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The National Endowment for the Arts provides all Americans with diverse opportunities for arts participation. arts.gov
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"[I]f we're all writing the same poem, what's the point?" -- Camille Rankine, 2017 NEA Literature Fellow. Rankine joins us in our Art Talk today to spill the beans on what gets her to the writing desk, what her writerly obsessions are, and what would be her superpower as an artist! Full interview on arts.gov/art-works Photo by Ms. Rankine #NEAarts #poet #writer #arts
Listen to a theater audience leaving a performance and you’ll hear them talk about a lot of things: the story itself, how much they liked (or didn’t like) the costumes, whether the music was as good live as it is on the official cast album, or how they wish they owned some piece of furniture from the set. What you probably won’t hear them talk about is the production’s lighting design. This is no surprise to veteran lighting designer Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew who’s long made her peace with the fact that audiences rarely have an idea of what her work entails—or even that her job exists! #NEAarts Find out how she's telling stories with light in our latest NEA Arts magazine at arts.gov/NEARTS
What artist Gene Davis did with stripes was turn something ordinary into works of striking beauty and art. @americanartmuseum's Gene Davis: Hot Beat” exhibit highlights 27 paintings from the artist and 1967 NEA Visual Arts Fellow. On today’s blog, we take a look inside SAAM’s brightly colored exhibit to learn just how DC earned its stripes. Full story on arts.gov/art-works #NEAarts Photo: Gene Davis, Limelight/Sounds of Grass, 1960, magna, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Florence Coulson Davis. Image courtesy of Smithsonian American Art Museum
Gareth Branwyn turning computer mice into light-seeking robots at the 2007 Maker Faire Bay Area. Read more at arts.gov! Photo by Scott Beale #TBT #NEAarts
You're looking at a collection of props from @MadMen_AMC. In our latest NEA Arts issue, Hollywood property master Ellen Freund shares the importance of these objects and how they help bring a character into life. Read the full story on arts.gov! Photo courtesy of Freund/Towstego
Got an inspirational leader you look up to? Share with us! #WednesdayWisdom #NEAarts
Which talented person do you want to find yourself in a room with? 🤔 #NEAarts
Tell us your art-full resolutions! Our #NEABigRead team shares theirs in today’s blog. Visit arts.gov/art-works to find out what they said. #arts #goals #2017 #inspiration #NEAarts
"To truly honor Dr. Martin Luther King, he don’t want me to sound like him. He don’t want me to mimic him. What he want me to do, if he want me to do anything, he want me to tell the truth, and he want me to go onstage, and he want me to be me, because everybody has a Dr. King in them. Everybody has a heroic figure in them.” Actor Bowman Wright joins us in our podcast this week to share his thoughts on the transformative power of theater and his two portrayals of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in "The Mountaintop” and “All The Way.” Listen to the complete podcast now at arts.gov/podcast! Photo: Mark Garvin #theater #arts #MLK #history #plays
In our latest milestone video, we highlight the National Endowment for the Arts' commitment to arts education, featuring NEA grantee @cocastl and interviews with performer/writer @ldub61, @nasa Administrator Charles F. Bolden, Jr., and NASA Deputy Administrator Dava Newman. Watch the video now on arts.gov/50th/milestones #artsed #arts #dance #music #theater #mediaarts
In our latest NEA Arts issue, we go behind the scenes with individuals who help bring the art we celebrate to life. We talk with the Hollywood property master behind Mad Men; the designer behind book covers that you likely have on your shelves; a pointe shoe cobbler; lighting designer; stage manager for Millennium Park; and the chief of design for all National Gallery of Art exhibitions. Rarely heralded, unsung heroes such as these are in large part responsible for making art happen. Read the full copy on arts.gov! #arts #music #dance #read #story #life #creativity
For every artwork created, there is a massive cast of supporting characters. Our latest issue of NEA Arts goes behind the scenes with individuals who help bring the art we celebrate to life! In today's blog, we’ve included quotes from each story. Visit arts.gov to read the full piece! #dance #arts #story #creativity #quotes #motivation #inspiration
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