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2005 Press Releases

December

22

National Endowment for the Arts Presents Great American Voices at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
 

20

National Endowment for the Arts Announces The Big Read

15

National Endowment for the Arts Announces Random House as Publisher of Operation Homecoming Anthology
 

8

National Endowment for the Arts Announces More Than $20 Million in Grants
 

8

25 Theater Journalists Chosen for the Second Annual NEA Arts Journalism Institute in Theater and Musical Theater at USC Annenberg School for Communication
 

1

National Endowment for the Arts Announces Challenge America Grants
 

November

17

National Endowment for the Arts Announces Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest
 

15

National Endowment for the Arts Presents Great American Voices at Fort McCoy, November 15
 

14

Rep. Nancy L. Johnson Hosts National Endowment for the Arts at Workshop for Connecticut Nonprofit Arts Organizations
 

10

Mayors from New Orleans and Mississippi Gulf Cities to Attend Mayors' Institute on City Design
 

10

National Endowment for the Arts Presents Great American Voices at Naval Base Kitsap, November 10
 

8

President Bush Announces 2005 National Medal of Arts Recipients
 

1

National Council On The Arts Convenes for 156th Meeting
 

October

28

NEA Chairman Dana Gioia Speaks at LBJ Library and Museum Symposium Marking 40th Anniversary of the National Endowment for the Arts
 

21

National Endowment for the Arts Presents Great American
Voices at Malmstrom Air Force Base, October 21

 

20

National Endowment for the Arts Presents Great American Voices at Naval Postgraduate School, October 20
 

17

Federal Agencies Announce $14.89 Million in Save America's Treasures Grants
 

14

National Endowment for the Arts Presents Great American Voices at Fort Leavenworth, October 15
 

5

Amarillo Museum of Art Hosts National Endowment for the Arts at Workshop for Panhandle Nonprofit Arts Organizations
 

3

Lubbock Arts Alliance and the Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts Host National Endowment for the Arts at Workshop for South Plains Nonprofit Arts Organizations
 

September

29

National Endowment for the Arts Celebrates 40th Anniversary
 

29

25 Classical Music and Opera Critics Chosen for NEA Arts Journalism Institute at Columbia University
 

28

National Endowment for the Arts Announces a Military Base Tour of Opera and Broadway Music
 

22

The NEA & Freddie Mac Present The Internet Archive Bookmobile At The National Book Festival
 

15

National Endowment for the Arts Sponsors the Poetry Pavilion at the National Book Festival: Poetry Pavilion Featured by NEA for Third Year
 

14

Twelve Artists to Receive Nation's Highest Honor in the Folk and Traditional Arts
 

13

Seven Jazz Greats Are Named NEA Jazz Masters, The Nation's Highest Honor In This Distinctively American Art Form
 

12

NEA Announces Second Arts Journalism Institute in Theater and Musical Theater at USC Annenberg
 

2

Statement of Chairman Gioia on Hurricane Katrina
 

August

24

National Endowment for the Arts Announces New Director of Literature
 

22

Artwork by National Endowment for the Arts Council Member Jerry Pinkney Selected for National Book Festival
 

17

National Endowment for the Arts Announces USArtists International Grants
 

4

National Endowment for the Arts Announces 13 Literature Translation Fellowships
 

2

National Endowment for the Arts Announces New Director of Arts Education
 

1

President Bush Announces Nomination of Idaho Arts Executive Mark Hofflund to Serve on the National Council on the Arts
 

July

26

National Endowment for the Arts Announces New Director of Research and Analysis
 

21

National Endowment for the Arts Convenes Second Arts Journalism Institute on Classical Music and Opera at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism
 

12

National Endowment For The Arts and EPA Announce Governor's Institute On Community Design
 

12

National Council On The Arts Convenes for 155th Meeting
 

1

National Endowment for the Arts Gives a Musical Salute to Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune on Independence Day
 

June

29

16 Dance Critics Chosen for NEA Arts Journalism Institute at the American Dance Festival
 

15

National Endowment for the Arts Announces Hurricane Recovery Aid
 

15

National Endowment For The Arts Announces 2005 Recipients of Nation's Highest Honor in the Folk and Traditional Arts
 

May

24

House of Representatives Increases Budget for National Endowment for the Arts
 

19

National Endowment for the Arts Announces Advisory committee for International Exhibitions
 

19

The National Endowment for the Arts presents a Senate Performance of the Play Beyond Glory
 

18

Statement of Chairman Gioia on the Passing of Literature Director Cliff Becker
 

16

National Endowment for the Arts Announces Literature Translation Initiative
 

12

National Endowment for the Arts Expands Shakespeare for a New Generation to Introduce More Students to Magic of Live Theater
 

10

National Endowment for the Arts Announces Summer Schools in The Arts Recipients
 

5

National Endowment for the Arts Announces Recipients of NEA Teacher Institute Awards
 

5

National Endowment for the Arts Announces '05 Grants For Arts on Radio & Television
 

2

U.S. Rep. Charles Dent Hosts National Endowment for the Arts at Workshop for Allentown Area Nonprofit Arts Organizations
 

April

28

Winners of the Nation's Highest Award in Jazz, The National Endowment For The Arts Jazz Masters Fan Out Cross-Country For NEA Jazz Masters on Tour
 

21

National Endowment for the Arts Announces $61 Million in Grants for the Second Round of Fiscal Year 2005 Funding
 

20

National Endowment for the Arts Announces Winner of Washington Finals for National Poetry Recitation Contest
 

5

National Endowment for the Arts Hosts Operation Homecoming Writing Workshops at Naval Station Pearl Harbor and Marine Corps Base Hawai'i Kaneohe Bay on April 21-22
 

4

National PBS Series Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis Launches With One-Hour Special on June 16
 

March

30

National Endowment for the Arts and National Public Radio Partner to Produce NEA Jazz Masters Series on NPR's Jazz Profiles
 

21

National Council On The Arts Convenes for 154th Meeting
 

14

National Endowment for the Arts Announces Washington Region Finals for National Poetry Recitation Contest
 

10

NEA Chairman Dana Gioia's Prepared Statement for the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
 

8

National Endowment for the Arts Initiative Honored With Video Award
 

8

National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Dana Gioia to Testify at Fiscal Year 2006 House Appropriations Hearing
 

7

National Endowment for the Arts Hosts Operation Homecoming Writing Workshops at Fort Bragg March 16-17
 

2

National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Announces 2005 Forums on Literary Reading Survey
 

1

National Endowment for the Arts and Jazz at Lincoln Center Launch NEA Jazz in the Schools Website
 

February

22

25 Theater Journalists Chosen for NEA Institute at USC Annenberg School for Communication
 

9

Statement From The National Endowment for the Arts on the Passing of NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Smith
 

1

National Endowment for the Arts Hosts Operation Homecoming Writing Workshops At Camp Pendleton, Feb. 24-25
 

January

26

National Endowment for the Arts Hosts Operation Homecoming Writing Workshops At MacDill Air Force Base, Feb. 10-11
 

18

National Endowment for the Arts Hosts Operation Homecoming Writing Workshops at Cannon Air Force Base, Jan. 18-19
 

7

National Endowment for the Arts and Jazz at Lincoln Center Partner to Create NEA Jazz in the Schools
 

7

Verizon to Sponsor National Endowment for the Arts' 2005 Jazz Masters Initiative