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" /> </picture> </div> <div class="hero__inner"> <div class="hero__content"> <h1 class="hero__title">Initiatives</h1> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="l-full__main"> <section class="l-section"> <div class="l-constrain l-constrain--xs"> <div class="l-section__content"> <p>The National Endowment for the Arts works with other federal agencies, state and local governments, state and regional arts agencies, and private nonprofits on projects that provide opportunities for thousands of Americans to experience quality arts programming throughout the country.</p> </div> </div> </section> <section class="featured-content"> <div class="l-constrain"> <div class="featured-content__row"> <div class="featured-content__content-wrapper"> <h2 class="feature-content__title">Poetry Out Loud to Celebrate 20th Anniversary</h2> <div class="featured-content__content">The 2024-2025 school year marks the 20th anniversary of Poetry Out Loud®, an arts education program and dynamic poetry recitation competition for high school students that lifts poetry off the page, creating community and connection. </div> <a href="/news/press-releases/2024/poetry-out-loud-celebrate-20th-anniversary-during-2024-2025-school-year" class="button">Learn More</a> </div> <div class="featured-content__media"> <figure class="captioned-image"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/nea_common_3x2/public/images/niveah-glover-2024-pol-champion-rev.jpg?h=10d202d3&itok=0lxgD8Qe" width="600" height="400" alt="2024 Poetry Out Loud National Champion Niveah Glover reciting onstage" /> <figcaption class="captioned-image__caption"><p>2024 Poetry Out Loud® National Champion Niveah Glover of Florida reciting at the Poetry Out Loud National Finals in Washington, DC, on May 2, 2024. Photo by James Kegley</p></figcaption> </figure> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="dynamic-content-grid show-media"> <div class="l-constrain"> <div class="dynamic-content-grid__wrapper"> <a href="/initiatives/artshere" class="dynamic-content-item"> <div class="dynamic-content-item__media"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/card_square/public/images/artshere-with-logo.jpg?h=266dc47e&itok=3a1MilD1" width="600" height="600" alt="Circle ArtsHERE logo superimposed over a blurred background of people working on an outdoor mural" /> </div> <div class="dynamic-content-item__title"> <span>ArtsHERE</span> </div> <div class="dynamic-content-item__teaser"> Through grants and peer learning opportunities, ArtsHERE invests in organizations that have demonstrated a commitment to equity within their practices and programming, with the goal of increasing arts participation for underserved groups/communities, and sharing insights that may inform similar funding programs in the future. </div> </a> <a href="/initiatives/creative-forces" class="dynamic-content-item"> <div class="dynamic-content-item__media"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/card_square/public/2020-08/ceramics-creative-forces.png?h=0a2d94fb&itok=GvNYz7gz" width="600" height="600" alt="Arms and hands of people working on a pottery wheel" /> </div> <div class="dynamic-content-item__title"> <span>Creative Forces: NEA Military Healing Arts Network</span> </div> <div class="dynamic-content-item__teaser"> Creative Forces: NEA Military Healing Arts Network is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the U.S. Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs and the state and local arts agencies that seeks to improve the health, wellness, and quality of life for military and veteran populations exposed to trauma, as well as their families and caregivers. </div> </a> <a href="/initiatives/poetry-out-loud" class="dynamic-content-item"> <div class="dynamic-content-item__media"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/card_square/public/images/pol24-fl2-photobyjameskegley_0.jpg?h=790be497&itok=CE5SQNGa" width="600" height="600" alt="A young woman in a black dress speaks at a microphone" /> </div> <div class="dynamic-content-item__title"> <span>Poetry Out Loud</span> </div> <div class="dynamic-content-item__teaser"> A partnership of the National Endowment for the Arts, the Poetry Foundation, and the state arts agencies, the Poetry Out Loud program encourages high school students to memorize and perform great poems. </div> </a> </div> </div> </section> <section class="dynamic-content-grid"> <div class="l-constrain"> <div class="dynamic-content-grid__wrapper"> <a href="/initiative/arts-education-partnership" class="dynamic-content-item"> <div class="dynamic-content-item__media"> <img src="/themes/gesso/images/nea-placeholder.png" alt="NEA Placeholder Card"> </div> <div class="dynamic-content-item__title"> <span>Arts Education Partnership</span> </div> <div class="dynamic-content-item__teaser"> The