Location: National
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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...
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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.
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Announcing the 2023-2024 NEA Big Read Communities
June 14, 2023
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), in partnership with Arts Midwest, is pleased to announce grants to 62 nonprofit organizations to hold NEA Big Read programming in 2023-2024.
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Arts Midwest and Midwest State Arts Agencies Connect with Federal Agencies in Washington, D.C.
May 30, 2023
Arts Midwest and the nine Midwest State Arts Agencies were incredibly inspired by conversations and connections in Washington, D.C., about how we might build new partnerships across federal government.