2008 Press Releases

November

U.S. Representative Michael McNulty Serves as Honorary Host of National Endowment for the Arts Grants Workshop
 

New Members Confirmed to Serve on National Council on the Arts
 

October

National Council on the Arts Convenes for 165th Meeting
 

National Endowment for the Arts and Arena Stage Announce Inaugural Selections for NEA New Play Development Program
 

23 Music Journalists Awarded Fellowships to Columbia University's NEA Arts Journalism Institute
 

NEA Opera Honors Inaugural Awards Concert October 31, 2008, in Washington, DC
 

September

Poetry Reading at Library of Congress Celebrates Release of The New North: Contemporary Poetry From Northern Ireland
 

National Endowment for the Arts Announces Florida Division of Cultural Affairs as Recipient of 2008 National Accessibility Leadership Award
 

Operation Homecoming Documentary Wins Two Emmy® Awards
 

Rise Up And Hear: An Evening of Poetry Honoring Abraham Lincoln’s Legacy Set for September 22
 

National Endowment for the Arts Presents Sixth Annual Poetry Pavilion at the National Book Festival
 

NEA Chairman Dana Gioia Visits El Paso September 19 to Help Launch Big Read Mexico
 

National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Dana Gioia announces his future plans
 

National Endowment for the Arts and City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Partner for Guadalajara International Book Fair
 

NEA National Heritage Fellowship Celebrations Upcoming
 

National Endowment for the Arts to Honor 2009 NEA Jazz Masters at Awards Ceremony & Concert at Jazz at Lincoln Center
 

August

National Endowment for the Arts Announces 13 Fellowships for Literary Translation Projects
 

National Endowment for the Arts Announces Domestic Indemnity Program
 

National Endowment for the Arts Announces Recovery Funds to Iowa Arts Council
 

July

States Eye Film and TV Productions to Boost Economic Outlook
 

Operation Homecoming Documentary Nominated For Three EMMY® Awards
 

National Endowment for the Arts Launches Fifth Arts Journalism Institute in Classical Music and Opera at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
 

June

U.S. State Department Sponsors Foreign Journalists to Attend The 2008 NEA Arts Journalism Institute
 

National Council on the Arts Convenes for 164th Meeting
 

U.S. Rep. Virgil Goode Hosts National Endowment for the Arts Grants Workshop
 

National Endowment for the Arts Announces More Than $2,000,000 in Grants for The Big Read
 

U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks Hosts NEA Chairman Dana Gioia for Grants Workshop
 

National Endowment for the Arts Announces New Artists In The Workforce Study
 

National Endowment for the Arts and Arena Stage Announce Application Period Now Open for NEA New Play Development Program
 

National Endowment for the Arts Announces the 2009 NEA Jazz Masters
 

May

National Endowment for the Arts Announces New Books for The Big Read
 

U.S. Rep. Sam Farr and National Endowment for the Arts Announce Grants to Three California Organizations to Celebrate The Big Read: The Poetry Of Robinson Jeffers
 

U.S. Rep. Sam Farr Hosts NEA Chairman Dana Gioia for Grants Workshop
 

National Endowment for The Arts Announces Second Education Leaders Institute
 

National Endowment for the Arts Announces 2008 NEA National Heritage Fellowship Recipients
 

National Endowment for the Arts Announces Inaugural Class of NEA Opera Honors Recipients
 

National Endowment for the Arts Announces New Series Of Operation Homecoming Writing Workshops
 

National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Dana Gioia Honors National City Public Library Volunteers with President's Volunteer Service Award
 

National Endowment for the Arts Announces More Than $77 Million in Grants for the Second Round of Fiscal Year 2008 Funding
 

April

National Endowment for the Arts Announces 2008 National Winner of Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest
 

National Endowment for the Arts Announces 2008-2009 Shakespeare for a New Generation Grants
 

National Endowment for the Arts Announces Grants to Four U.S. Organizations for The Big Read Egypt/U.S.
 

National Endowment for the Arts Announces NEA Jazz Masters Live
 

National Endowment for the Arts and The Poetry Foundation Announce the 2008 National Finals of Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest
 

U.S. Representative Phil Gingrey Hosts NEA Chairman Dana Gioia for Grants Workshop at Kennesaw State University
 

National Endowment for the Arts and Library of Congress Host Poetry Reading to Celebrate Release of Contemporary Russian Poetry: An Anthology
 

March

National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Dana Gioia to Testify at Fiscal Year 2009 House Appropriations Hearing
 

National Council on the Arts Convenes for 163rd Meeting
 

Rep. Vern Buchanan Hosts National Endowment for the Arts at Workshop for Florida Nonprofit Arts Organizations
 

National Endowment for the Arts Celebrates "A Masterly Milestone"
 

National Endowment for the Arts to Manage Design Competition for Rosa Parks Statue in U.S. Capitol
 

February

U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and NEA Chairman Dana Gioia Participate in Conversation on the Arts
 

Rep. Luis G. Fortuño Hosts National Endowment for the Arts at Workshop for Puerto Rico Nonprofit Arts Organizations
 

NEA Arts Journalism Institute for Dance Journalists Now Accepting Applications
 

January

National Endowment for the Arts Announces New Deputy Chairman for States, Regions, and Local Arts Agencies
 

Operation Homecoming Documentary Nominated for Academy Award®
 

National Endowment for the Arts Opera Honors
 

National Endowment for the Arts Announces Retirement of Arts Education Partnership Director Dick Deasy