"[Y]ou just have to write the way that you write. If you try to force it, it isn't going to be your voice, it's not going to be your story." —Peng Shepherd As book lovers at the NEA, we’re thrilled to support this year's @National Book Festival, kicking off tomorrow! Head over to the blog for a playlist of our Art Works podcast interviews with a few of the authors that will be featured at the festival. https://lnkd.in/eRrXGGuE
National Endowment for the Arts
Government Administration
Washington, DC 33,720 followers
About us
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), established in Congress in 1965, is an independent federal agency that is the largest funder of the arts and arts education in communities nationwide and a catalyst of public and private support for the arts. By advancing equitable opportunities for arts participation and practice, the NEA fosters and sustains an environment in which the arts benefit everyone in the United States. The NEA’s primary activities include grantmaking to nonprofit arts organizations, public arts agencies and organizations, colleges and universities, federally recognized tribal communities or tribes, and individual writers and translators. Grant applications are reviewed by panels of arts experts and individuals from across the country. All grants must be matched one-to-one by nonfederal sources, except for individual grants to writers and translators. NEA funding is appropriated by Congress annually. While the NEA’s primary activity includes grantmaking, it also is a national leader in the field and a convener on issues important to the arts community and people working at the intersections of arts and other fields such as health, community development, and education, among others. The NEA is an important resource for research on the value and the importance of the arts, and shares that information with stakeholders and the public.
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http://arts.gov
External link for National Endowment for the Arts
- Industry
- Government Administration
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Washington, DC
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- Government Agency
- Founded
- 1965
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400 7th Street SW
Washington, DC 20506, US
Employees at National Endowment for the Arts
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Guiomar Ochoa
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Ben Stone
Director of Design and Creative Placemaking, National Endowment for the Arts
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Laura Zamarripa
Grants Management Specialist at National Endowment for the Arts
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Brandon Gryde
Director Presenting & Multidisciplinary Works and Artist Communities at National Endowment for the Arts
Updates
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"I make sure that my students understand that contextually, tap dance is now a language...and you can now use it to express, to resist." On this week’s Art Works podcast: We are revisiting our conversation with 2024 NEA Heritage Fellow Bril Barrett, as he discusses his early exposure to the arts and how his teaching philosophy—rooted in history, culture, and improvisation—continues to inspire the next generation of tap dancers. Listen to the full episode at: https://lnkd.in/eWgwnFqn
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“[Arts education] ignites a fresh passion for learning in students and teachers—building not only resiliency, but a creative spark that will follow and inspire them all through life.” —Stephanie Johnson Blomgren On the blog: We spoke with Stephanie Johnson Blomgren of Vashon Center for the Arts about the impact of the Vashon Artists in Schools program, her advice for teachers who want to implement the arts in their lessons, and the importance of community arts programming for everyone. Get the story at: https://lnkd.in/emucEXcu
Back to School Grant Spotlight: Vashon Center for the Arts
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“An artful life, for me, is one where our creativity allows us to maximize our acknowledgement of ourselves and each other.” On this week’s Art Works podcast: We are revisiting our conversation with Dr. David Fakunle, in which he shares how storytelling and the arts serve as powerful tools for healing and public health, transforming communities through creativity. Listen to the full episode at: https://lnkd.in/eJxJxuDT
Revisiting Dr. David Fakunle
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“At the end of the day, we’re all humans. I think about...a moment where we’re in now where there’s like more division than ever. What I love about theater is that yes, you can...actually empathize with other people who are not you. That is what empathy is. It doesn’t have to be like ‘That’s my experience and that’s the only thing I understand.’ It’s what it means to be alive. We are all alive people. We all like want to be together. We’re social. If you prick me, do I not bleed? All those things and so, I think that’s why I love theater. It can do that." —Michael R. Jackson Listen to our Art Works podcast conversation with Michael R. Jackson at arts.gov/podcasts. This Notable Quotable was brought to you in honor of a new season of the Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge! An initiative of the NEA in partnership with @namt_org, the challenge is an opportunity for high school students to develop and showcase musical compositions that could be a part of a musical theater production. Learn more about how your students can participate at namt.org/challenge.
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“I think the thing about trying to make an orchestra groove is that...this piece became a series of dances. They're all invitations to move.” On this week’s Art Works podcast, #jazz musician Vijay Iyer discusses his album “Vijay Iyer: Trouble” with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project! Listen: https://lnkd.in/eDnm6bS5
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Today, the National Endowment for the Humanities & the National Endowment for the Arts announced a new partnership to expand the National Inventory of Humanities Organizations dataset, now incorporating 80k+ arts & cultural organizations! The project will be renamed the National Inventory of Cultural Organizations. Read the full press release here: https://lnkd.in/eA_BAngi #Arts #Humanities #Data
New NEH-NEA Partnership Will Expand Data Available on Humanities and Arts and Cultural Organizations
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Today on the Art Works blog we ask—and answer—the question: "Have the job titles, the technologies used, the nature of work performed, and educational requirements altered to such an extent that we now should reconsider who counts as an artist?" https://lnkd.in/ewR5xwm9
Multidisciplinary Artists and Game Designers Merit Inclusion in U.S. Labor Data Codes, Study Finds
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"I do believe that people—at least in my fiction, I completely believe that people are who they are because of the landscape in which they're embedded." Author Bonnie Jo Campbell joins the Art Works podcast to chat aboutt her novel The Waters, the importance of landscape in her work, and the challenges of writing layered woman characters. Listen: https://bit.ly/3Ly35Vn #authorchat #writers #novelists #writingchat
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"How do we make artful living as important as eating our veggies, getting eight hours of sleep, and hitting 10,000 steps?" In a new entry to our #HealBridgeThrive Art Works blog series, The Kennedy Center President Deborah F. Rutter writes about the importance of the arts to a healthy life. https://lnkd.in/dR_UiEKn
Healing, Bridging, Thriving: A Reflection on the Intersection of Arts and Health
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