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NEA 2011 Funding

Fyhriee — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 21:15:25 +0000

Please take a moment to visit The National Endowment for the Arts’ (NEA) site on funding and education opportunities. The NEA offers these opportunities to all areas of the arts, including, but not limited to, art education, music, dance, folk and traditional art, and theater. The deadline to apply for this funding is quickly approaching on March 1, 2011. If you are interested in applying, the NEA provides free grant training webinars, please click here for those dates and times. Also, please make sure to watch the presentation on the new application guidelines for Grants for Art Projects. Don’t miss this great opportunity!

The Arts Contribute to Local Economies

westricha — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 21:20:32 +0000

National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Rocco Landesman has an idea on how to fix the economy: invest more in arts organizations. After traveling the country on an Art Works Tour, Landesman has seen the positive effect the arts have on the United States. Jacqueline Trescott of the Washington Post says Landesman claims that the arts help “change the ethos of a town or community. They enliven it, they activate the public life. Art jobs are real jobs that are part of the real economy.”

Landesman recently made his first report to the National Council on the Arts, an organization whose members are appointed by the White House and approves or rejects the NEA’s grants.

To read what Landesman discovered in towns like Peoria, Ill. and San Diego, click on the link below. What is the art scene like where you live?

NEA’s Rocco Landesman Tours Country to Underscore Link between Arts and Jobs

Obama’s 2010 proposed budget gives 4% boost to the National Endowment for the Arts

stuartsf — Fri, 08 May 2009 21:37:46 +0000

Under the newly proposed budget, the National Endowment for the Arts would get a 4% increase – from $155 million to $161.3 million.

“We are honored that the president recognizes that access to the arts strengthens both the cultural and civic life of our nation,” Patrice Walker Powell, the NEA’s acting chairman, said in a statement.

To read the full article written by Mike Boehm, visit: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/05/obama-nea.html.

For more information on the National Endowment for the Arts, visit: http://www.nea.gov/index.html.