Applications are now open for NEA grants to fund the arts in underserved communities
The National Endowment for the Arts' ArtsHERE initiative will support 95 regional cultural groups across the U.S.
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NEA announces 2024 Jazz Masters including Terence Blanchard and Gary Bartz
The National Endowment for the Arts has selected Terence Blanchard, Willard Jenkins, Amina Claudine Myers and Gary Bartz for the prestigious honor.
Here are the White House's picks to lead the National Arts and Humanities Endowments
The White House has announced its nominees for the next Chairs of the National Arts and Humanities Endowments. If confirmed, the NEH pick would become the first Native American to become chair.
NEA Announces 2021 National Heritage Fellowship Winners
This year's honorees include the Mexican-American band Los Lobos, the founder of the Irish-American musical group Cherish the Ladies, and Native American and Puerto Rican textile artists.
Reciting Poetry Earns South Dakota Teenager A National Prize
Rahele Megosha, a senior at Washington High School in Sioux Falls, won the 2021 Poetry Out Loud prize on Thursday. The award is given by the National Endowment for the Arts and The Poetry Foundation.
Government Arts Boost 'Does Not Come Close To Meeting The Demand,' Says NEA Head
Nearly a thousand arts organizations across the country are receiving funds from the CARES Act. But the National Endowment for the Arts says the $44 million in grants it announced today is not enough.
Academy of American Poets Receives $4.5 Million Grant
The grant, thought to be the largest-ever from a philanthropic institution for poetry, will enable the academy to fund its Poets Laureate Fellowship program for the next three years.
As Shutdown Crawls On, Artists And Nonprofits Fear For Their 'Fragile Industry'
The partial government shutdown hasn't just shuttered museums in Washington, D.C. Across the U.S., and even beyond its borders, artists and the groups supporting them are grappling with the fallout.
Poetry Is Making A Big Comeback In The U.S., Survey Results Reveal
The National Endowment for the Arts says that since its last survey period in 2012, the number of U.S. adults reading poetry had nearly doubled. And the agency says social media may be responsible.
Maine Asylum-Seeker Fights For His Right To Poetry
Allan Monga won Maine's Poetry Out Loud competition last month, but the NEA barred him from the national stage because of his immigration status. Now he's suing for his right to participate.