1965
President Johnson signs the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act
First NEA Grant Awarded to The American Ballet Theatre
1966
Writing Out of the Ashes: The Watts Writers' Workshop
1967
To Promote and Preserve: The NEA Helps Found the American Film Institute
Initial Public Art Project Becomes a Landmark
Arena Stage Takes a Risk on The Great White Hope
1968
Westbeth: At Home in the Arts
1969
Putting Down Roots: The Actors Theatre of Louisville Builds a Stage to Call Home
1970
Talent Search: Alice Walker Receives an NEA Discovery Award
1971
Museum on Rails Rolls Into Rural Communities: Artrain USA
1972
Setting the Standard: The NEA Initiates the Federal Design Improvement Program
1973
Facing It: Iconic Artist Chuck Close receives a Visual Arts Fellowship
1974
The NEA Finds and Fights for a Home of its Own
1975
Thomas Hart Benton's Final Gift
Bringing the World's Treasures to the American People
1976
Hit Parade: The NEA Funds A Prairie Home Companion
Live From Lincoln Center Brings the Arts to the Airwaves
1977
Milt Hinton: NEA Jazz Master and Master Photographer of Jazz
1978
Groundbreaking Program Makes the Arts More Accessible
1979
A Confederacy of Dunces
1980
Lunching with Legends: The NEA supports Aviva Slesin's documentary The Ten-Year Lunch: The Wit and Legend of the Algonquin Round Table
1981
NEA Panel Chooses Design for Vietnam Veterans' Memorial
Sundance Institute Nurtures "Indie" Films
1982
The First NEA National Heritage Fellowships are Awarded
1983
Bobbie Ann Mason: NEA Literature Fellow
1984
The Manchester Craftsmen's Guild: Crafting Confidence
1985
Western Folklife Center: Cowboy Poetry Gathering Revives Traditional Art Form
1986
The First Mayors' Institute on City Design Convenes
1987
The Joffrey Ballet Resurrects The Rite of Spring
1988
Mingus Lives: Sue Mingus Receives an NEA Grant to Preserve Charles Mingus's Legacy
1989
Art for All Americans: the NEAís Rural Arts Initiative
1990
Spontaneous Composition: Allen Ginsberg and Philip Glass partner to create Hydrogen Jukebox
1991
The Thrill's Still Here: Riley "B.B." King Receives an NEA National Heritage Fellowship
1992
Chamber Music Rural Residencies - Inspiring Communities With Live Music
1993
Blighted Structures Get New Life As Artists' Studios
1994
Preschoolers Benefit from the Arts
1995
Jazzing Up the NBA: Jazz Sports at the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz
1996
Helping Artists Go Online: Open Studio
Engaging with the Community: NEA/TCG Theatre Residency Program for Playwrights
1997
American Canvas Report Released by the National Endowment for the Arts
To Conserve a Legacy: American Art from Historically Black Colleges and Universities
1998
Preserving the Nationís Cultural Legacy: The Federal Save Americaís Treasures program
1999
To Preserve, Honor, and Share: The Alaska Native Heritage Center
2000
Millennium Brings New Musical Sounds Across America
2001
Reaching Out: Challenge America Broadens the NEA's Impact Nationally
ARTifacts: Kids Respond to a World in Crisis
2002
Art Across Borders: The U.S.-Mexico Bi-national Alliance of Regional Arts Organizations
2003
NEA Launches Largest Tour of Shakespeare in American History
2004
NEA Arts Journalism Institutes: Improving Arts Coverage in America
2005
President and Mrs. Bush celebrate the 40th anniversary of the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities.
2006
NEA Gets Jazzed Up in NYC
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