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The National Endowment for the Arts is a public agency dedicated to supporting excellence in the arts, both new and established; bringing the arts to all Americans; and providing leadership in arts education. The National Endowment for the Arts is committed to bringing great American works to every community, large and small, across our country. The mission of the NEA is to enrich our nation and its diverse cultural heritage by supporting works of artistic excellence, advancing learning in the arts, and strengthening the arts in communities throughout the country. The NEA is a vital and necessary partner in supporting the arts at the national, state and local levels.
NEA Chairman Rocco Landesmanheaded to California March 13-18 on the latest leg of the Arts Works tour. He'll be visiting four cities and has a busy schedule of site visits and roundtable discussions.
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Chairman Rocco Landesman joined Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan for a site visit to City Arts, an affordable residential development located in Baltimore's Station North Arts and Entertainment District and designed with artists in mind that is scheduled to open in January 2011.
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There's been a lot of action on the Art Works blog in the last week, with postings about Rocco's PhiladelphiaArt Works tour stop, the National Medal of Arts, and a link to video of the roundtable discussion with business and cultural leaders in Miami.
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Full-length interviews with 2008 National Medal of Arts recipients Olivia de Havilland, Stan Lee, and Richard Sherman are now available.
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Photos of the 2010 NEA Jazz Masters awards events in New York City this January are now in the "Gallery" of the NEA Jazz Masters section of the website. The new class of Masters has also been added to the "Portraits".
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President Barack Obama has presented the 2009 National Medal of Arts to ten recipients for their outstanding achievements and support of the arts.
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The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced today that Ralph Remington will join the NEA as the director of theater and musical theater as of March 15, 2010.
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The Arts Endowment, in keeping with the president's Open Government Directive, has launched its Open Government web page.The information we are providing on this page is intended to help make the agency's work more transparent to the public, while also making possible the public's participation in the work of the Arts Endowment. This effort is part of a government-wide initiative to promote openness in the work of federal agencies.
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A Request for Proposals has been issued Propose a design for an "Art Works" logo for the National Endowment for the Arts and produce a finished design that may be reproduced by the Agency in print and online.
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