Celebrate Jazz with the National Endowment for the Arts on April 4, 2016

Thu, 02/25/2016 - 12:00

Collage of the 2016 NEA National Heritage winners — Left to right: Archie Shepp (photo by Monette Berthommier), Gary Burton (photo by Bill Gallery), Wendy Oxenhorn (photo by Francesco Pini), and Pharoah Sanders (photo by Quentin Leboucher).

Arts and Cultural Production Contributed $704.2 Billion to the U.S. Economy in 2013

Tue, 02/16/2016 - 12:00

graphic illustrating arts contributions to GDP

NEA Releases Report on the Arts and Healthy Aging

Wed, 02/03/2016 - 12:00

Cover of a research report, an image of an older man on stage playing guitar.

Arts and early childhood development focus of new NEA research

Wed, 12/16/2015 - 12:00

Young children raise their hands above their heads as they take part in a dance class — The organization Creative Action works with students in Austin, Texas. Photo courtesy of Creative Action.

$27 Million Awarded for Arts Projects

Tue, 12/08/2015 - 12:00

dancer leaping in the air in the desert — Jason Garcia Ignacio in *Thirst*, a film made in the protected desert of Wadi Rum in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The NEA's Imagine Your Parks projects announced today also combine art and nature. Photo by Paul Gordon Emerson.

Creative Arts Therapy a Useful Tool for Military Patients

Thu, 11/12/2015 - 12:00

On left, painting of a grounded helicopter against an orange sky, to the right, a man in camouflage. — SGT Timothy Goodrich with his painting "Day 1 or Day 365" at the "Show of Strength" event at the Pentagon. SGT Goodrich has participated in NEA-supported creative art therapy at the Fort Belvoir Community Hospital Brain Wellness Center. Photo by Sally Gifford.

National Endowment for the Arts Announces New Additions to the Big Read library

Wed, 11/04/2015 - 12:00

book covers for Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones and In the Shadow of the Banyan by Vaddey Ratner — *Silver Sparrow* by Tayari Jones and *In the Shadow of the Banyan* by Vaddey Ratner will join the NEA Big Read library.

Recipients of Nation’s Highest Award in Jazz Announced

Thu, 10/22/2015 - 12:00

Left to right: Archie Shepp (photo by Monette Berthommier), Gary Burton (photo by Bill Gallery), Wendy Oxenhorn (photo by Francesco Pini), and Pharoah Sanders (photo by Quentin Leboucher).

NEA Selects Jax Deluca as New Director of Media Arts

Wed, 10/14/2015 - 12:00

picture of a young woman with brown hair — Photo by Kevin Kline

NEA Celebrates Folk and Traditional Arts at Free Concert

Tue, 08/25/2015 - 12:00

Headshots of the 2015 NEA National Heritage Fellows — Top row, left to right: Drink Small, Sidonka Wadina, Yary Livan, Rahim AlHaj, Gertrude Yukie Tsutsumi. Bottom row, left to right: Michael Alpert, Dolly Jacobs, Mary Lee Bendolph, Loretta Pettway, Lucy Mingo, and Dan Sheehy.

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