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The Georgia Review to receive $10,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts February 19, 2021 The Georgia Review has been approved for a $ 10,000 Grants for Arts Projects award to support a special issue titled SoPoCo, for “Southern Post-Colonial,” celebrating the voices, history and cultures of diasporic communities that have established themselves in the American Southeast since the late 20th century. The Georgia Review’s project is among 1,073 projects across America totaling...

Johnson’s Vermont Studio Center is getting a $25,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts through Creative Inclusion Fellowships. The money will support the creative process of art-making by offering artist residencies to visual artists with demonstrable financial need. “The National Endowment for the Arts is proud to support this project from Vermont Studio Center,” said Arts Endowment Acting Chairman Ann Eilers. “Vermont Studio Center is among the arts organizati...

Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company to Receive $10K Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (FORT LEE, NJ) -- Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company has been approved for a $10,000 Grants for Arts Projects award to support the Companys  Year of the Golden Ox Celebration. This project will provide the necessary funding support to make this years festival possible and allowing the Company to bring some of the leading Asian American Artists together virtually.  The Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company project is among...

Wed, 02/10/2021 LAWRENCE — An interdisciplinary research team at the University of Kansas has been awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to turn challenges, biases and pressures women face while transitioning from incarceration back to society into an interactive artistic exhibition for the public. The two-year, $25,000 NEA grant will fund a partnership among a KU journalism and mass communications researcher, a Spencer Museum of Art curator and an artist at Harvard Univer...

Lewis Thomason, Ogletree Deakins, The Belcourt Theatre announce updates The Belcourt Theatre has been approved for a $20,000 National Endowment for the Arts Grants for Arts Projects award. According to a release, the Belcourt’s grant is among 1,073 grants across the country (and 11 in Tennessee) totaling nearly $25 million that were selected during the first round of fiscal year 2021 funding in the Grants for Arts Projects funding category. The grant will support the art house theater busines...

Claire Brassil Wed, 02/10/2021 - 11:30am “Cosmic Portals” by The Color Network artist Natalia Arbelaez installed on Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts’ campus in 2020. Courtesy of Claire Brassil Artist Salvador Jiménez-Flores of The Color Network works on a piece in the Watershed studio in 2016. He will return to Watershed this summer as part of a residency session that is supported by a Grant for Arts Projects award from the NEA. Courtesy of Claire Brassil Watershed Center ...

Published: 2/9/2021 7:37:53 AM The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has approved a $25,000 Grants for Arts Projects award to MacDowell, the nation’s first artist residency program, to provide critical support for an artist working in one of MacDowell’s various disciplines. The grant will provide a first-time Fellowship to an artist, assisting MacDowell in meeting the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic as it continues to offer artists from all over the United States ideal workspace and...

Read Article Portland Stage has been approved for a $20,000 Grants for Arts Projects award to support the Clauder Competition for New England Playwrights. Portland Stage’s project is among 1,073 projects across America totaling nearly $25 million that were selected during this first round of fiscal year 2021 funding in the Grants for Arts Projects funding category. “The National Endowment for the Arts is proud to support this project from Portland Stage,” said Arts Endowment Acting Chair...

"... the Lakes Area Music Festival has been measured against the best arts and cultural organizations in the country and found to be deserving of recognition,” LAMF Artistic and Executive Director Scott Lykins stated. “This season we are one of five music organizations in the state of Minnesota, and the only one located outside the Twin Cities. "

Women have always played a big role in the world of commercial fishing, and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts will help the New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center highlight their work at sea and on shore. Womens Work: At Sea, On Shore, At Home, In the Community will use photography, film, music, poetry, and storytelling to highlight the often-untold stories of women in commercial fishing communities. The $15,000 NEA grant, which requires a local match, is among 1,073 grants awarded...