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2008 Press Releases

May

8

National Endowment of the Arts Announces New Series Of Operation Homecoming Writing Workshops
 

2

National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Dana Gioia Honors National City Public Library Volunteers with President's Volunteer Service Award
 

1

National Endowment for the Arts Announces More Than $77 Million in Grants for the Second Round of Fiscal Year 2008 Funding
 

April

30

National Endowment for the Arts Announces 2008 National Winner of Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest
 

23

National Endowment for the Arts Announces 2008-2009 Shakespeare for a New Generation Grants
 

21

National Endowment for the Arts Announces Grants to Four U.S. Organizations for The Big Read Egypt/U.S.
 

9

National Endowment for the Arts Announces NEA Jazz Masters Live
 

8

National Endowment for the Arts and The Poetry Foundation Announce the 2008 National Finals of Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest
 

4

U.S. Representative Phil Gingrey Hosts NEA Chairman Dana Gioia for Grants Workshop at Kennesaw State University
 

2

National Endowment for the Arts and Library of Congress Host Poetry Reading to Celebrate Release of Contemporary Russian Poetry: An Anthology
 

March

31

National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Dana Gioia to Testify at Fiscal Year 2009 House Appropriations Hearing
 

26

National Council on the Arts Convenes for 163rd Meeting
 

19

Rep. Vern Buchanan Hosts National Endowment for the Arts at Workshop for Florida Nonprofit Arts Organizations
 

18

National Endowment for the Arts Celebrates "A Masterly Milestone"
 

11

National Endowment for the Arts to Manage Design Competition for Rosa Parks Statue in U.S. Capitol
 

February

25

U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and NEA Chairman Dana Gioia Participate in Conversation on the Arts
 

22

Rep. Luis G. Fortuño Hosts National Endowment for the Arts at Workshop for Puerto Rico Nonprofit Arts Organizations
 

1

NEA Arts Journalism Institute for Dance Journalists Now Accepting Applications
 

January

24

National Endowment for the Arts Announces New Deputy Chairman for States, Regions, and Local Arts Agencies
 

22

Operation Homecoming Documentary Nominated for Academy Award®
 

9

National Endowment for the Arts Opera Honors
 

9

National Endowment for the Arts Announces Retirement of Arts Education Partnership Director Dick Deasy