National Endowment for the Arts News

The Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm will offer free admission to military personnel and their families this summer with the launch of Blue Star Museums, according to Pat McKay, a spokesperson for the museum.

Today Streawbery Banke Museum announced the return of its participation in Blue Star Museums, a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and more than 1,800 museums across America.

Two thousand museums across the country will offer free admission to the active duty military personnel and their families, the National Endowment for the Arts announced Tuesday.

Stories Matter, a project of the Mizel Museum, Louisville-based artist/photographer Dona Laurita and 9th and 10th grade students at Noel Community Arts School in Denver, will culminate in the unveiling of a traveling exhibit based on the project, which received a prestigious award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Lucas Samaras, "Reconstruction #20," 1977. Sewn fabrics; 87 x 85 in. Denver Art Museum; National Endowment for the Arts, Dayton Hudson Foundation, Alliance for Contemporary Art M/M Edward Strauss, M/M Donald S. Graham, and anonymous donor, A© the artist.

The Blind Boys Of Alabama have signed a worldwide deal with Sony Masterworks, and the label will release the band's next album this Fall.

The 15th Anniversary of the Provincetown International Film Festival will take place in Provincetown, Massachusetts from June 19th through June 23rd.

Study after study demonstrates the importance of music education in the development of children, including higher test scores, more creative students, better language development and an improved ability to see how things fit together.

It's an interesting use of taxpayer money. A dance company out of Austin has gotten a $10,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to teach utility workers to pole dance.

Flint Mayor Dayne Walling met with artists at The Local 432 in downtown Flint Monday, May 13, to discuss how arts may be implemented into an updated master plan for the city.

The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center will exhibit contemporary art from the storied 50 x 50: The Herbert and Dorothy Vogel Collection from May 11 - Aug.

Twin Cities Public Television's Open Air -- a programming and engagement initiative -- has received a $75,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for an upcoming artist-curated television channel, TV Takeover.

The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts and several community arts programs are getting a total of $765,000 in federal funds to support arts programs throughout the state.

Despite the Obama Administration blaming Congressional Republicans for seemingly every fiscal dilemma real or imagined, the federal government somehow managed to find thousands of dollars to teach telephone line repairmen how to perform stripper-style pole dancing , as reported by Cybercast News Service on May 8, 2013.

The grants come at a time when arts budgets are especially tight and reflect the government-wide budget cuts that are in place through the end of the fiscal year, Sept.

TRENTON - The National Endowment for the Arts today announced $45 million in state and regional partnerships grants, including $825,600 to the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.

An Austin, Texas dance company has received a $10,000 National Endowment for the Arts grant for its upcoming performance featuring electricity linemen dancing on utility poles.

In a financially unstable time, grants from the government and from foundations help keep the lights on at some local arts groups.

The Vermilionville Living History Museum Foundation is pleased to announce they are the proud recipients of a $25,000 National Endowment for the Arts Art Works Grants in the Folk & Traditional Arts category to support Vermilionville's Folklife Education Program.

Eleven organizations and entities across the Hudson Valley and Catskills have been awarded 2013 Art Works grants by the National Endowment for the Arts.