Press Release May 28, 2021 Rahele Megosha from South Dakota Named 2021 Poetry Out Loud National Champion Congratulations to Rahele Megosha from South Dakota, who was named the 2021 Poetry Out Loud National Champion during the May 27 national finals. Kendall Grimes from Tennessee, was announced as the second-place winner, and Soojin Park from Alabama, ca...
Press Release May 12, 2021 National Endowment for Arts Announces Second Round of Grants for FY 2021 For its second major grant announcement of fiscal year 2021, the National Endowment for the Arts announces more than $88 million in recommended grants to organizations in all 50 states and jurisdictions.
Press Release Apr 08, 2021 Poetry Out Loud National Finals Broadcast May 2 and 27, 2021 at Arts.gov This May, 55 finalists—one from each state, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa—will advance to compete in the Poetry Out Loud national finals, which will be available through a webcast at arts.gov...
Press Release Feb 04, 2021 National Endowment for the Arts Supports the Arts with over $27.5 Million in Awards in First Round of FY2021 Funding The National Endowment for the Arts is pleased to announce the first round of recommended awards for fiscal year 2021 totaling $27,562,040. Supported projects span 14 artistic disciplines in communities throughout the United States. Also included in ...
Press Release Oct 14, 2020 NEA Big Read Grant Opportunity The National Endowment for the Arts, in collaboration with Arts Midwest, announced today that guidelines are now available for nonprofit organizations interested in applying for a grant to hold an NEA Big Read project between September 2021 and June ...
Press Release Sep 18, 2020 National Endowment for the Arts to Support 20th National Book Festival, September 25-27, 2020 As the Library of Congress celebrates the 20th National Book Festival, held online September 25-27, the National Endowment for the Arts will once again sponsor the Poetry & Prose Stage, featuring United States Poets Laureate, NEA Literature Fellows, ...
Press Release Aug 10, 2020 National Endowment for the Arts Honors Centennial of Women’s Right to Vote with New Book Creativity and Persistence: Art that Fueled the Fight for Women’s Suffrage features 117 images and explores how poetry, song, editorial cartoons, posters, and postcards helped rally support for the suffrage movement and gave women new tools to make t...
Press Release Jul 01, 2020 National Endowment for the Arts Approves Arts Organizations for CARES Act Funding The National Endowment for the Arts announces the nonprofit arts organizations recommended for direct funding through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.
Press Release Jul 01, 2020 National Endowment for the Arts Statement on Rudolfo Anaya It is with great sadness that the National Endowment for the Arts acknowledges the death of author Rudolfo Anaya, recipient of a 2001 National Medal of Arts.
Press Release Jun 16, 2020 National Endowment for the Arts Funds 84 NEA Big Read Projects Nationwide Each year, the National Endowment for the Arts Big Read initiative brings communities together around the shared activity of reading and discussing a book. Today, the Arts Endowment is announcing funding for 84 organizations to lead NEA Big Read proj...
Press Release Apr 09, 2020 National Endowment for the Arts Announces CARES Act Funding to Support Arts Jobs and Help Sustain Arts Organizations The National Endowment for the Arts announced today its guidelines to swiftly distribute funding to nonprofit arts organizations from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to preserve jobs and help support organizations force...
Press Release Mar 27, 2020 National Endowment for the Arts to Distribute $75 million in Relief Aid to Arts Organizations in Need
Press Release Mar 17, 2020 During Economic Highs and Lows, the Arts Are Key Segment of U.S. Economy According to the latest data issued today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the National Endowment for the Arts, the arts remain a vital component of the U.S. economy.