National Endowment for the Arts Announces Newest Recipients of Nation’s Highest Honor in Jazz

Wed, 07/11/2018 - 12:00

four headshots of NEA Jazz Masters — 2019 NEA Jazz Masters Bob Dorough (photo by Garth Woods), Abdullah Ibrahim (photo by Marina Umari), Maria Schneider (photo by Jimmy and Dena Katz), and Stanley Crouch (photo by Frank Stewart, courtesy of Jazz at Lincoln Center).

National Endowment for the Arts Announces 2018 National Heritage Fellows

Wed, 06/20/2018 - 12:00

Headshots of nine individuals with next saying 2018 National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowships — Photo credits clockwise from top left: Barbara Lynn (photo by Keisha Sims), Feryal Abbasi-Ghnaim (photo by Jen Dougherty), Manuel Cuevas (photo by Yuri Figueroa), Ethel Raim (photo by Mauricio Bayona, Center for Traditional Music and Dance), Ofelia Esparza (photo courtesy of Craft in America, photo by Mark Markley), Marion Coleman (photo by Nyls Jongewaard), Don and Cindy Roy (photo by Molly Haley), Eddie Bond (photo by Susi Lawson Photography), Kelly Church (photo by Richard Church, Ottawa and Pottawatomi). Enlarge image

Photo credits clockwise from top left: Barbara Lynn (photo by Keisha Sims), Feryal Abbasi-Ghnaim (photo by Jen Dougherty), Manuel Cuevas (photo by Yuri Figueroa), Ethel Raim (photo by Mauricio Bayona, Center for Traditional Music and Dance), Ofelia Esparza (photo courtesy of Craft in America, photo by Mark Markley), Marion Coleman (photo by Nyls Jongewaard), Don and Cindy Roy (photo by Molly Haley), Eddie Bond (photo by Susi Lawson Photography), Kelly Church (photo by Richard Church, Ottawa and Pottawatomi). Enlarge image

National Endowment for the Arts Announces 2018-2019 NEA Big Read Grants

Tue, 06/05/2018 - 12:00

A woman sits behind a table shaking hands with a woman across the table who is talking to her. — Author Edwidge Danticat signs books at the kick-off program for Ferguson Library's NEA Big Read program in 2017. Photo by Susan LaPerla, the Ferguson Library

National Endowment for the Arts Selects Sara C. Nash as New Director of Dance

Wed, 05/30/2018 - 12:00

A woman with red hair stands against a white wall. — Photo by Jeffrey Filiault

Free Admission to Museums Nationwide for Military This 2018 Summer

Wed, 05/16/2018 - 12:00

Photos of military families at museums

National Endowment for the Arts Selects Jen Hughes as Director of Design and Creative Placemaking

Thu, 05/03/2018 - 12:00

A woman in a gray dress stands outside with greenery behind her. — Jen Hughes

Final Contest for the Title of 2018 National Poetry Out Loud Champion on April 25, 2018

Wed, 04/25/2018 - 12:00

Students from Across the Country Compete in Poetry Out Loud National Finals

Mon, 04/23/2018 - 12:00

Free Events Celebrate Masters in Jazz

Thu, 03/08/2018 - 12:00

Collage of photos of the 2018 NEA Jazz Masters: Dianne Reeves, Todd Barkan, Joanne Brackeen, Pat Metheny — 2018 NEA Jazz Masters: Dianne Reeves (photo by Jerris Madison), Todd Barkan (photo by John Abbott), Joanne Brackeen (photo by Carol Friedman), and Pat Metheny (photo by John Peden).

Statement from National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu

Mon, 02/12/2018 - 12:00

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