The National Endowment for the Arts is committed to supporting visual arts activity—painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, drawing, craft, and public art—that demonstrates exceptional aesthetic investigation and meaningful community engagement.
Staff
Director of Museums, Visual Arts, and Indemnity
Staff
- Meg Brennan
- Visual Arts Specialist, brennanm@arts.gov
- Kathleen Dinsmore
- Museums and Visual Arts Specialist, dinsmorek@arts.gov
- Lauren Miller
- Asst. Grants Management Specialist, millerl@arts.gov
Recent Grants
![Medal of Arts](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20170124235644im_/https://www.arts.gov/sites/default/files/medal-still.png)
An online grant search is available to find information on NEA grants from 2000 to the present.
Partnerships
Lifetime Honors
National Medal of Arts
The National Medal of Arts is the highest award given to artists and arts patrons by the United States government and is awarded by the President of the United States.