Press Releases
The President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities Partners with Arts
Midwest
As a part of our ongoing collective efforts with the Chinese Ministry
of Culture, the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities partnered
with Arts Midwest to help sponsor
a U.S. performing arts tour of a musical troupe from Inner Mongolia called
An Da Union. “Anda” means “good friends” in Mongolian,
and all 14 members of this performing ensemble hail from the Xilingol
Grassland area of Inner Mongolia. The members of this talented troupe,
which came together in 2003, studied the folk music they now perform at
the Inner Mongolia Ethnic Opera and Dance Theater.
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President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities
Honors Puerto Rican Culture at its Meeting in San Juan
Jaime Fonalledas, President and CEO of Empresas Fonalledas, welcomed
Chairman Adair Margo and members of the President's Committee on the Arts
and the Humanities (PCAH) to San Juan, Puerto Rico for their 63rd meeting.
A member of the President's Committee, Fonalledas invited local cultural
and government officials to interact with the heads and representatives
from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the National
Endowment for the Arts (NEA), and the National Endowment for the Humanities
(NEH), as well as the other PCAH members, who are drawn from business,
arts, humanities and other professions. Learn
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Flauta sin Fronteras Tours U.S.-Mexico Border with Support from the
PCAH
Flauta sin Fronteras features Elena Durán, a flutist
who has performed with many of the world’s major orchestras. Her
passion is to use music as a bridge between cultures and this new tour
will follow the arc of the U.S.– Mexican border from Matamoros to
El Paso. The tour is one of several such artist cultural exchanges over
the last several years supported through the President's Committee on
the Arts and Humanities in partnership with the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation
and the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City. Learn
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Mrs. Laura Bush Honors the 50th Anniversary of National Library Week
The Institute of Museum and Library Services wishes to share with our
colleagues the following letter from Laura Bush, First Lady of the United
States. View
original.
Learn more about programs for libraries and museums at the Institute
of Museum and Library Services.
Save America’s Treasures Solicits Applications for 2008
The President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities and the
National Park Service are seeking applicants for the Save America’s
Treasures (SAT) 2008 grant program. Eligible applicants include nonprofit,
tax-exempt 501(c), U.S. organizations, units of state or local government,
and federally recognized Indian Tribes. To be considered for a SAT competitive
grant, the collection or historic property benefiting from the funding
must be nationally significant and meet the selection criteria. In 2007,
the SAT competitive program made fifteen awards to institutions with collections,
artifacts, artistic works or documents and another sixteen awards were
made to organizations caring for structures and sites for a total of $7.6
million. Learn More...
Lincoln Cottage Restored with Help From Save America’s Treasures
One of the most significant, but little remembered places in the presidency
of Abraham Lincoln has been restored with an award from Save America's
Treasures and through the efforts of its private partner the National
Trust for Historic Preservation. For more than 140 years the Lincoln Cottage,
which served as a summer retreat for President Lincoln during his presidency,
has been off-limits to visitors and almost forgotten, except by scholars.
Today, what was once a rural residence known to Lincoln as the Solidiers
Home—currently the Armed Forces Retirement Home—is tucked
away in an urban neighborhood in northwest Washington, D.C. .The Lincoln
Cottage now joins the rest of capital’s well known landmarks.
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PCAH Extends Relationship with Chinese Minister of Culture
The dialogue and relationships begun last June by the President's Committee
on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH) and Chairman Adair Margo with Chinese
cultural officials sparked a recent visit to the United States by Sun
Jiazheng, China's minister of culture at the invitation of Chairman Margo.
He participated in PCAH's Coming Up Taller ceremony at the White House
on January 28th, which made its first award to a Chinese youth arts and
humanities group from Shanghai, the Little Companion Art Troupe at the
China Welfare Institute's Children's Palace. Following the ceremony, Chairman
Margo and Dr. James Billington, Librarian of Congress, served as co-hosts
for a luncheon at the Library of Congress in honor of Minister Sun.