Arts Education Partnership, a collaboration among the Arts Endowment, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Education Commission of the States as well as all AEP partner organizations, convenes forums to discuss topics in arts education, publishes research materials supporting the role of arts education in schools, and acts as a clearinghouse for arts education resource material. </div> </a> <a href="/initiatives/blue-star-museums" class="dynamic-content-item"> <div class="dynamic-content-item__media"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/card_square/public/NaturalHistoryMuseum.jpg?h=52605a11&itok=hKSrDdPA" width="600" height="600" alt="Columbian mammoth skeleton at the American Museum of Natural History" /> </div> <div class="dynamic-content-item__title"> <span>Blue Star Museums</span> </div> <div class="dynamic-content-item__teaser"> Blue Star Museums is a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and Blue Star Families, in collaboration with the Department of Defense and museums across America, offering free admission to the nation’s active-duty military personnel and their families, including National Guard and Reserve. </div> </a> <a href="/initiatives/cird" class="dynamic-content-item"> <div class="dynamic-content-item__media"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/card_square/public/images/Millinocket-Intersection.jpg?h=42d864b6&itok=itqPz7qr" width="600" height="600" alt="Artist rendering of a new main street intersection in a rural town " /> </div> <div class="dynamic-content-item__title"> <span>Citizens' Institute on Rural Design</span> </div> <div class="dynamic-content-item__teaser"> The Citizens’ Institute on Rural Design (CIRD) is a leadership initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Housing Assistance Council and buildingcommunityWORKSHOP. </div> </a> </div> </div> </section> <section class="dynamic-content-grid"> <div class="l-constrain"> <div class="dynamic-content-grid__wrapper"> <a href="/initiatives/gsa-art-in-architecture" class="dynamic-content-item"> <div class="dynamic-content-item__media"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/card_square/public/images/calder-for-aia-teaser.jpg?h=c96948c8&itok=il-y2ZxA" width="600" height="600" alt="Alexander Calder's monumental orange sculpture Flamingo in the urban plaza" /> </div> <div class="dynamic-content-item__title"> <span>GSA's Art in Architecture</span> </div> <div class="dynamic-content-item__teaser"> The National Endowment for the Arts and the U.S. General Services Administration are collaborating to increase awareness of GSA’s Art in Architecture program and to promote federal art commission opportunities for artists that reflect the diversity of communities across the nation. </div> </a> <a href="/initiatives/independent-film-media-arts-field-building-initiative" 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src="/themes/gesso/images/nea-placeholder.png" alt="NEA Placeholder Card"> </div> <div class="dynamic-content-item__title"> <span>International</span> </div> <div class="dynamic-content-item__teaser"> Through cooperative initiatives with other funders, the National Endowment for the Arts brings the benefit of international exchange to arts organizations, artists, and audiences nationwide. </div> </a> </div> </div> </section> <section class="dynamic-content-grid"> <div class="l-constrain"> <div class="dynamic-content-grid__wrapper"> <a href="/initiatives/micd" class="dynamic-content-item"> <div class="dynamic-content-item__media"> <img src="/themes/gesso/images/nea-placeholder.png" alt="NEA Placeholder Card"> </div> <div class="dynamic-content-item__title"> <span>Mayors' Institute on City Design</span> </div> <div class="dynamic-content-item__teaser"> A partnership of the National Endowment for the Arts and the U.S. Conference of Mayors, the Mayors’ Institute on City Design convenes mayors and design experts to solve the most critical planning and design challenges facing their cities. </div> </a> <a href="/initiatives/musical-theater-songwriting-challenge" class="dynamic-content-item"> <div class="dynamic-content-item__media"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/card_square/public/images/songwriting_logo_08.22.2023_nov_2023.jpg?h=18e0ef39&itok=hNw0GKn-" width="600" height="600" alt="National Endowment for the Arts and the National Alliance for Musical Theatre. Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge. In collaboration with Concord Theatricals, Disney Theatrical Productions, and NMPA S.O.N.G.S. Foundation." /> </div> <div class="dynamic-content-item__title"> <span>Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge</span> </div> <div class="dynamic-content-item__teaser"> An initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in partnership with the National Alliance for Musical Theatre (NAMT), the Musical Theater Songwriting Challenge is opportunity for high school students to develop and showcase musical compositions that could be a part of a musical theater production. </div> </a> <a href="/initiatives/national-folklife-network" class="dynamic-content-item"> <div class="dynamic-content-item__media"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/card_square/public/images/banner-nfn.jpg?h=041ae376&itok=nxNPXjLm" width="600" height="600" alt="Elaborately costumed figure in parading down a city street surrounded by a large crowd" /> </div> <div class="dynamic-content-item__title"> <span>National Folklife Network</span> </div> <div class="dynamic-content-item__teaser"> The National Folklife Network is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in cooperation with Southwest Folklife Alliance and in collaboration with Alliance for California Traditional Arts and First Peoples Fund to advance cultural equity by strengthening the folklife infrastructure in both rural and urban communities across the United States. </div> </a> </div> </div> </section> <section class="dynamic-content-grid"> <div class="l-constrain"> <div class="dynamic-content-grid__wrapper"> <a href="/initiatives/nea-big-read" class="dynamic-content-item"> <div class="dynamic-content-item__media"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/card_square/public/Bookshelves.jpg?h=52605a11&itok=0gOMM-2v" width="600" height="600" alt="A photo that looks down the aisle of shelves in a bookstore" /> </div> <div class="dynamic-content-item__title"> <span>NEA Big Read</span> </div> <div class="dynamic-content-item__teaser"> The National Endowment for the Arts Big Read broadens our understanding of ourselves and our neighbors through the power of a shared reading experience. Managed by Arts Midwest, this initiative annually provides support to selected nonprofit organizations around the country to host dynamic community-wide reading programs in collaboration with local partners to develop and conduct engaging events and activities. </div> </a> <a href="/initiatives/nea-research-labs" class="dynamic-content-item"> <div class="dynamic-content-item__media"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/card_square/public/2020-08/Research-Labs-Logo-cropped.jpg?h=ae12db9b&itok=n9UPuKQ3" width="600" height="600" alt="NEA Research Labs" /> </div> <div class="dynamic-content-item__title"> <span>NEA Research Labs</span> </div> <div class="dynamic-content-item__teaser"> The National Endowment for the Arts Research Labs (NEA Research Labs) program will yield empirical insights about the arts for the benefit of arts and non-arts sectors alike. </div> </a> <a href="/initiatives/save-americas-treasures" class="dynamic-content-item"> <div class="dynamic-content-item__media"> <img src="/themes/gesso/images/nea-placeholder.png" alt="NEA Placeholder Card"> </div> <div class="dynamic-content-item__title"> <span>Save America's Treasures</span> </div> <div class="dynamic-content-item__teaser"> Established in 1999, The Save America’s Treasures program, a partnership between the National Park Service, National Endowment for the Humanities, Institute of Museum and Library Services, and the NEA, helps preserve nationally significant historic properties and collections. </div> </a> </div> </div> </section> <section class="dynamic-content-grid"> <div class="l-constrain"> <div class="dynamic-content-grid__wrapper"> <a href="/initiatives/shakespeare-american-communities" class="dynamic-content-item"> <div class="dynamic-content-item__media"> <img src="/themes/gesso/images/nea-placeholder.png" alt="NEA Placeholder Card"> </div> <div class="dynamic-content-item__title"> <span>Shakespeare in American Communities</span> </div> <div class="dynamic-content-item__teaser"> Shakespeare in American Communities is a program to bring professional theater companies to middle and high schools throughout the country to perform Shakespeare’s plays and conduct educational activities. The National Endowment for the Arts presents the program in partnership with Arts Midwest. </div> </a> <a href="/initiatives/sound-health-network" class="dynamic-content-item"> <div class="dynamic-content-item__media"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/card_square/public/images/Sound-Health-Initiative-Feature.jpg?h=252f27fa&itok=j2J_i1lC" width="600" height="600" alt="An older man playing a guitar next to a woman singing" /> </div> <div class="dynamic-content-item__title"> <span>Sound Health Network</span> </div> <div class="dynamic-content-item__teaser"> The Sound Health Network (SNH) is partnership of the National Endowment for the Arts with the University of California, San Francisco in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and Renée Fleming, the center’s artistic advisor. 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