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National Endowment for the Arts

Back Story: The Rosa Parks Statue

Barbara Ernst Prey | Posted 04.22.2013 | Arts
Barbara Ernst Prey

As a member of the National Council on the Arts, the advisory board to the National Endowment for the Arts, I was pleased to read about the recent unveiling of the Rosa Parks statue in the U.S. Capitol Building's National Statuary Hall.

When Musicals Reflect Our Lives

George Heymont | Posted 05.02.2013 | Arts
George Heymont

Musicals are one of America's most beloved forms of entertainment. And they have often offered audiences a chance to explore controversial topics of the day.

Are Prizes and Awards Important to Fine Artists?

Daniel Grant | Posted 04.21.2013 | Arts
Daniel Grant

Receiving a Grumbacher medal does not assure a visual artist that a line of patrons will appear at his or her door the next day, or making the cover of People magazine, or being ranked among the top artists of one's time.

Dreaming up Broadway's Next Big Idea: TedxBroadway Returns

James Sims | Posted 03.30.2013 | Arts
James Sims

The arts are in desperate need of technological convergence. And TedxBroadway is hoping to give theatrical entertainment a push towards progress.

'What Is That Art Worth?': Lessons From the New York Times

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 03.15.2013 | Arts
Raymond J. Learsy

The New York Times recently contrived to use its banner of influence to revile contemporary art by flagging in two separate editions the same letter parading the moth-eaten defamations of the contemporary art world.

5 Things the Dance Field Should Be Talking About in 2013

Marc Kirschner | Posted 03.12.2013 | Arts
Marc Kirschner

Take away The Nutcracker, and what you end up with is profuse sweating, retching, agitation and massive irritability. Guess what? That time for rehabilitation is coming. Why?

The Wal-Marting of American Theater

Scott Walters | Posted 11.29.2012 | Arts
Scott Walters

Like the business leaders and legislators who promote Wal-Mart as an economic engine, theater artists and educators who continue to promote this system are contributing to the homogenization of the American theater.

Pamela Hart: My Friend the Poet

Nancy Doyle Palmer | Posted 01.28.2013 | Arts
Nancy Doyle Palmer

I imagine most writers have a dedicated writing buddy -- and hope many have been as lucky as I have. Pamela Hart and I met in 1974 at Boston University.

What Did the 2012 Election Mean for the D.C. Arts Community?

Robert Bettmann | Posted 01.16.2013 | Arts
Robert Bettmann

While local arts organizations only expect a small percentage of their budget to come from government funding, that funding is critical to a healthy and bountiful arts ecosystem.

The Arts Aren't Red or Blue

Robert L. Lynch | Posted 01.07.2013 | Arts
Robert L. Lynch

Every four years America gets another chance to make its voice heard. And every four years the American arts community, in a way, gets a bit of a fiscal makeover.

Ready To Jump, Art World?

David R. White | Posted 12.28.2012 | Arts
David R. White

Enough of the cultural silent majority. What's real is that the arts and their peers are well on their way to Armageddon no matter what may take place by a government near you in early 2013.

Why Anyone Who Values the Arts Should Care About This Election

Jennifer Rivera | Posted 01.03.2013 | Arts
Jennifer Rivera

Please don't just vote for someone because of how you think it will affect your wallet -- vote for someone who wants to improve your quality of life on many different levels. Let's encourage Americans to continue innovating in every area that we are capable of -- including the arts.

Katherine Brooks

What Is The Economic Value Of Art?

HuffingtonPost.com | Katherine Brooks | Posted 10.31.2012 | Arts

Nobody puts the Arts sector in a corner. That's pretty much what the National Endowment of Arts said when they announced their partnership with the Bu...

Mitt Romney on Charitable Deductions: A $25,000 Cap?

Lee Rosenbaum | Posted 12.18.2012 | Arts
Lee Rosenbaum

Would capping charitable deductions at a low figure (like Romney's hypothetical $25,000) be the death knell for mega-donations that are the lifeblood of cultural institutions?

The Victimization of Big Bird and What It Means for Artists

Nora Younkin | Posted 12.16.2012 | Chicago
Nora Younkin

I don't believe the arts can, or should, stand on their own. Even more worrisome than Romney's statements themselves is the ideology from which they spring up. The arts are not nonpartisan.

Big Bird in Romney's Sights and the National Endowment for the Arts Is Next

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 12.07.2012 | Arts
Raymond J. Learsy

Governor Romney may call himself a Republican, but he is not a Republican of the iconic stature of President Reagan. President Reagan fully understood the importance of the arts to the formation of the nation's character.

Harlem Arts Summit 2012: Protecting Harlem's Treasures

Akoshia Yoba | Posted 11.27.2012 | Black Voices
Akoshia Yoba

For six years running, the Harlem Arts Allian is presenting a seven day series of mostly free events, designed to elevate the platform for Harlem's illustrious arts and cultural scene and to renew enthusiasm and support for its great cultural institutions and artists.

Blasphemy And Public Funding Of The Arts

Jacques Berlinerblau | Posted 10.22.2012 | Religion
Jacques Berlinerblau

Is there really such a thing as "secular art" and is it as sacrilegious as so many conservative believers insist it is?

My Maine Inspiration: Following in the Footsteps of American Artistic Tradition

Barbara Ernst Prey | Posted 10.17.2012 | Arts
Barbara Ernst Prey

Although I grew up in New York and have lived there for many years, I have a summer studio in Maine. Every summer I pack up and go to paint following the tradition of so many of America's painters from Winslow Homer to Alex Katz.

Meet The New Masters Of Jazz

The Huffington Post | Hallie Sekoff | Posted 07.18.2012 | Home

Since 1982, The National Endowment for the Arts has been awarding fellowships to a small cluster of jazz musicians (as well as jazz scholars, critics,...

Rocco Landesman: Too Many Theaters?

Scott Walters | Posted 08.26.2012 | Home
Scott Walters

Looking at the facts, exactly where does Landesman see too many theaters? Everywhere in the U.S.? I live in Bakersville, N.C. (pop. 357), and I haven't noticed the place crawling with actors and directors.

1,600 Museums Offer Free Tickets To Military Families

AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 05.23.2012 | Impact

WASHINGTON -- More than 1,600 museums across the country will offer free admission to active-duty military personnel and their families this summer in...

Poetry Out Loud Makes Beautiful Noise

John Lundberg | Posted 07.20.2012 | Home
John Lundberg

It was a long road for Kristen, who had to advance from her classroom to a school-wide competition, then on through regional/state competitions, just to make the finals in Washington, D.C.

Learning How to Be a Professional Artist Is a Lifelong Process

Daniel Grant | Posted 07.15.2012 | Arts
Daniel Grant

What was considered so important for artists to know back then now seems vaguely irrelevant. These days, the focus of artist-as-businessperson workshops and classes is not how to apply for money but how to earn it -- how to be entrepreneurial.

Not to Be Missed Japanese Paintings at the National Gallery of Art

Barbara Ernst Prey | Posted 06.27.2012 | Arts
Barbara Ernst Prey

One of Japan's most celebrated cultural treasures, "Colorful Realm: Japanese Bird-and-Flower Paintings" by Itō Jakuchū (1716-1800) is on view at the National Gallery of Art in Washington through April 29.