2017-18 NEA Big Read Guidelines Now Available

Thu, 10/13/2016 - 12:00

Pictures of book jackets for NEA Big Read books with text about application deadline.

National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu Participates in Repatriation Ceremony of Oglala Lakota Cultural Artifacts

Sat, 10/08/2016 - 12:00

Nation-to-Nation repatriation ceremony in Rapid City, South Dakota — On Saturday, October 8, 2016, Tawa Ducheneaux, Archivist, Oglala Lakota College; John Yellow Bird Steele, President, Oglala Sioux Tribe; Clifford Brown, Director, Folk & Traditional Arts, NEA; and Jane Chu, Chairman, NEA participated in a Nation-to-Nation repatriation ceremony in Rapid City, South Dakota. Photo Courtesy of Arlo Iron Cloud.

President Obama to Award National Medals of Arts

Wed, 09/14/2016 - 12:00

Medal of Arts — The National Medal of Arts, designed by Robert Graham, and awarded by the President of the United States to individuals or groups who are deserving of special recognition by reason of their outstanding contributions to the excellence, growth, support, and availability of the arts in the United States.

NEA Literature Fellows Presented at the 2016 National Book Festival

Wed, 09/07/2016 - 12:00

Festival poster with two people in a boat surrounded by books with birds flying above — 2016 National Book Festival poster by illustrator Yuko Shimizu

Master Artists Honored at Free Concert and Awards Ceremony

Wed, 08/31/2016 - 12:00

Photo collage of the 2016 NEA National Heritage Fellows — [Enlarge Image]

New Research Reveals National, State, and Regional Facts about Arts Participation

Tue, 08/30/2016 - 12:00

crowd of people sitting and watching evening music concert — From the 2008 Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston, South Carolina. Photo by Bill Murton.

NEA Announces 23 Fellowships to Support Literary Translation

Thu, 08/25/2016 - 12:00

image of a globe next to a stack of books

NEH and NEA Support New Higher Education Study on Integration of STEM with Arts and Humanities

Tue, 07/26/2016 - 12:00

High School Student Wins National Songwriting Challenge

Mon, 07/25/2016 - 12:00

an African American young man sits on a piano stool holding his acoustic guitar — Angel Rodriguez. Photo by NEA Staff

High School Students Compete for National Songwriting Champion Title

Tue, 07/19/2016 - 12:00

Image of Boy and Girl with Microphone and text #iwritesongs16

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