National Endowment for the Arts
About Us
The National Endowment for the Arts is a public agency dedicated to supporting excellence in the arts, both new and established; bringing the arts to all Americans; and providing leadership in arts education. Established by Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government, the Endowment is the nation's largest annual funder of the arts, bringing great art to all 50 states, including rural areas, inner cities, and military bases.
Articles by National Endowment for the Arts
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How the Arts Can Enhance After-School Programs
In a recent report, Champions of Change: The Impact of the Arts on Learning, published jointly by the President’s...
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Introducing Your Child to the Arts: Making Art Through Movement
Children love to move and dance. The love of dance does not depend on capability or even mobility. There is a style or...
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Introducing Your Child to the Arts: Making Music Together
"The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music; they...
Topics: Music and Children -
Introducing Your Child to the Arts: Dramatic Play for Children
"I am not a historian. I happen to think that the content of my mother’s life—her myths, her superstitions, her...
Topics: Drama -
Exemplary After-School Programs
The following 21st Century Community Learning Centers programs, supported by grants from the U.S. Department of...
Topics: Extracurricular Activities -
After-School Arts Education: Resource
Web Sites Americans for the Arts href="http://www.artsusa.org/">www.artsusa.org Americans for the Arts has...
Topics: Art Programs in Schools -
Introducing Your Child to the Arts: Words to Stories
"One must be drenched in words, literally soaked in them, to have the right ones form themselves into the proper...
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Introducing Your Child to the Arts: Your Child and the Visual Arts
"Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up." - Pablo Picasso, visual...
Topics: Art -
Imagine! Introducing Your Child to the Arts
A Message to Parents “The arts are, above all, the special language of children, who, even before they learn to...
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Introducing Your Child to the Arts: Folk Art
"Art, especially the traditional arts, continually demonstrate the vital principle that sameness and differences always...
Topics: Art
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