New Initiative from the National Endowment for the Arts Supports Increased Opportunities for Arts Participation

Wed, 11/15/2023 - 12:00

A new initiative from the National Endowment for the Arts announced today aims to expand access to arts participation in our country. A partnership with South Arts and in collaboration with the other five U.S. Regional Arts Organizations, ArtsHERE will provide non-matching grant support for organizations that have demonstrated a commitment to equity within their practices and programming. Grants will fund specific projects that will strengthen grantees’ capacity to sustain meaningful community engagement and increase arts participation for underserved groups/communities.

National Council on the Arts to Host Public Meeting on October 27, 2023

Mon, 10/23/2023 - 12:00

NEA Big Read Introduces New Theme “Where We Live”

Tue, 10/24/2023 - 12:00

Two women in wheelchairs talk to one another. A table with a stack of books is between them.

Applications are now open for grants to support NEA Big Read projects between September 2024 and June 2025. An initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in partnership with Arts Midwest, the NEA Big Read supports community reading programs designed around a single NEA Big Read book.

NEA and White House Domestic Policy Council Host Convening on Whole-of-Government Approach to Arts and Culture

Fri, 10/20/2023 - 12:00

A group of people around a table look towards a person in the center speaking. Behind them is an American flag. — Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra addresses the participants in a convening to discuss the Biden-Harris Administration’s whole-of-government approach to arts and culture.

On Tuesday, October 17, 2023, in recognition of National Arts and Humanities Month, the White House Domestic Policy Council and National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) co-hosted a convening to discuss the Biden-Harris Administration’s whole-of-government approach to arts and culture.

New Data Reveal How Adults Participated in the Arts During COVID-19

Wed, 10/18/2023 - 12:00

People seated in a theater wearing masks — A masked audience watches a performance at the Lied Center for Performing Arts in Lincoln, Nebraska, in 2020. Photo courtesy of the Lied Center for Performing Arts at University of Nebraska.

New research reports from the National Endowment for the Arts examines the state of in-person and virtual arts participation during COVID-19.

Creative Forces: NEA Military Healing Arts Network Announces Award for Clinical Study of Music Therapy and Chronic Pain in U.S. Veterans

Wed, 09/27/2023 - 12:00

Free Events September 28-29 Celebrate NEA National Heritage Fellows

Wed, 09/13/2023 - 12:00

A collage of photos showing the nine 2023 NEA National Heritage Fellows — R.L. Boyce Photo credit Rustin Gudim; Ed Eugene Carriere Photo by Dale Croes; Michael A. Cummings Photo courtesy of artist; Joe DeLeon “Little Joe” Hernández Photo by Mark Del Castillo; Roen Hufford Photo credit credit Lynn Martin Graton; Elizabeth James-Perry Photo courtesy of Elizabeth James-Perry; Wu Man Photo by David Bazemore; Nick Spitzer Photo by Rusty Costanza, courtesy of Tulane University; Luis Tapia Photo © Jack Parsons Courtesy of Luis Tapia

Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge Returns for 2023

Thu, 09/07/2023 - 12:00

The Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge, an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the National Alliance for Musical Theatre, is now accepting submissions for the 2023-24 program, an opportunity for high school students to develop and showcase musical compositions that could be a part of a musical theater production.

Michelle Hoffmann Joins National Endowment for the Arts as Director of Arts Education

Thu, 08/31/2023 - 12:00

Michelle Hoffmann portrait — Photo by Alissa Randall

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is pleased to announce Michelle Hoffmann as the new director of Arts Education.

Ben Stone Joins National Endowment for the Arts as Director of Design and Creative Placemaking

Wed, 07/19/2023 - 12:00

Photo by Colin Murphy

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is pleased to announce Ben Stone as the new director of Design and Creative Placemaking. In this position, Stone will manage the NEA’s design and creative placemaking portfolio, including NEA initiatives the Mayors’ Institute on City Design, the Citizens’ Institute on Rural Design, and the Creative Placemaking Technical Assistance Program.

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