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2007 Press Releases

December

27

President Bush Signs Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2008 with $144.7 Million for National Endowment for the Arts
 

21

25 Top Journalists Awarded Fellowships to USC Annenberg’s NEA Arts Journalism Institute
 

21

National Endowment for the Arts Announces NEA New Play Development Project in Partnership with Arena Stage
 

17

National Endowment for the Arts to Honor 2008 NEA Jazz Masters When Jazz Fans and Stars Gather in Toronto
 

12

Save America's Treasures Grant Program Announces $7.6 Million in Awards
 

5

National Endowment for the Arts Announces Minnesota State Arts Board as Recipient of 2007 National Accessibility Leadership Award
 

4

National Endowment for the Arts Announces More Than $20 Million in Grants for the First Round of Fiscal Year 2008 Funding
 

November

19

National Endowment for the Arts Announces New Reading Study
 

15

National Endowment for the Arts Announces Challenge America Grants
 

14

White House Announces 2007 National Medal of Arts Recipients
 

14

National Endowment for the Arts Announces First Round of Participants in Education Leaders Institute
 

13

National Endowment for the Arts Announces More Than $1.5 Million in Big Read Grants for First Half of 2008
 

6

Veterans Day Observed with National Endowment for the Arts Screening of Muse of Fire in Wichita, Kansas
 

October

30

National Council on the Arts Convenes for 162nd Meeting
 

2

National Endowment for the Arts Announces 2008 NEA Jazz Masters
 

2

National Endowment for the Arts Announces Maurice Cox as Director of Design
 

1

President George W. Bush Joins in Observing Arts and Humanities Month
 

September

26

National Endowment for the Arts Announces Grant to Longfellow's Wayside Inn for New Poetry Program
 

24

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

13

National Endowment for the Arts Embarks on Another Round of International Literary Exchanges
 

13

Twenty-three Fellows Chosen for the Fourth NEA Arts Journalism Institute in Classical Music and Opera at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism
 

7

NEA National Heritage Fellowship Celebrations Upcoming
 

6

The Big Read On XM Premiere Features NEA Chairman Dana Gioia And Mrs. Laura Bush
 

August

29

National Endowment for the Arts and XM Radio Launch The Big Read on XM National Radio Series
 

14

National Endowment for the Arts Announces 14 Literary Translation Grants
 

July

25

National Endowment for the Arts Announces New Literature Director
 

10

U.S. Representative Todd Tiahrt Hosts NEA Chairman Dana Gioia for Grants Workshop
 

10

National Council on the Arts Convenes for 161st Meeting
 

June

30

National Endowment For The Arts Announces 2007 Recipients of Nation's Highest Honor in the Folk and Traditional Arts
 

25

The Big Read Becomes The Largest Federal Literature Program Since The W.P.A.
 

21

National Endowment for the Arts Celebrates Silver Anniversary of NEA National Heritage Fellowship Program
 

6

Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism Will Hold Fourth Arts Journalism Institute on Classical Music and Opera
 

May

16

President Bush Nominates Ballet Director Miguel Campaneria to National Council on the Arts
 

15

National Endowment for the Arts Announces The NEA Education Leaders Institute
 

1

National Endowment for the Arts Announces 2007 National Winner of  Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest
 

April

24

National Endowment for the Arts Announces More Than $67 Million in Grants for the Second Round of FY 07 Funding
 

24

National Endowment for the Arts Announces Grant Recipients for Summer Schools in the Arts Program
 

23

National Endowment for the Arts Announces Participating Theater Companies for 2007-2008 Shakespeare for a New Generation Program
 

23

National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Dana Gioia Honors Phoenix Art Museum Volunteer with President's Volunteer Service Award
 

19

National Endowment for the Arts Announces 2008 Plans for the Big Read National Reading Program
 

16

City of Bridgeport and National Endowment for the Arts Host Mrs. Laura Bush for Big Read Celebration
 

12

National Endowment for the Arts Supports Russian Translation
 

11

National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Dana Gioia Joins Celebration of Northern Ireland Arts and Culture
 

9

National Endowment for the Arts and The Poetry Foundation Announce the 2007 National Finals of Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest
 

March

30

U.S. Rep. Joseph Sestak hosts NEA Chairman Dana Gioia for Grants Workshop
 

29

National Endowment for the Arts Announces Grants to Music and Dance Companies to Appear at International Festivals
 

20

National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Dana Gioia to Testify at Fiscal Year 2008 House Appropriations Hearing
 

19

National Council on the Arts Convenes for 160th Meeting
 

16

President Bush Nominates DC Arts Patron Stephen Porter to National Council on the Arts
 

15

National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Dana Gioia Helps Celebrate 200th Birthday of Longfellow at Issuance of Commemorative Stamp
 

2

National Endowment for the Arts Announces Challenge America Fast-Track Grants
 

February

20

National Endowment for the Arts Announces World Premiere of Muse Of Fire, Documentary Based on Operation Homecoming Program
 

15

National Endowment for the Arts Announces Recipients of International Literature Awards
 

5

National Endowment for the Arts Celebrates 100th Birthday of Poet W. H. Auden with Two-Day Event
 

2

Rep. Jane Harman Hosts National Endowment for the Arts at Workshop for California Nonprofit Arts Organizations
 

January

22

Mrs. Laura Bush to Honor Arts and Education Programs for Underserved Youth
 

19

National Endowment for the Arts Announces Presenters Component of American Masterpieces National Initiative
 

19

National Endowment for the Arts Announces Maine Arts Commission as Recipient of 2006 National Accessibility Leadership Award
 

10

The National Endowment for the Arts Honors its 2007 NEA Jazz Masters as Jazz Greats Gather in New York
 

10

National Endowment for the Arts Produces Jazz and Literature "Moments" for XM Satellite Radio