$25 Million in Grants Support Art Projects Nationwide

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Children explore the Musical Instrument Museum's Experience Gallery, an interactive space where visitors are free to play many of the instruments displayed around the museum. Photo courtesy of the Musical Instrument Museum

National Endowment for the Arts Again Named One of the Best Places to Work

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NEA Chairman Jane Chu accepts a plaque from Max Stier, president & CEO of the Partnership for Public Service, recognizing the NEA as the number three best place to work in the federal government for small agencies.

Resources Available for Rural Communities Facing Design Challenges

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Residents view the preliminary MacIntyre Park master plan vision and student projects during a tailgate event for the 2016 Thomasville, Georgia CIRD Workshop. Photo by Angela Moreno-Long, Project for Public Spaces 

NEA Fellowships to Support Creative Writers and Literary Translators Total $1.2 Million

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View full infographic on NEA and literature here.

Four New Books Added to #NEABigRead Library

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Four new titles are being added to the NEA Big Read for 2018-19.

Update on National Endowment for the Arts Support for Arts and Cultural Communities Affected by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria

Statement on Hurricane Harvey

NEA Literature Fellows in Conversation at the 2017 National Book Festival

2017 National Book Festival Poster of Cartoon Books in a Crowd
2017 National Book Festival poster by illustrator Roz Chast.

National Endowment for the Arts to Convene Clinical Research Summit for Treatments of PTSD and TBI

Free Events Celebrate Our Nation’s Master Folk and Traditional Artists