Blog Posts

We're speaking with violinist, singer, and songwriter Gaelynn Lea about the realities of being a disabled artist in the performing arts.

We're chatting with Afro-Dominican poet and novelist Elizabeth Acevedo about writing the Latinx experience and what it means to be a young woman navigating multiple communities and cultures.

For Jen Benka, poetry is her day job, evening job, and every other time of day job as well. We recently spoke with Benka about the Academy of American Poets, the pandemic, and her vision for the future of poetry.

NEA Dance Director Sara Nash spoke with Alice Sheppard and Laurel Lawson of Kinetic Light about disability aesthetics and culture in dance, and reimagining the arts world to better support and elevate artists with disabilities.

NEA White House Liaison and Senior Advisor to the Chief of Staff Jenn Chang shares with us why she thinks participating in the arts is important not just on an individual level but a national one.

Artist Harvey Pratt talks about envisioning the National Native America Veterans Memorial as a place for healing.

Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew talks about her work as a lighting designer and what it's like to be a woman of color in the field.

Poet and musician Cornelius Eady speaks with NEA Music and Opera Director Ann Meier Baker about the music of jazz poetry.