Notable Quotable: 2025 NEA Jazz Master Marilyn Crispell

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Photo by Michael Patrick Kelly

2025 NEA Jazz Master Marilyn Crispell reflects on improvisation.

Addressing Substance Use Disorder with the Arts

Painting of a woman with text "When there's help, there's hope."

Indy Arts Council's "Recovery Starts with Us" Campaign. Original artwork by Scott Johnson

A look at how Indy Arts Council is combatting substance abuse with the help of the arts.

Five Ways of Looking at Inspiration with Photographer Muriel Hasbun 

Photo of woman wearing hat with images of branches over it.
¿Sólo una sombra?/ Only a Shadow? (Faiga), 1994, part of Muriel Hasbun’s Saints and Shadows series. PHOTO © MURIEL HASBUN
From the archives, photographer Muriel Hasbun offers thoughts on creative inspiration.

NEA Tech Check: Archival Producers Alliance

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(l-r) Jennifer Petrucelli, Rachel Antell, and Stephanie Jenkins of Archival Producers Alliance. Photo courtesy of APA

In this NEA Tech Check, learn what an archival producer does and the vital role they play in documentary filmmaking.

Shake It Up: The Benefits of Free-Form Dance May Rival Those of Other Forms of Movement

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A look at the data on why dancing is really good for our health.

2025 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert

More Information about the 2025 NEA Jazz Masters events
NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert at the Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theater (free but tickets are required) and available through a live webcast and radio broadcast
08:00 pm

Celebrate the 2025 NEA Jazz Masters April 24-26, 2025

Photos of the 2025 Jazz Masters arranged in a collage with purple, red, blue, and yellow rectangles around the photos. Text reads National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters

(clockwise from top left) Photo of Marshall Allen by Ronnie Boyd, photo of Marilyn Cripsell by Michael Patrick Kelly, photo of Chucho Valdés by InnerCat Music Group, photo of Gary Giddins by Herman Leonard, 

The National Endowment for the Arts, in collaboration with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, will honor the 2025 NEA Jazz Masters at a series of public events April 24-26, 2025, in Washington, DC, culminating in a tribute concert on Saturday, April 26.

Notable Quotable: Amanda Johnston of Torch Literary Arts 

“Our imaginations and creative storytelling are vital to shaping the world we live in and the worlds we dream of. The art we create on the page becomes part of the historical record of the times we live in.” – Amanda Johnston, Torch Literary Arts
A quote to ponder from Torch Literary Arts founder Amanda Johnston
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