National Council on the Arts Public Meeting, Friday, June 24, 2016
The National Council on the Arts meeting will include a presentation about the Michigan Council for the Arts’ MI Art Tours mobile app, featuring 1,171 art works and 72 curated tours.
2017 Recipients of Nation’s Highest Award in Jazz Announced
Clockwise from top right: Dee Dee Bridgewater (photo by Mark Higashino), Dick Hyman (photo by Bob Haggart Jr.), Dave Holland (photo by Ulli Gruber), Ira Gitler (photo by Frances McLaughlin-Gill), and Dr. Lonnie Smith (photo by Mathieu Bitton).
Free Admission at 2000+ Museums Nationwide for Military Families As Part of Seventh Year of Blue Star Museums
Finalists Announced in Pilot Songwriting Competition
Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge for High School Students
Final Contest for the Title of National Poetry Out Loud Champion on May 4, 2016
Texas State Champion Madison Heggins advances to the Poetry Out Loud National Finals in Washington, DC. Photo by James Kegley
Poetry Out Loud 2016 National Finals in Washington, DC, May 3-4, 2016
Cultural Agreements Announced in Havana, Cuba
All members of the U.S. delegation who went to Havana, Cuba on April 18, 2016. Photo Jocelyn Augustino
NEA Commits $100,000 for U.S./Cuban Artist Exchange Programs
Actor, singer John Lloyd Young with students from the Manuel Fernandez Roig School on April 19, 2016. Photo by Jocelyn Augustino
U.S. Government Cultural Mission to Cuba Announced
Street scene, Havana. Photo by Victoria Hutter.
America’s Next Poetry Out Loud Champion Named at National Finals, May 3-4, 2016, Webcast Live