Creative Forces Announces Grants for Arts Engagement Projects to Support Military-Connected People

A small group of adults sit at a work table creating medium-sized baskets in an indoor studio setting with natural light.

Veterans learn traditional and experimental basket weaving techniques with VisArts teaching artists Tracy Haines and Patrick Carter at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond. The Visual Arts Center of Richmond will receive a 2024 Creative Forces Community Engagement grant. Photo courtesy of Visual Arts Center of Richmond

Readout of Federal Interagency Working Group on Arts, Health, and Civic Infrastructure Meeting 

On Thursday, May 16, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra participated in the second meeting of the Federal Interagency Working Group on Arts, Health, and Civic Infrastructure. Secretary Becerra and Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts Dr. Maria Rosario Jackson serve as Co-Chairs of the Working Group and provided remarks to open the meeting.

Announcing the Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge Winners

Text reading “Congratulations to the 2024 Winners!” next to the Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge Logo. Headshots of each winner with their name, song title, school, and school location
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT) announced today the winners of the 2023-2024 Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge, an opportunity for high school students to develop and showcase musical compositions that could be a part of a musical theater production. The winning songwriters will come to New York City this June to work with mentors and refine their songs for a special concert on Monday, June 17, at 7pm ET, available to watch at arts.gov/songwriting and namt.org/challenge.

National Endowment for Arts Announces Second Round of Grants for FY 2024

New NEA Grants. $110 Million to Organizations for Projects in All States and Jurisdictions. Photos clockwise from top left: Two Black men drum on a stage in front of a group of other drummers. Next, two men hold up papier-mâché animal heads in an art room. Next, two young Black women dance in red outfits on a stage outdoors. Last, a young woman and man paint on the asphalt of a street.

Photos from clockwise from top left: Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center's New Mainers on Stage, photo by Firdaws Hakizimana; Neomuralismos de Mexico alejibres workshop, photo by Aaron Johnson-Ortiz for Neomuralismos de Mexico; Detroit Excellence in Youth Arts (DEYA) Youth Stage at Detroit's Concert of Colors, photo courtesy of DEYA; Living Streets Alliance volunteers, photo by Ernesto Raul Aguilar

For its second major grant announcement of fiscal year 2024, the NEA is pleased to announce more than $110 million in recommended grants in all 50 states and U.S. jurisdictions.

Museums Nationwide Provide Free Admission to Military Families This Summer

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Military families engaged in art-making activities and explored the Dayton Art Institute during a Blue Star Museums event on May 31, 2023 to celebrate the launch of the free summer admission program. Photo credit: Carrs & Co Photography House

Blue Star Museums begins May 18 and provides free admission to military families again this summer

National Endowment for the Arts Premieres Tribute Film Series about National Heritage Fellows

Poster-style image showing the nine 2023 National Heritage Fellows and announcing tribute films for each. Text reads The Story of Our Heritage. Celebrate the extraordinary artists who shape America's cultural heritage

Photos by Hypothetical

The Story of Our Heritage: Celebrate the extraordinary artists who shape America's cultural heritage

Niveah Glover from Florida Named 2024 Poetry Out Loud National Champion

Niveah Glover, a young Black woman, holding her Poetry Out Loud National Champion trophy aloft

2024 Poetry Out Loud National Champion Niveah Glover of Florida. Photo by James Kegley

The NEA and the Poetry Foundation are pleased to share that Niveah Glover, a 12th-grade student at Douglas Anderson School of the Arts in Jacksonville, Florida, is the 2024 Poetry Out Loud® National Champion.

Final Contest for 2024 Poetry Out Loud Competition on May 2, 2024

Who will be this year's Poetry Out Loud National Champion? With photo of nine 2024 finalists

Photos of nine finalists by James Kegley

Out of a field of 55 state and jurisdictional champions, nine high school students are advancing to the 2024 Poetry Out Loud National Finals on May 2.

High School Students from Across Nation to Compete in Poetry Out Loud National Finals

Poetry Out Loud logo
The 2024 Poetry Out Loud® National Finals will be held in Washington, DC, May 1-2, bringing together high school students from across the nation to the capital for an exciting poetry recitation competition, where one student will win the title of national champion and a $20,000 prize.

New Updates on the 2024 NEA Jazz Masters Events

Collage of the 2024 NEA Jazz Masters
The National Endowment for the Arts and John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts are pleased to announce new details about the upcoming events in honor of the 2024 NEA Jazz Masters—Gary Bartz, Terence Blanchard, Willard Jenkins, and Amina Claudine Myers.
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