On July 7, the U.S. House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee began the budget process for FY 2012 by approving a $20 million cut in funding to the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). To voice your concern over what could be...

For the first time, the National Endowment for the Arts reports on future job prospects for artist occupations, based on the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Outlook Handbook: 2010-11, which forecasts trends for the U.S. labor force from 2008-2018. Artist...

The National Endowment for the Arts will conduct three webinars on the new The Arts in Media guidelines. Following an overview presentation on the guidelines, staff will be available to answer questions. Register here for the upcoming dates on June...

Nine individuals--including sculptor Mark di Suvero, jazz musician Sonny Rollins and theater impresario Robert Brustein---and Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival received the National Medal of Arts for their outstanding achievements and support of the arts. President Barack Obama presented the medals...

Three reports published in February are available from the National Endowment for the Arts: Arts Education in America: What the Declines Mean for Arts Participation; Beyond Attendance: A Multi-Modal Understanding of Arts Participation; and Age and Arts Participation: A Case...

In a close 217-209 vote, the House cut $20.6 million in National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) funding on Thursday, February 17. The amendment to the FY 2011 spending bill, from Rep. Tim Walberg (R-Mich.), would leave NEA funding at...

With his January 31 blog post #SupplyDemand to Art Works, the official blog of the National Endowment for the Arts, Rocco Landesman laid out thoughts about the arts, including the imbalance of supply and demand for nonprofit arts organizations in...

Andy Donald will succeed Geoffrey Nauffts as artistic director of the New York theater company Naked Angels in July. Mr. Donald, founding artistic director of the Charlie B. Theater Company in Los Angeles, has been associate artistic director of Naked...

The National Endowment for the Arts' Access to Artistic Excellence and Learning in the Arts for Children and Youth funding categories have been replaced with a new funding category called Art Works. Application deadlines are March 10 or August 11,...

The latest round of funding from the National Endowment for the Arts totals $26.68 million awarded through 1,057 grants to nonprofit national, regional, state and local organizations. This funding is provided through three grant programs: Access to Artistic Excellence, Challenge...