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Awards and Contests
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Americans for the Arts 
 The organization responsible for annual events such as the National Arts Awards and the Public Leadership on the Arts Awards ("in cooperation with the U.S. Conference of Mayors"). Find news, details about programs and award-recipients back to the late 1990s, and more. http://www.artsusa.org Topics: Art Last updated Aug 10, 2006 National Endowment for the Arts: Recovery
Find background and updates concerning implementation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), which will be distributing funding for "projects and activities which preserve jobs in the non-profit arts sector threatened by declines in philanthropic and other support during the current economic downturn." Provides announcements and reports, details about grants (awarded grants to be posted to this page), and related background. From the NEA. http://www.arts.gov/recovery/ Topics: Art, Federal (U.S.) Government Last updated Mar 10, 2009 National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA)
This organization of "individuals, corporations, foundations and philanthropic institutions" gives awards and scholarships to high school students in the U.S. in the areas of "Classical, Jazz and Popular Music, Voice, Dance, Film and Video, Photography, Theater, Visual Arts and Writing." The "NFAA is the exclusive nominating organization to the Presidential Scholars Program sponsored by the White House." Features material for students and educators about NFAA programs. http://www.nfaa.org Topics: Art, College and University Education Last updated Aug 7, 2006 The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
These awards "have celebrated [more than] 80 years as a unique presence in our nation's classrooms by identifying and documenting outstanding achievement of young artists and writers in the visual and literary arts." The site features entry rules, galleries of works by award recipients back to 2001, and material about alumni and judges. http://www.scholastic.com/artandwritingawards/ Topics: Art, Writing Last updated Aug 7, 2006 |
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