National Endowment for the Arts

Policy makers, arts advocates, community leaders and artists attended "Healing, Bridging, Thriving," the first-ever White House summit on arts and culture in Washington, D.C.

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The arts span every facet of life – the White House just hosted a summit about it

7:58pm January 30, 2024

by Elizabeth Blair

To support President Biden's "whole-of-government approach to the arts," officials from different agencies, arts advocates and artists came together for a summit called "Healing, Bridging, Thriving."

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Applications are now open for NEA grants to fund the arts in underserved communities

5:01am November 16, 2023

by Chloe Veltman

The National Endowment for the Arts' ArtsHERE initiative will support 95 regional cultural groups across the U.S.

Terence Blanchard performs at the International Jazz Day Concert, New Orleans Tricentennial at the Orpheum Theater in 2018.

NEA announces 2024 Jazz Masters including Terence Blanchard and Gary Bartz

4:25pm July 12, 2023

by Neda Ulaby

The National Endowment for the Arts has selected Terence Blanchard, Willard Jenkins, Amina Claudine Myers and Gary Bartz for the prestigious honor.

Left: Shelly C. Lowe, nominee for the chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Right: Maria Rosario Jackson, nominee for the National Endowment for the Arts chair

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Here are the White House's picks to lead the National Arts and Humanities Endowments

5:09pm October 05, 2021

by Elizabeth Blair

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.

The Mexican-American band Los Lobos, newly named as National Heritage Fellows.

NEA Announces 2021 National Heritage Fellowship Winners

12:19pm June 15, 2021

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

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.

Rahele Megosha of South Dakota, the 2021 Poetry Out Loud national champion.

Reciting Poetry Earns South Dakota Teenager A National Prize

5:23pm May 28, 2021

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

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.

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Students examine artworks on display at the Heritage Center at Red Cloud.

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Government Arts Boost 'Does Not Come Close To Meeting The Demand,' Says NEA Head

12:11pm July 01, 2020

by Neda Ulaby

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.

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Academy of American Poets Receives $4.5 Million Grant

6:05pm January 30, 2020

by Elizabeth Blair

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.

A sign posted outside the National Zoo earlier this month declares its closure, along with the closure of all Smithsonian museums. They were all on the wish list for Jill Rorem, whose family plans were undone by the shutdown. But she's not alone: The shut

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As Shutdown Crawls On, Artists And Nonprofits Fear For Their 'Fragile Industry'

7:19pm January 09, 2019

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.

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Poetry Is Making A Big Comeback In The U.S., Survey Results Reveal

6:47pm June 08, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

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.