👀TourWest is looking for panelists!👀 WESTAF’s TourWest Grant provides flexible funding for presenters/presenting organizations within the WESTAF region to support their regional touring program.

Learn more and apply before May 15: forms.gle/4D1jfP6SLBUVAe…

Did you miss our latest Business of the Arts workshop entitled, 'Leadership Coaching' from April 23rd? No worries; the recording is now available on our YouTube channel for public viewing. Be sure to visit: youtu.be/vI4SFLwNgSo today to watch it! #TheDCArts

A.frame partnered with Asian American and Pacific Islander filmmakers, including Oscar winners Freida Lee Mock and Richard Chew, to curate a list of films that illustrate the talent and creativity of the AAPI community. #AAPIMonth aframe.oscars.org/news/post/aapi…

These wonderful films about American Routes Nick + all the Nat'l Endow f/t Arts #NationalHeritageFellows are a must watch. Check them out - and share them with other #trad #folk fans! #NCTA

NEW on the Art Works podcast, we're in conversation w/ Psalmayene 24, the DC-based, award-winning director & playwright whose work is noted for its thoughtful & innovative exploration of community, universality & diversity.

Listen: bit.ly/3y7kdOj

We've EXTENDED the application deadline for NEH Research & Development grants! Now due May 28, 2024, 11:59pm ET. Grants.gov will be down for maintenance May 18, 12:01am–May 21, 6:00am. Visit bit.ly/NEH_ResDev & bit.ly/ApplicantTips. #PresAccessFunded

EXTENDED APPLICATION DEADLINE for NEH Cultural & Community Resilience grants! Now due May 28, 2024, 11:59pm ET because Grants.gov will be down for maintenance May 18, 12:01am–May 21, 6:00am. Visit bit.ly/DPA_CCR & bit.ly/ApplicantTips. #PresAccessFunded

.Nat'l Endow f/t Arts National Heritage Fellowships recognize artistic excellence, lifetime achievement & contributions to our nation's traditional arts heritage.

Nominate an artist or advocate as a 2025 #NEAHeritage Fellow by 5/28/24: bit.ly/3zZF9nO

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NEW!

We've just released our film series about the 2023 NEA National Heritage Fellows! The series celebrate the extraordinary artists who shape America's cultural heritage.

Find the films at arts.gov/heritage or on the Nat'l Endow f/t Arts YouTube channel.

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Countdown to the #2024 Folklife Festival: 50 days!

Twenty years after the opening of National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., we‘re welcoming back Indigenous elders and youth, experts and learners, artists and knowledge keepers.

We can’t wait for you to meet them, June 26–July 1!

Shake up math learning with art! 📐🧑‍🎨 Try one of these activities to get students engaged and drawing connections between different subjects: edut.to/4aSGRbz

NEW Operating Grants for Organizations provide multi-year, unrestricted funding for nonprofit organizations that enrich Massachusetts’ cultural life. Deadline: June 13. #PowerOfCulture #mapoli massculturalcouncil.org/blog/new-opera…

Congratulations to two-time #NEALitFellow Jayne Anne Phillips for winning the #Pulitzer for her novel Night Watch.

Congrats also to Here There Are Blueberries by Moises Kaufman/Amanda Gronich & Public Obscenities by Shayok Misha Chowdhury, which received Nat'l Endow f/t Arts support.

#JewishAmerican Heritage Month Spotlight

'It never occurred to me that comics were anything other than worthy.'

Here's our interview on the art of comics w/ famed cartoonist Art Spiegelman, creator of Maus: bit.ly/4bsnPsk

As severe weather predictions persist across MidAmerica, there are resources in place for individuals and organizations.
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'I want all of my collaborators, actors, designers, stage management...to feel like we can throw out those really zany ideas.'

This Tuesday, actor, director, and playwright Psalmayene 24 joins us on the Art Works pod!

Sneak Peek: bit.ly/3wnrp8j

#theater #playwright

Register today for Equitable Capacity Workshops from Artist Communities Alliance!

May 15 and 16: Strengthening Universal Access for Arts and Culture Workers

Register here: artistcommunities.org/programs/equit…

Frank Stella, American artist who moved from Proto-minimalism to extreme abstraction, dies at 87. news.artnet.com/art-world/fran…

.RIT/NTID received a grant from Nat'l Endow f/t Arts to support mixed-methods #research on access accommodations for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals experiencing live #theater . BroadwayWorld features how the grant will provide guidance to best support access.
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