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Mrs. Laura Bush Presents 2007 Coming Up Awards at White House Ceremony
The President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities Honorary
Chairman Mrs. Laura Bush presented eighteen 2007
Coming Up Taller Awards during a ceremony in the East Room of the
White House on January 28. The Coming Up Taller Awards recognize and support
outstanding community arts and humanities programs that celebrate the
creativity of America’s young people, and provide them with new
learning opportunities and a chance to contribute to their communities.
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Save America's Treasures Awards $7.6 Million in Preservation Grants
More than 100 years ago, Grand Banks schooners were a common sight in
New England ports. Today, the Schooner Ernestina, which also played a
role in the exploration of the Arctic, is one of the last of these graceful
fishing vessels. She is one example of the thirty-one exceptional artifacts
and structures that will be restored and conserved with awards totaling
$7.6 million from Save America's
Treasures (SAT). Learn More...
President’s Committee Chairman Adair Margo Receives Aztec Eagle
Award
President’s Committee Chairman Adair Margo received the highest
decoration awarded by Mexico to people who are not citizens of Mexico
at a ceremony held at the Cultural Institute of Mexico in Washington DC
in mid November. The Order of the Aztec Eagle was bestowed upon Margo
and three other arts and cultural leaders recognized for their contributions
to strengthening the relationship between Mexico and the United States.
The honor was resented to the recipients by Mexico’s Ambassador
to the United States, Arturo Sarukhan. First Lady Laura Bush, Margo’s
longtime friend, was in attendance at the ceremony.
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The President’s Committee Congratulates the 2007 National Medalist
Recipients
In a ceremony held at the White House in early November, twenty National
Medals for the Arts and the Humanities were presented by President and
Mrs. George Bush to legendary artists, renowned scholars and institutions.
The awards honor extraordinary contributions to the arts and humanities
and are the highest recognition the U. S. bestows on its artists and scholars.
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First Lady Mrs. Laura Bush Honored for Her Preservation Leadership
The National Trust for Historic Preservation and Home & Garden TV
(HGTV) honored First Lady Mrs. Laura Bush and four other individuals and
organizations with the prestigious Restore
America hero award. The award honors public officials, private citizens
and corporations whose energy, vision and leadership have had a significant
impact on the preservation of our historic and cultural legacy—the
buildings, collections, documents and works of art that tell America’s
story. Mrs. Bush was recognized for her long-standing leadership in preservation.
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Adair Margo Remembers PCAH Vice-Chairman Ray Nasher
Members of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities are
deeply saddened by the death of our Vice-Chairman, colleague and friend,
Raymond Nasher. Ray was appointed to the President's Committee by President
George H. W. Bush, President Bill Clinton, and President George W. Bush;
his influence and leadership on national and international cultural affairs
transcended politics. Learn More...
Save America's Treasures Awarded the Prestigious Keystone Award
The American Architectural Foundation (AAF) presented its 2007 Keystone
Award at the 18th annual
Accent on Architecture Gala to Save America's Treasures (SAT) and
its public-private partnership's role in protecting and preserving the
architectural, artistic and cultural legacy of the United States. The
award recognizes outstanding leadership in the field of architecture and
design by organizations or individuals outside of the architectural profession
that enriches and transforms communities. Learn
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New Members Appointed by President Bush to the President’s
Committee on the Arts and the Humanities
President George W. Bush recently appointed four private members to the
President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. The President’s
Committee is comprised of private citizens from around the United States
and Puerto Rico, as well as the heads of government cultural agencies
including the National Endowment on the Arts, the National Endowment on
the Humanities and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Learn
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Save America’s Treasures Report Published by PCAH
The President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities announces
the publication of Save America’s Treasures Preserving the Legacy
of our National Experience. The 80-page report demonstrates how successful
and critical this program’s relatively small investment has been
in rescuing, restoring and conserving our nation’s cultural and
historic treasures. Learn More...
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