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National Endowment for the Arts Announces $21 Million in Grants
The National Endowment for the Arts – in its first major grant announcement for the fiscal year of 2005 – will award more than $21 million to 839 grants. The grants will go to various nonprofit national, regional, state, and local organisations across the country. They will primarily fund Access to Artistic Excellence grants as well as Literature Fellowships for individuals, with the Arts Endowment’s total budget for the financial year at $121 million. ‘Through these grants and fellowships, the National Endowment for the Arts is providing critical investments in the American arts,’ said Dana Gioia, Chairman of the Arts Endowment. ‘From preserving our cultural heritage through regional folklife festivals, to providing young people with their first visit to live theatre, to writing fellowships that allow writers the time to produce their best work, these projects bring arts of the highest quality to communities across the country.’ The Access to Artistic Excellence grants are aimed at supporting work in a huge variety of mediums and platforms, including dance, design, folk and traditional arts and literature, and infrastructure ranging from local arts agencies and media arts to museums and theatres. The money will fund go towards commissions, residencies, workshops, performances, publications and more. Literature Fellowships encourage the production of new work and allow writers the time and means to write. The agency received 1,590 applications for its Creative Writing Fellowships in Poetry; 45 poetry fellowships of $20,000 each were awarded. In addition, the Endowment awarded 14 literature translation projects in poetry, totalling $200,000. The National Endowment for the Arts is by far the biggest agency to deal with grants in the US, dedicated to supporting excellence in the arts - both new and established – bringing the arts to all Americans, and providing leadership in arts education. For more information, visit The National Endowment for the Arts
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