National Council on the Arts Public Meeting to Take Place on Capitol Hill, Thursday, March 28, 2019

A man performs on the violin in a classroom while students watch.
Joye in Aiken, an NEA grant recipient, brings Juilliard-trained artists into classrooms to teach and mentor area students in South Carolina. Photo by Brent Cline

First Lady of the United States Melania Trump and Second Lady of the United States Karen Pence to Serve as Honorary Co-Chairs of Blue Star Museums 2019

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National Endowment for the Arts Announces More than $27 Million in Grants Reaching All 50 States, DC, and Puerto Rico

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A National Endowment for the Arts Challenge America grant to Josephine Sculpture Park in Frankfort, Kentucky, will support a multidisciplinary arts festival. Photo by Kelly Morgan, courtesy of Josephine Sculpture Park

#NEABigRead Library Expands with Six New Additions

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Six new books will be added to the NEA Big Read.

Meeting of National Council on the Arts on October 26, 2018 in Washington, DC

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DC Youth Orchestra Program, photo by Erika Baker

National Endowment for the Arts Announces $325,000 in Grants for the Translation of World Literature into English

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National Endowment for the Arts Announces Free Events September 26 & 28, 2018 in Honor of National Heritage Fellows

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 Tom Pich), Ofelia Esparza (photo courtesy of Craft in America, photo by Mark Markley), Marion Coleman (photo by Tom Pich), Don and Cindy Roy (photo by Molly Haley), Eddie Bond (photo by Susi Lawson Photography), Kelly Church (photo by Richard Church, Ottawa and Pottawatomi).

National Endowment for the Arts Sponsors the 2018 National Book Festival Poetry and Prose Stage

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2018 National Book Festival poster by illustrator Gaby D'Alessandro

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

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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

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
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