Resilient Entrepreneurs

The exterior of a one story building with a colorful mural painted on one side. There are tables and chairs situated under an overhang supported by raw wood columns. The sky is filled with soft pastel pinks, blues, and yellows in what looks to be either sunrise or sunset.

Evening photo of the Tuba City Entrepreneurship Hub from the south side. Photo by Racquel Black (Diné/Navajo)

In the heart of the Navajo and Hopi Nations, where the vast expanse of rugged terrain meets the sky, Change Labs, a Native-led nonprofit, is reshaping the landscape of entrepreneurship on tribal land in Shiprock, New Mexico, and Tuba City, Arizona—providing free work spaces that support the advancement of artists, vendors, and entrepreneurs within Native communities.

Building the Power of Arts and Culture

Woman wearing glasses standing in front of a banner.

NEA Chair Maria Rosario Jackson at the Healing, Bridging, Thriving summit in DC in January 2024. 

At their most powerful, arts and culture do not exist in a silo, separate from all other dimensions of our society. We are able to unleash their power when we position the arts in all facets of our daily lives, communities, towns, and cities. This includes the development of our built environment. Integrating design, creativity, artistic sensibility, and imagination helps to create physical infrastructure that can impact and nourish our sense of belonging and social well-being, which are critical components of thriving and healthy communities.

Celebrating the 2024 Library of Congress National Book Festival 

Library of Congress National Book Festival August 24, 2024 with asterisk, quotation and exclamation point graphic

Library of Congress National Book Festival 2024 graphic. Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress

As book lovers at the NEA, we are thrilled to support this year's festival, which kicks off on August 24, 2024. We created a playlist of our Art Works podcast interviews with a few of the authors that will be featured at the festival!

Sneak Peek at the Next Issue of American Artscape on Arts and the Built Environment

cover of American Artscape with photo of mural on walking trail and text that says Bridges to Possibilities: Arts and the Built Environment

Cover design by Kelli Rogowski

Take a sneak peek at the cover for our next issue of American Artscape, which will highlight the relationship between the arts and the built environment.

Bridges to Possibilities: Arts and the Built Environment

Year

2024

Issue Number

1

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This edition of American Artscape will delve into the intersection of arts and physical infrastructure, exploring the pivotal role artists and designers play in shaping inclusive and vibrant spaces. From the planning phase to design and implementation, this issue will spotlight how artists and arts organizations contribute to the development of spaces that resonate with community vision.

National Park Service and Partner Agencies Award $25.7 Million to Preserve Significant Historic Sites and Collections

Photo of the front of the main entrance to the St. Bartholomew’s Church on Park Avenue showing carved sculptures above the doors

The Stanford White Triple Portal is the main entrance to the St. Bartholomew’s Church on Park Avenue. The Triple Portal, boasting three sets of spectacular bas-relief cast bronze doors and carved stone iconographic sculpture by renowned artists of the early 20th century, was the defining feature for the design and construction of the new St. Bartholomew’s Church building in 1918, heralded by architect Bertram G. Goodhue as “perhaps the most beautiful thing of its kind in America.” Over time the building has experienced deterioration from pollution and age. The Save America's Treasures grant will focus on the preservation of the Cipollino marble columns, iconographic sculpture, the bronze doors and the limestone steps that comprise the Stanford White Triple Portal. The grantee is providing $2,957,505 of matching funds. Photo by Gil Gilbert for St. Bartholomew's Conservancy, Inc.

The National Park Service (NPS) today announced $25.7 million in Save America’s Treasures grants to fund 59 projects that will preserve nationally significant sites and historic collections in 26 states and the District of Columbia.

Celebrate the 2024 NEA National Heritage Fellows with Free Events in Washington, DC

National Endowment for the Arts 2024 National Heritage Fellows

Left-right (top): Bril Barrett, Photo by Maia Rosenfield; Fabian Debora, Photo by Eddie Ruvalcaba; Rosie Flores, Photo credit Leslie Campbell; Trimble Gilbert (Gwich'in), Photo credit Photo credit Alex Troutman of Channel Films; Todd Goings, Photo credit Kyle C. Goings for Carousel and Carvings, Inc. (bottom): Susan Hudson (Navajo/Diné), Photo courtesy of the artist; Pat Johnson, Photo by Lauren Adams Willette; June Kuramoto, Photo credit Jamie Itagaki; Sochietah Ung, Photo by Pat Jarrett Virginia Folklife Program; Zuni Olla Maidens, Photo courtesy NCTA Archives

This September in Washington, DC, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) will hold free events to celebrate ten extraordinary artists who shape America’s cultural heritage—the 2024 NEA National Heritage Fellows, recipients of our nation’s highest honor in the folk and traditional arts.

Healing, Bridging, Thriving: A Call to Curiosity

Omari Rush, a middle-aged Black man with short hair and glasses

Omari Rush. Photo by Doug Coombe

CultureSource Executive Director Omari Rush writes about the impact of the Healing, Bridging, Thriving convening on cross-sector partnerships.

NEA National Heritage Fellowships Awards Ceremony

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NEA Chair Maria Rosario Jackson, PhD and members of Congress will honor the 2024 NEA National Heritage Fellows at an awards ceremony, which will include a presentation of medals and short remarks by the recipients.

NEA National Heritage Fellowships Film Screening and Conversation

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The NEA will premiere ten short documentary films about the 2024 NEA National Heritage Fellows, followed by a conversation with the honorees.
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