National Endowment for the Arts News

The Detroit Institute of Arts will offer free general admission to active military personnel and their families from Memorial Day to Labor Day as part of the Blue Star Museums program.

Hiltons, VA -- Wayne Henderson's top-notch finger-picking is a source of great pleasure and pride to his friends, family, and neighbors in Grayson County, Virginia.

Laumeier Sculpture Park has been awarded a $100,000 Art Works grant by the National Endowment for the Arts, the full amount requested.

The General Joseph Mansfield House, the headquarters of the Middlesex County Historical Society, has been designated along with more than 1500 museums nationwide as a Blue Star Museum.

The festival got under way at noon Friday with a peal of church bells, a brass fanfare, confetti floating from the air and a round of speeches.

This summer, theA Lake County Discovery Museum A in Wauconda is participating in Blue Star Museums, a partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, and more than 1,300 museums across America, to offer free admission to all active duty military personnel and their families.

Grand County Pioneer Village Museum , Cozens Ranch Museum , and Heritage Park Museum are among more than 1,500 museums across America to offer free admission to military personnel and their families this summer.

Maria L pez De Leon. SAN ANTONIO, TXPresident Barack Obama has nominated Maria L pez De Leon, Executive Director for the NAtional Association of Latino Arts and Cultures , to become a member of the National Council on the Arts.The National Council on the Arts advises the chair of the National Endowment for the Arts, who also chairs the council, on ... (more)

The National Museum of Civil War Medicine in Frederick is participating in the blue star museum program.

Need to Know Correspondent Mona Iskander updates her report from Greenville, Mich., about a town that tried to reinvent itself by bringing in a solar panel manufacturing company.

The three finalists : MarKaye Hassan, 3rd place, Kristen Dupard, national champion, and Claude Mumbere, 2nd place.

Laumeier Sculpture Park has been awarded a $100,000 Art Works grant by the National Endowment for the Arts, park officials said today.

The City of Tarpon Springs is one of 788 not-for-profit national, regional, state, and local organizations nationwide to receive a National Endowment for the Arts grant.

In this Oct. 6, 1998 file photo, first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton shakes hands with Eddie Blazonczyk at the White House where she presented him with a National Endowment for the Arts 1998 National Heritage Fellowship award.

Oct. 6, 1998: Hillary Rodham Clinton presents Eddie Blazonczyk with a National Endowment for the Arts 1998 National Heritage Fellowship award.

Many lifelong habits get their start in childhood. Arcata Playhouse owners established the Family Fun Series six years ago, in part, to encourage children to get started on a lifetime habit of attending live theater.

The Ryan House Museum announced the launch of Blue Star Museums on Monday. As part of a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families and the Department of Defense, more than 1,500 museums across America will be offering free admission to all active duty military personnel and their families from Memorial Day through ... (more)

WASHINGTON &#8212 More than 1,600 museums across the country will offer free admission to active-duty military personnel and their families this summer in a program that has more than doubled in size since 2010.

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Sci-Quest, Hands-on Science Center is offering free admission to military personnel and their families this summer.

PlayMakers Repertory Company received a $100,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts , the largest grant awarded by the NEA to any company for the upcoming theatre season.