NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman Announces New Report on How Americans Use Electronic Media to Participate in the Arts
When compared with non-media participants, Americans who participate in the arts through technology and electronic media – using the Internet, television, radio, computers, and handheld devices – are nearly three times more likely to attend live ar…
National Endowment for the Arts on YouTube
June 29, 2010
The Arts Endowment has launched its YouTube channel with 45 videos focused on interviews with NEA jazz Masters, NEA Opera Honors recipients, and Big Read authors.
National Endowment for the Arts now on Facebook
June 29, 2010
The Arts Endowment has launched its Facebook Fan Page.
National Endowment for the Arts Announces 2010 NEA National Heritage Fellowship Recipients
June 29, 2010
A bluegrass guitarist, sweetgrass basketweaver, and Ghanaian drum master are among this year’s NEA National Heritage Fellowship recipients, announced today by National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Rocco Landesman. This award is the nation’s highest …
At today’s meeting of the National Council on the Arts, NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman announced the recipients of the 2010 NEA Opera Honors: soprano Martina Arroyo, general director David DiChiera, composer Philip Glass, and music director Eve Queler.
he National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) today announced the recipients of the 2011 NEA Jazz Masters Award — the nation’s highest honor in this distinctly American music.
At the 170th meeting of the National Council on the Arts, NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman announced the 18 artists who are receiving lifetime honorific awards for their significant contributions to their respective fields of jazz, folk and traditional art…
Child Philosophers Announce: Simple Pleasures Rock
June 22, 2010
What do the child philosophers say? “I’m trying to find time to just breathe. I used to never do that but I do have time to slow down and let all my thoughts flow out.” “Most people think they need things that are new in stores when they don’t.” “I thi…
NEA Jazz Master and Artistic Director, Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks OrchestraDavid Baker discusses his immersion into jazz, from playing to composing to teaching.
On Thursday, June 17 at 12:00 noon, Bonnie Pitman, The Eugene McDermott Director of the Dallas Museum of Art, will offer NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman and Linda and Callie Fuller a tour of Coastlines: Images of Land and Sea. Following the tour, the Full…