NEA Strategic Plan 2006 - 2011
Vision
A Nation in which artistic excellence is celebrated, supported, and available to all.
Mission
To support excellence in the arts, both new and established; bring the arts to all Americans; and provide leadership in arts education.
Goals
- Access to Artistic Excellence
To encourage and support artistic excellence; preserve our cultural heritage; and provide
access to the arts for all Americans.
- Learning in the Arts
To advance arts education for children and youth.
- Partnerships for the Arts
To develop and maintain partnerships that support excellence in the arts, both new and
established; bring the arts to all Americans; and provide leadership in arts education.
Areas of Special Emphasis
- National Initiatives
A grants program that serves the American people by creating large model programs of
indisputable artistic merit and broad public reach accompanied by substantive educational
materials for schools, students, and teachers. The strategy embodies the agency’s fourpronged
commitment to artistic excellence, public accessibility, arts education, and
partnership.
- International Activities
Programs that support the presentation of American arts and artists at international venues;
encourage exchanges of U.S. artists with artists of other nations; indemnify art objects from
other countries for the purpose of exhibition in the U.S.; and sponsor presentations of the
work of foreign artists in the United States.
The National Endowment for the Arts' 2006-2011 Strategic Plan
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 NEA Strategic Plan
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