Arts is pleased to announce the 25 towns and tribal communities taking part in this year’s Citizens’ Institute on Rural Design™ (CIRD), continuing the agency’s longstanding commitment to rural America.
Press Release Jun 26, 2023 National Endowment for the Arts Statement on the Death of National Heritage Fellow Jesse McReynolds It is with great sadness that the NEA acknowledges the passing of 1997 NEA National Heritage Fellow Jesse McReynolds
Press Release Jun 16, 2023 National Endowment for the Arts Leaders Visit New Orleans June 21 – 23 The National Council on the Arts, the advisory body for the National Endowment for the Arts, will gather in New Orleans, Louisiana, for its summer meeting, June 21-23, 2023. While in New Orleans, the chair of the National Endowment for the Arts, Dr. ...
Press Release Jun 14, 2023 Announcing the 2023-2024 National Endowment for the Arts Big Read Communities The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), in partnership with Arts Midwest, is pleased to announce grants to 62 nonprofit organizations to hold NEA Big Read programming in 2023-2024.
Press Release Jun 06, 2023 National Endowment for the Arts Announces more than $760,000 in Creative Forces Community Engagement Grants The NEA is pleased to announce 34 Creative Forces® Community Engagement grant recipients totaling $764,783 that will expand the work of Creative Forces into more communities nationwide.
Press Release May 24, 2023 National Endowment for Arts Announces Second Round of Grants for FY 2023 The NEA is pleased to announce more than $103 million in recommended grants in the second major grant announcement of fiscal year 2023.
Press Release May 18, 2023 National Endowment for the Arts Statement on the Death of National Heritage Fellow Beatriz Llamas NEA Statement on the Death of 2019 NEA National Heritage Fellow Beatriz Llamas
Press Release May 11, 2023 Sreepadaarchana Munjuluri from Indiana Named 2023 Poetry Out Loud National Champion Sreepadaarchana Munjuluri, a junior at Columbus North High School, representing Indiana Humanities, is the 2023 Poetry Out Loud® National Champion.
Press Release May 10, 2023 Final Contest for 2023 Poetry Out Loud Competition on May 10, 2023 The 2023 Poetry Out Loud National Finals will take place on Wednesday, May 10. Nine high school students will match their skills in reciting classic and contemporary poetry in a contest for the title of 2023 Poetry Out Loud National Champion and a $2...
Press Release May 08, 2023 National Endowment for the Arts Statement on the Death of National Heritage Fellow Chris Strachwitz It is with great sadness that the National Endowment for the Arts acknowledges the death of record producer and label founder Chris Strachwitz, recipient of the first Bess Lomax Hawes National Heritage Fellowship in 2000.
Press Release May 04, 2023 Museums Nationwide Provide Free Admission to Military Families This Summer Blue Star Museums offer free admission to military families again this summer. Program begins May 20, 2023.
Press Release Apr 17, 2023 National Endowment for the Arts Statement on the Death of NEA Jazz Master Ahmad Jamal It is with great sadness that the National Endowment for the Arts acknowledges the passing of pianist and composer Ahmad Jamal, recipient of a 1994 NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship, the nation’s highest honor in jazz.