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MUSIC: Access to Artistic ExcellenceIntroductionAccess to Artistic Excellence encourages and supports artistic creativity, preserves our diverse cultural heritage, and makes the arts more widely available in communities throughout the country. While projects in this category may focus on just one of these areas, the Arts Endowment recognizes that many of the most effective projects encompass both artistic excellence and enhanced access. Support is available to organizations for projects that do one or more of the following:
The Arts Endowment is particularly interested in projects that extend the arts to underserved populations -- those whose opportunities to experience the arts are limited by geography, ethnicity, economics, or disability. This is achieved in part through the use of Challenge America: Reaching Every Community funds. Please note: Congress has prohibited the Arts Endowment from making direct grants to individuals except for Literature Fellowships, NEA Jazz Masters Fellowships, NEA National Heritage Fellowships in the Folk & Traditional Arts, and National Endowment for the Arts Opera Honors. DeadlinesApplications will be accepted under two deadlines: March 10, 2008, and August 11, 2008. Projects may involve aspects of several of the examples listed below. However, the major focus of your project determines the appropriate application deadline. For example, if your project centers on the commissioning and premiere of a new work but includes the recording of that work as an ancillary activity, you should apply under the March 10, 2008, deadline. The application should be submitted under the August 11, 2008, deadline only if the recording of the new work is the project’s primary focus. The Access to Artistic Excellence category provides support for projects that include but are not limited to: March 10, 2008, Application Deadline
August 11, 2008, Application Deadline
If your project is for children and youth, see "Choosing the Right Category for Children and Youth Projects" to help you in your category selection. Application ReviewThis category uses the agency's traditional method of application review. Applications are submitted to the Music staff and are reviewed by a diverse group of experts in the music field. Applications are reviewed on the basis of artistic excellence and artistic merit. For more detailed information on how artistic excellence and artistic merit will be evaluated, see the "Review Criteria." You can find additional information in the "Application Review" section of the "Frequently Asked Questions." ContactsMusic Specialists: OutcomesThe Arts Endowment has identified five outcomes that it plans to achieve through Access to Artistic Excellence. Each applicant must select the one outcome listed below that is most relevant to its project and indicate this in its application:
If you wish to apply:
National Endowment for the Arts · an independent federal
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