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@NEAarts
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In honor of the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment,
@FLOTUS
announced an art exhibit for student artists: "Building the Movement: America's Youth Celebrate 100 Years of Women's Suffrage"...
Excited to announce my youth engagement project, "Building the Movement: America's Youth Celebrate 100 Years of Women's Suffrage" honoring the centennial anniversary of the passing of the 19th Amendment. Stay tuned on how your child can participate in this educational activity!
Today
@USPS
makes history by issuing stamps honoring the Harlem Renaissance: Novelist Nella Larsen; bibliophile and historian Arturo Alfonso Schomburg; poet Anne Spencer; and writer, philosopher, educator and arts advocate Alain Locke, who is known as the dean of the Renaissance
"Be your own artist, and always be confident in what you're doing. If you're not going to be confident, you might as well not be doing it." Aretha Franklin, "Queen of Soul" and 1999 Medal of Arts honoree
Today
@NEAarts
Chair Dr. Maria Rosario Jackson met with
@SecretaryPete
Buttigieg to discuss the intersection between the arts and transportation and the ways in which the Arts Endowment and
@USDOT
can collaborate.
"I'm not going to continue knocking on that old door that doesn't open for me. I'm going to create my own door and walk through that." More from
@ava
DuVernay:
Yesterday
@USPS
made history by issuing stamps honoring the Harlem Renaissance: Novelist Nella Larsen; bibliophile Arturo Alfonso Schomburg; poet Anne Spencer; and writer, philosopher, educator and arts advocate Alain Locke, who is known as the dean of the Renaissance
In partnership w/
@SFJAZZ
we're presenting the virtual 2021 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert on Thursday, April 22 at 8pm ET hosted by
#NEAJazzMaster
Dee Dee Bridgewater & actor Delroy Lindo w/ opening remarks by
@SecondGentleman
Douglas Emhoff!
Details:
We are thrilled that, early this morning, the U.S. Senate confirmed Dr. Maria Rosario Jackson to serve as the next Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts. Please join us in congratulating Dr. Jackson!
#NEAChairMRJ
President Joseph R. Biden today nominated Maria Rosario Jackson, PhD as chair of the National Endowment for the Arts. Dr. Jackson has served on the National Council on the Arts since 2013.
Read the complete announcement:
NEW! We've just announced 1,071 grants totaling $80.5 million to support programs that provide jobs to artists, administrators, and other creative workers and arts experiences for millions of people.
#NEASpring18
Today we're happy to announce more than $27 Million in
@NEAarts
grants reaching all 50 States, DC, and Puerto Rico! Congratulations to all of the grantees! Read the full announcement here:
DYK the arts contribute more to the US economy than agriculture, transportation, or warehousing? See what else is new--including data on the arts impact on state economies--in our News Room.
Have you made any art-centric New Year's resolutions? Here are ours: Make more art. Experience more art. Spend more time appreciating moments of beauty in our daily lives.
It is with great sadness that we acknowledge the passing of pianist and composer Ahmad Jamal, recipient of a 1994 NEA Jazz Masters Fellowship, the nation’s highest honor in jazz.
Our statement:
Big News!
The National Endowment for the Arts is happy to announce more than $84 million for 1,144 new awards to nonprofit organizations in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and each of the five U.S. territories.
Get the story:
We're excited to announce the first round of recommended awards for fiscal year 2021 totaling $27,562,040. Projects span 14 artistic disciplines in communities throughout the US, as well as NEA Literature Fellowships and arts research projects.
More:
“I used to want the words 'She tried' on my tombstone. Now I want 'She did it.'” Katherine Dunham
A dancer, choreographer, author, educator, social activist and 1989 recipient of the National Medal of Arts, Dunham had one of the most successful dance careers in the 20th century
We're excited to announce $1.2 million in fellowships to creative writers and translators to support the development of new works of American literature and the translation into English of literary prose/poetry/drama from world writers.
We are pleased to announce more than $33 million in recommended awards for projects in the categories of Grants for Arts Projects, Challenge America, Literature Fellowships in creative writing and literary translation, and arts research projects.
“People were sort of frantically googling the Tulsa Massacre; a lot of people thought that we had invented that for the show.”
@cordjefferson
on writing for HBO’s Watchmen, in this
@NEAarts
podcast
#BlackHistoryMonth
Photo by Mark Hill/HBO
"The arts matter because they teach us how to be more fully human. I think that's incredibly important, especially in today's world as we seek to engage + connect with people who on the surface, superficially, seem unlike us." -- David Shook
Jazz is good for you.
When you listen to jazz, the music stimulates a calming effect on your body, signalling your central nervous system to lower your respiratory rate and heart rate.
@HopkinsMedicine
@JazzizMagazine
@NIH
We have just posted the guidelines to swiftly distribute CARES Act funding to nonprofit arts organizations to preserve jobs & help support organizations forced to close operations due to the spread of
#COVID
ー19. Deadline to apply is 4/22/2020. More here:
"I'm not going to knock on any closed doors. I'm going to make my own door." --
@ava
DuVernay
How do you handle obstacles in or to your creative work?
#TuesdayMotivation
@ARRAYNow
"I think it is an innate quality that Indians have to dance. They dance when they are happy, they dance when they are sad." Maria Tallchief
Tallchief, a Native American, was America's 1st prima ballerina and was a 1999 recipient of the National Medal of Arts
“Art should be considered a building cost, as any other hard construction costs, like steel and brick.”
