📅 Due: 9/20 IMLS is accepting proposals for 2️⃣ #LibraryFunding programs! Apply now! 📚 LB21: Build a diverse, skilled workforce ➡️ imls.gov/grants/availab… 🔍 NLG-L: Enhance services & engagement ➡️ imls.gov/grants/availab… #LibraryGrants #ProfessionalDevelopment

When I know you are coming home/ I put on this necklace:/ glass beads on a silken thread,/ a blue that used to match my eyes./ I like to think I am remembering you./ I like to think you don’t forget. "The Albatross" Kate Bass poetryoutloud.org/poem/the-albat…

🚨Upcoming Deadline! Don't miss your chance to nominate an artist or arts organization for a 2024 National Medal of Arts, the highest award given to artists & arts patrons by the U.S. government. Nominations are due 10/3/2024. For more info, visit bit.ly/3Z91q0f

Check out some highlights from Maria Rosario Jackson, PhD's 1st trip to #AK last month incl visits with organizations, artists, and arts leaders in Anchorage, Bethel, and Juneau. bit.ly/3XvshT5

“It's important to engage w/storytelling & narrative and character because that's one of the ways in which we understand our world & it's one of the ways in which we understand each other." Listen to more from Dr. Thalia Goldstein on the Art Works pod! bit.ly/4g3Wvnz

In the latest issue of American Artscape, Nat'l Endow f/t Arts Chair Jackson discusses how the #Arts & physical infrastructure intersect to create inclusive & vibrant spaces! More from Chair Jackson: bit.ly/4dUXBAr Explore the mag issue: bit.ly/4gbfAnK #HealBridgeThrive

September is National Preparedness Month—and state arts agencies work with many partners to help communities rebound following a disaster. After the Lahaina wildfires, Hawaii SFCA released funding to aid the recovery of arts organizations. Learn more: ncaper.org/post/the-arts-…

Join New Jersey State Council on the Arts and the NJEDA on Thursday, September 19 at 2PM for a free, virtual information session on the Activation, Revitalization, and Transformation (A.R.T.) Program - Phase II! Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Up next on the Art Works podcast, we're chatting w/ longtime arts educator & visual artist James Rees about the creative process, student-centered learning in the arts, mentorship & more. Here's a first listen: bit.ly/47bOQj3 The full episode goes live Tues, Sept 10.

“Children engage in artistic play in all sorts of ways. They draw, they dance, they make music, they move their bodies, they pretend play and engage in theater.” Professor and researcher Dr. Thalia Goldstein joins us on the Art Works pod! Listen: bit.ly/4g3Wvnz #Art

"Elevating the arts in our built environment contributes to fostering social cohesion, making opportunity accessible to all, and bolstering our democracy and civic life.” More from Nat'l Endow f/t Arts Chair Jackson on the blog! bit.ly/4dUXBAr #HealBridgeThrive

#HispanicHeritageMonth starts Sept 15! Our Teacher’s Guide shares resources and lesson plans for K-12 classrooms on Hispanic and Latino #History and #Heritage. 👉bit.ly/3zIV08J #sschat #UShistory

Did you catch our recent blog post on museum writing genres? Trey Whitted, Secondary Language Arts Ed student & Anderson Museum of Art intern shares the ways museums can center values in different forms of writing institution-wide. midwestmuseums.org/unity-accessib…

For #NYFW, we look at the visionary fashion of Beau McCall, aka “The Button Man.” “I take the button out of the everyday and present it to you in an artistic form”—from adorned durags and capes to sculpture and collage. Read on: s.si.edu/3Te70uH 🔴🟡🟤

Up next on the Art Works podcast, we're chatting w/ longtime arts educator & visual artist James Rees about the creative process, student-centered learning in the arts, mentorship & more. Here's a first listen: bit.ly/47bOQj3 The full episode goes live Tues, Sept 10.

In our latest Measure for Measure post, Nat'l Endow f/t Arts Research Director Sunil Iyengar explores the lasting influence of the work of the late cultural economist Stephen Sheppard. Get the story: bit.ly/3MyVoOZ

Save the Date | 9/11 National Day of Service 2024 Spark a lifetime of service this #911Day! Join AmeriCorps & 9/11 Day to honor those we lost & rekindle the spirit of service that swept our nation after that tragic day. Learn more: AmeriCorps.gov/911Day #IWillFor911Day

“It's important to engage w/storytelling & narrative and character because that's one of the ways in which we understand our world & it's one of the ways in which we understand each other." Listen to more from Dr. Thalia Goldstein on the Art Works pod! bit.ly/4g3Wvnz

In the new issue of American Artscape, meet the collaborators behind RAIR Philly, a unique artist residency set at Revolution Recovery, a 3.5-acre commercial waste facility. Read the story here: bit.ly/47fmkwU #artistresidency #artistinresidence #recycling

Join us to celebrate the 2024 Nat'l Endow f/t Arts National Heritage Fellows at free events on September 17 & 18! 9/17: Film screening/discussion at The Kennedy Center (7:30pm) 9/18: Awards ceremony at Library of Congress (5:30pm) Visit the website for info & tickets. bit.ly/4cwR1yI