NEA Dance & Disability Field Scan: Listening Session

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The National Endowment for the Arts commissioned AEA Consulting to conduct a study of the dance and disability field in the United States. As part of this study, AEA Consulting is convening a virtual sector Listening Session with the practitioners in the field, and we invite you to join us.
06:00 pm ~ 07:00 pm

Creative Forces Announces Grants for Arts Engagement Projects to Support Military-Connected People

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Veterans learn traditional and experimental basket weaving techniques with VisArts teaching artists Tracy Haines and Patrick Carter at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond. The Visual Arts Center of Richmond will receive a 2024 Creative Forces Community Engagement grant. Photo courtesy of Visual Arts Center of Richmond

NEA Dance Applicant Office Hours, July 19

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Join the NEA Dance team for a virtual “office hour” style Zoom session. This will be an open question-and-answer session about submitting a Dance application to the FY25 Grants for Arts Projects (GAP) deadline in July 2024.
03:00 pm ~ 04:00 pm

Peer Review 101 for Arts and Culture Grants

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In this webinar, representatives from the Institute for Museums and Library Services, National Endowment for the Arts, and National Endowment for the Humanities will provide more information on what is involved in serving as a review panelist for their agencies and how to volunteer to be considered.
02:00 pm ~ 03:00 pm

A Beginner's Guide to Japanese Classical Dance

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2015 NEA National Heritage Fellow Gertrude Yukie Tsutsumi. Photo by Kenneth Photography
Celebrate #AANHPI Heritage Month with our primer to Japanese Classical Dance, inspired by 2015 NEA National Heritage Fellow Gertrude Yukie Tsutsumi.

Sneak Peek: Shanna Lin Podcast

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Shanna Lin: Paterson Music Project is an El Sistema-inspired program that started 11 years ago in Paterson, New Jersey, at the Community Charter School of Paterson. It is actually a social impact program. The whole idea is that through music education, students can really learn things like discipline and grit and teamwork, and how to build their community and how to support their peers in a musical setting, which should carry over to their everyday lives.

Readout of Federal Interagency Working Group on Arts, Health, and Civic Infrastructure Meeting 

On Thursday, May 16, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra participated in the second meeting of the Federal Interagency Working Group on Arts, Health, and Civic Infrastructure. Secretary Becerra and Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts Dr. Maria Rosario Jackson serve as Co-Chairs of the Working Group and provided remarks to open the meeting.

Healing, Bridging, Thriving: A Reflection by Krys Holmes of the Montana Arts Council

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Krys Holmes. Photo courtesy of Ms. Holmes

Montana Arts Council Executive Director Krys Holmes reflects on the power of the arts, particularly in rural communities.

The Artful Life Questionnaire: Reverend Irene Pak Lee (San Jose, CA)

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Reverend Irene Pak Lee. Photo courtesy of Rev. Pak Lee.

Silicon Valley-based Reverend Irene Pak Lee answers the Artful Life Questionnaire.

Announcing the Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge Winners

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The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) announced today the winners of the 2023-2024 Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge, an opportunity for high school students to develop and showcase musical compositions that could be a part of a musical theater production. The winning songwriters will come to New York City this June to work with mentors and refine their songs for a special concert on Monday, June 17, at 7pm ET, available to watch at arts.gov/songwriting and namt.org/challenge.
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