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Curb Center and Metro Nashville Arts Commission win grant to expand Racial Equity in Arts Leadership program

The Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy at Vanderbilt (John Russell/Vanderbilt)Vanderbilt's Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public...

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The Georgia Review to receive $10,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts


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 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

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Studio Center gets $25,000 NEA grant


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 organizations across the country that have demonstrated creativity, excellence, and resilience during this very challenging year.”
“VSC’s project provides talented artists with time and space to focus on their work at the Vermont Studio Center,” said executive director Elyzabeth Holford.

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Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company to Receive $10K Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts


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 Company's  Year of the Golden Ox Celebration. This project will provide the necessary funding support to make this year's 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 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. 

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Watershed receives $30,000 NEA Grant


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“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 for Ceramic Arts was recently awarded a $30,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to support a three-week artist residency organized by members of a national ceramic artist collective called The Color Network (TCN).

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Monadnock Ledger-Transcript - $25K NEA grant for MacDowell


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 time to expand their creative practices in 2021. This grant is one of 1,073 projects across the country, totaling nearly $25 million, selected by the NEA during this first round of fiscal year 2021 funding in the Grants for Arts Projects category.

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Kentucky Folklife Program receives NEA grant to further statewide outreach project


Kentucky Folklife Program
Tuesday, February 9th, 2021
The Kentucky Folklife Program, in the Department of Folk Studies and Anthropology at WKU, has been awarded $20,000 by the National Endowment for the Arts to further its Kentucky Folklife Network magazine project and continue its efforts to work with community scholars and others involved in community-based documentation to share their cultural research statewide. 
“It is an honor for the KFP to be recognized again by the NEA for our work helping to share the voices of Kentuckians from across the Commonwealth,” said Kentucky Folklife Program Director Brent Bjorkman. “Last year with funding from the NEA and the efforts of our KFP team, a Kentucky Folklife Network and digital platform were created, and so far we have produced two editions of the magazine. This grant will allow us to continue to seek and publish important research by community scholars and regional documentarians which shines a light on the diverse cultural landscape of our state.”

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Portland Stage awarded $20,000 grant from National Endowment for the Arts


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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 Chairman Ann Eilers. “Portland Stage is among the arts organizations across the country that have demonstrated creativity, excellence, and resilience during this very challenging year.”
Portland Stage Executive and Artistic Director Anita Stewart stated, “We are thrilled to receive support from the NEA for this year’s Clauder Competition, which will in turn support our region’s playwrights. We received and evaluated 120 submissions for this competition cycle, and each play was read by two different readers and received personalized feedback. We will be announcing the competition winner later this month, and we look forward to mounting a fully staged production of the winning play in our 2021-22 season. This support from the NEA comes at a time of great uncertainty, and we are very grateful for their vote of confidence in our mission to nurture and sustain future generations of theater-makers and theater-goers.”

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New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center to Highlight Women's Work


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.
Women's 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 to local arts projects across the country, representing nearly $25 million in federal funding.
From March through December 2021 in New Bedford, gallery exhibits and programs will explore the lives, skills, and experiences of women who work in the fishing industry, as well as the work of those who are connected through family.

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Lotus Education & Arts Foundation Receives $20,000 Grant from National Endowment for the Arts


The Lotus World Music and Arts Festival. Photo by Darryl Smith
Editor’s note: The following is a press release from the Lotus Education and Arts Foundation. Bloom
has republished it here with edits for style and clarity.
The Lotus Education & Arts Foundation has been approved for a $20,000 Grants for Arts Projects award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
The grant funds will contribute to the 2021 Lotus World Music and Arts Festival, supporting free programming that will help Lotus offer diverse multicultural music and arts experiences to underserved and economically disadvantaged groups within the community.
“In the past year, as the pandemic has closed our physical doors, Lotus has been privileged to continue serving our mission, with support from grants such as this one from the National Endowment for the Arts,” says Lotus Executive Director Tamara Loewenthal. “Our focus continues to be sharing global music and art in a broad variety of settings—including virtually—to ensure that our community hears from and is inspired by diverse voices from across the globe.”

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