@washingtonpost
writes about how art is redefining neighborhoods
"The difference between science + the arts is not that they are different sides of the same coin even, or even different parts of the same continuum, but rather they are manifestations of the same thing. The arts + sciences are avatars of human creativity." -- Mae Jemison
We’re excited to officially welcome Dr. Maria Rosario Jackson as the chair of the National Endowment for the Arts!
Learn more about Dr. Jackson including how her parents inspired her commitment to the arts on the
@NEAarts
website:
We're happy to announce that we have awarded 1,187 grants totaling $27.3 million to support projects that will provide Americans opportunities for arts participation, including projects that celebrate this year's Women's Suffrage Centennial.
#fall2020
Today we're excited to announce a second round of
@NEAarts
grants for FY 2021! More than $88 Million will be distributed to organizations in all states and jurisdictions.
Get the story:
We're excited to announce that Mary Anne Carter has just been confirmed as the 12th chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts! See the official press release here:
Please note that Chairman Carter will now be on Twitter as
@NEAArtsChair
.
How did Einstein define art?
"Art is standing with one hand extended into the universe and one hand extended into the world, and letting ourselves be a conduit for passing energy" Albert Einstein
"Talent is insignificant. I know a lot of talented ruins. Beyond talent lie all the usual words: discipline, love, luck, but, most of all, endurance." -- James Baldwin
#WisdomWednesday
#WednesdayMotivation
“Art in all its forms is vital to the health and well-being of us as individuals and communities.” – Dr. Anthony S. Fauci
If you missed The Art of Reopening webinar, you can see the archive:
"Always leave a place better than how you found it." — Lucille Clifton
The Baltimore house where Lucille Clifton raised her family and built her writing career is poised to become "a sanctuary for young artists." Find the story here:
In 2017
@USPS
issued a series of 12 stamps featuring the works of artist Andrew Wyeth. According to Wyeth's son, Jamie Wyeth, the painter was a prolific letter-writer himself.
Here is "Christina's World" painted in 1948, and the stamp:
Apply now for
@NEAarts
American Rescue Plan Grants!
Arts/culture nonprofits & local arts agencies (for subgranting) are encouraged to apply regardless of whether they have received
@NEAarts
funding in the past. Details including deadlines here:
#ARParts
“This is a Labor Day shout-out to all the arts workers and organizations who contribute so mightily to the nation’s economic and cultural vitality and to the social and emotional well-being of its residents and communities.”
Read blog:
"No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit," Ansel Adams
"Art is the window to man's soul. Without it, he would never be able to see beyond his immediate world; nor could the world see the man within." -- Lady Bird Johnson
#TuesdayThought
What's something the arts have shown you about yourself?
“The Arts and Sciences, essential to the prosperity of the State and to the ornament of human life, have a primary claim to the encouragement of every lover of his country and mankind.” George Washington
We are pleased to announce more than $57 million in funding to organizations through the American Rescue Plan to help the arts community rebuild, reopen, and recover. Read more:
"[O]ne thing that scientists and artists have completely in common is we both demand of ourselves to sit in the middle of a question or a problem space for a very long time without running to one solution." -- Debra Wise
#TuesdayThoughts
#artsci
Our new survey, U.S. Trends in Arts Attendance and Literary Reading: 2002-2017, shows gains in arts attendance totals, rates, and demographic groups plus sizable growth in poetry-reading. More here:
"I think it is an innate quality that Indians have to dance. They dance when they are happy, they dance when they are sad." Maria Tallchief
Tallchief, a Native American, was America's 1st prima ballerina and was a 1999 recipient of the National Medal of Arts
Not many people know that I play the French horn. I hadn’t played since I was child. But after I was shot, I started speech therapy, physical therapy, and music therapy. Relearning an instrument has been a huge part of my recovery, and I’m getting stronger every day.
If you don't believe the size of the contribution that the arts play in the lives of Americans, try to endure the isolation caused by the pandemic without books, music, storytelling or movies
#arts
We're happy to announce this new publication from
@NativeArtsCultr
in partnership w/
@NEAarts
&
@NEHgov
which shares recommendations to strengthen the Native arts, cultures, and humanities fields. Read/download it here:
"The artist's role is to raise the consciousness of the people. To make them understand life, the world and themselves more completely. That's how I see it. Otherwise, I don't know why you do it." -- Amiri Baraka
#BlackHistoryMonth
Today
@NEAarts
announced American Rescue Plan grants totaling $20,200,000 to 66 local arts agencies for subgranting to help the arts and cultural sector recover from the pandemic.
Read more:
One of Jake Gyllenhaal’s favorite things to do after performing in “Sunday in the Park with George” was connect with theater goers to share in their love of the show. Listen for more on our new
#podcast
#jakegyllenhaal
#Broadway
FDR on art...
“Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land, but part of the present life of all living and creating peoples.” -- Franklin D. Roosevelt
Photo: FDR, Fala and Ruthie Bie at Hill Top Cottage in Hyde Park, N.Y. Feb. 1941
@FDRLibrary
"Art is something that grows and breathes and lives. You have to give people a chance to find their voice, to play, to continue to create." -Ava DuVernay