Author: National Endowment for the Arts

Publication Year: 1973

Media Type: Report

Summary:

Abstract:

This booklet is designed to help interested individuals and organizations determine if the National Endowment for the Arts has a program under which they might receive assistance. The sections of this booklet correspond to the major Program Areas of the Arts Endowment: Architecture + Environmental Arts Program, Dance Program, Education Program, Expansion Arts Program, Federal-State Partnership Program, Literature Program, Museum Program, Music Program, Public Media Program, Special Projects Program, Theater Program, and Visual Arts Program. Each of these Programs has its own staff and panel of experts and/or consultants. There are also special sections on Crafts and Folk Arts. (from How to Use this Booklet) Included in the booklet is important information on general eligibility requirements and an explanation of areas not ordinarily funded.

CONTENTS
Introduction (includes history, funding, and resolutions accessibility to the arts for the handicapped).
Essential Information for All Applicants (includes general eligibility requirement, methods of funding, how to apply, application review procedure, and areas generally not funded).
Calendar of Application Deadlines.
The Bicentennial.
Architecture + Environmental Arts Program (includes professional education an development, public education and awareness, assistance to state arts agencies, and excellence in federal design).
Crafts.
Dance Program (includes touring programs; development of resident professional dance companies; choreography fellowships and production grants; and workshops and services).
Education Program (includes Artists-in-Schools, and Alternative Education Forms).
Expansion Arts Programs (includes community cultural centers; art exposure programs; summer programs; state arts agencies-expansion arts and neighborhoods art service).
Federal-State Partnership (includes grants to state and regional arts organizations).
Folk Arts.
Literature Program (includes fellowships for professional writers; poetry in the schools; poets in developing colleges; assistance to small presses; and literary magazines).
Museum Program (includes purchasing plans, conservation programs, museum training, renovation and fellowships).
Music Program (includes orchestra, opera, and jazz programs; and training programs).
Public Media Program (includes programming in the arts, regional development, media studies, pilot programs, and The American Film Institute).
Special Projects Program.
Theater Program (includes aid to professional and experimental theatres; new play producing groups, and playwright development programs; and theater for youth).
Visual Arts Program (includes fellowships to artists, printmakers and photographers; art critics, photographers, and craftsmen in residency programs).
Members of National Council on the Arts.
List of State Arts Agencies.

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Categories: Funding