The federal budget being cooked up by Trump’s transition team (the proposal was released today)—which he hopes to ram through Congress as quickly as possible—calls for the complete elimination of both…
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The Daily Mail reported on Thursday that “sources” had told them that President-elect Donald Trump had approached Stallone about a top arts-related position in his administration, perhaps as chairman of…
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This week, the National Endowment for the Arts NEA) announced more than $30 million will be awarded to nonprofit organizations and individuals across the country for grants in the areas…
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The National Endowment for the Arts has announced its 2016 grants to arts organizations. In addition to a number of performing arts organizations that received NEA funding, the following Texas-based…
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JFK: The Fascination Continues with Opera, Performance Art, James Franco, and Money
by Paula Newtonby Paula NewtonOf course there were exhibitions, lectures, and events on the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy, but yesterday marked the 52nd anniversary and the fascination still continues. Newspapers…
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NEA Chairman Visits Houston for First Time Tomorrow and Will Answer Your Questions About the Future of the NEA
The Houston Arts Alliance will be hosting a visit and talk by the new National Endowment For the Arts chairperson Jane Chu tomorrow at the Asia Society. This is Chu’s…
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Part Two (continued from yesterday): Texas Artist Populations. How Many Working Artists Are There in Texas?
Following its massive “Artists in The Workforce” report from 2008, the National Endowment for the Arts kept collating and gathering and cross-referencing all the info it could get from the…
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Those who make knee-jerk comments about the relevance and funding of arts organizations should watch what they say. The smart folks at the National Center for Arts Research (NCAR) at…
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The National Endowment for the Arts has announced its 2014 grants to arts organizations and some Texas groups received a good share of the $25.8 million given nationally. In addition…
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A new study, Impact of the Arts on Individual Contributions to U.S Civil Society, by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago suggests a link between engagement in the…
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The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded the Waco Cultural Arts Fest (aka Cultural Arts of Waco) $15,000 for a statue honoring Waco resident and World War II serviceman…
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The National Endowment for the Arts announced an award of $60,000 to support the creation of interactive, site-specific installations that will explore the Southwestern vernacular of the plazita, the traditional…
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Penny wise and pound foolish: without an arts commission, Kansas loses federal NEA money. Could Texas be next?
Kansas governor Sam Brownback vetoed funding for the Kansas Arts Commission recently, substituting a non-governmental foundation he hoped would be able to distribute Kansas’ share National Endowment for the Arts…