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

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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

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Photo by Jeffrey Filiault

Free Admission to Museums Nationwide for Military This 2018 Summer

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

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Jen Hughes

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

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

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Free Events Celebrate Masters in Jazz

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

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$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.