The NEA is pleased to announce more than $103 million in recommended grants in the second major grant announcement of fiscal year 2023.

Sreepadaarchana Munjuluri, a junior at Columbus North High School, representing Indiana Humanities, is the 2023 Poetry Out Loud® National Champion.

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...

After two years of virtual competitions, the Poetry Out Loud® National Finals are returning to Washington, DC, this Spring, May 9–10, 2023, and will be streamed live at Arts.gov/Poetry-Out-Loud.

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released data today that demonstrate the significant contribution of the arts and cultural industries to U.S. GDP in 2021 while also capturing the continued impact of...

The NEA is pleased to announce this year’s NEA National Heritage Fellows, recipients of our nation’s highest honor in the folk and traditional arts.

In honor of the 2023 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters—Regina Carter, Kenny Garrett, Louis Hayes, and Sue Mingus—the NEA is collaborating with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on a series of free events March 30-April 1 t...

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is pleased to announce the first round of recommended awards for fiscal year 2023, with more than $34 million in funding to support the arts nationwide.

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is pleased to announce that grant guidelines and application materials are now available for Challenge America and Grants for Arts Projects (GAP). These grants to organizations support specific projects in an...

Roots of American Culture: A Cross-Country Visit with Living Treasures of the Folk and Traditional Arts will premiere Thursday, November 17, 2022 at 8pm ET on arts.gov.

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is pleased to announce the 2023 recipients of the NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship—musicians Regina Carter, Kenny Garrett, and Louis Hayes, as well as Sue Mingus, recipient of the 2023 A.B. Spellman NEA Jazz Maste...

Announcing the 2022 NEA National Heritage Fellows

The National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation are pleased to share that Mia Ronn, a junior at the Archer School for Girls in Los Angeles, California, is the 2022 Poetry Out Loud™ National Champion.

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...

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 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...

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...

The National Endowment for the Arts will honor the 2022 NEA Jazz Masters—Stanley Clarke, Donald Harrison, Jr., Billy Hart, Cassandra Wilson—and kick off a year-long celebration of the 40th anniversary of the program with a concert on Thursday, March ...

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) today announced it has recommended American Rescue Plan (ARP) awards totaling $57,750,000 to 567 arts organizations to help the arts and cultural sector recover from the pandemic. The organizations may use th...

NEA announces first round of FY22 funding totaling over $33 million nationwide

The U.S. Senate today voted to confirm Dr. Maria Rosario Jackson as the 13th chair of the National Endowment for the Arts.

Join host, Jimmy Smits, for the film debut of The Culture of America, celebrating the 2021 NEA National Heritage Fellows. November 17, 2021 at 8pm ET on arts.gov.

The NEA in partnership with the American Theatre Wing announced the winners of the 2021 Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge.

In celebration of the vital roles that arts and humanities play in American society, the nation’s cultural agencies—IMLS, NEA, and NEH—have joined together to engage communities across the country for National Arts and Humanities Month 2021 - #NAHM21...