Location: National
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The Chicagoland Initiative Bringing Art to Your Neighborhood
November 12, 2024
Terrain Exhibitions organizes hundreds of artworks in front yards around the world.
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Now Accepting Applications: 2025-26 NEA Big Read
October 16, 2024
This community-wide reading program offers matching grants of up to $20,000 for programming that uses the theme of "Our Nature" as inspiration.
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Announcing the 2024-25 NEA Big Read Grantees
June 5, 2024
$1.07 million will support 62 grantees in presenting community literary programming across the country.
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Announcing the 2024-25 Shakespeare in American Communities Grantees
May 22, 2024
$1.17 million will support Shakespeare programming for young people across America.
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Along the Mississippi River, Two Indigenous Artists Trace Connecting Currents
May 7, 2024
Karen Goulet and Monique Verdin draw on the intersecting histories and ecologies of the third largest watershed in the world.
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Shakespeare Saw These Actors Through Prison and Onto Center Stage
May 2, 2024
For Pharaoh Brooks and Dameion Brown, acting in prison offered an escape from the monotonous minutiae of daily life and created a path through life beyond bars.
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A Gratitude-Inspired Mural Brought This Community Together
April 16, 2024
Ross Gay’s poetry book Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude spurred murals, conversations, and connection in this small Kentucky city.
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National Endowment for the Arts Announces $4,332,000 in Midwestern Arts Funding
January 24, 2024
The National Endowment for the Arts has announced more than $32 million in arts funding to organizations nationwide! Recipients include organizations from all 50 states, DC, & Puerto Rico, as well as creative writing fellowships in prose & fellowships to support translation projects.
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What We Learned: Creating Connection
November 30, 2023
A reflection on our decade-long collaboration Creating Connection, highlighting the successes, challenges, and lessons learned in our efforts to build public support for arts and culture.
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Announcing ArtsHERE: New Initiative Supports Increased Opportunities for Arts Participation
November 15, 2023
Through grants of $65,000 to $130,000 and peer learning opportunities, this new national initiative invests in organizations that have demonstrated a commitment to equity within their practices and programming.