2004 National Endowment for the Arts News Room


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2004 Press Releases
December
22	National Endowment for the Arts Hosts Operation Homecoming Workshops at Hurlburt Field, Jan. 11-12
16	National Endowment for the Arts Taps Jazz Celebrities for its 2005 NEA Jazz Masters Awards Concert
15	National Endowment for the Arts Announces $1.7 Million in Challenge America Fast-Track Review Grants
14	Mrs. Laura Bush to Honor Arts and Education Programs for Underserved Youth
2	National Endowment for the Arts Announces $21 Million in Grants for the First Round of Fiscal Year 2005 Funding
November
30	National Endowment for the Arts Hosts Operation Homecoming Writing Workshops in San Diego At Naval Air Station North Island, Dec. 8-9
22	Senate Confirms Three New Members for the National Council on the Arts
17	President Bush Announces 2004 National Medal of Arts Recipients
16	National Endowment for the Arts Publishes Booklet on Agency's Mayors' Institute on City Design
11	National Endowment for the Arts Announces Andrew Carroll As Editor of Operation Homecoming Anthology
9	National Endowment for the Arts Hosts Operation Homecoming Writing Workshops at Offutt Air Force Base Nov. 22-23
4	Seven Jazz Greats Are Named NEA Jazz Masters, The Nation's Highest Honor in Distinctively American Art Form
October
26	National Council on the Arts Convenes For 153rd Meeting
11	"Save America's Treasures" Awards $14.5 Million in Federal Grants
September
30	Second Annual Poetry Pavilion at the National Book Festival
23	President George W. Bush Joins in Celebrating Arts and Humanities Month
22	2004 NEA National Heritage Fellows to be Honored in Capitol Hill Ceremony and Concert at George Washington University
August
30	National Endowment for the Arts Brings Shakespeare to Military Bases
13	The National Endowment for the Arts and the Venice Biennale
July
14	National Council On The Arts Convenes for 152nd Meeting
12	President Bush Nominates Two New Members for the National Council on the Arts
8	Literary Reading in Dramatic Decline, According to National Endowment for the Arts Survey
June
28	National Endowment for the Arts Announces John E. Ostrout As New Director of State and Regional Partnerships
22	NEA Jazz Masters Honored At White House Event
22	National Endowment for the Arts Announces New Deputy Congressional Liaison
15	Latino NEA National Heritage Fellows Perform at Smithsonian Folklife Festival
9	National Endowment for the Arts Announces David Steiner as New Director of Arts Education
3	Mark Bauerlein Joins National Endowment for the Arts as Director of Research & Analysis
2	National Endowment For The Arts Announces the 2004 Recipients of the Nation's Highest Honor in the Folk and Traditional Arts
1	National Endowment for the Arts to Establish Arts Journalism Institutes
May
27	National Endowment for the Arts Announces $7 Million in Challenge America: Access to the Arts Grants
18	National Endowment for the Arts Announces Nearly $58 Million in Awards in Second Round of FY04 Grantmaking
17	National Endowment for the Arts Supports Magic of Shakespeare in LA with Free Summer Shakespeare Festival
12	National Endowment for the Arts Announces Arts Education Initiative
April
27	National Endowment for the Arts Releases Details of Latest Arts Participation Survey
23	National Endowment for the Arts Launches Shakespeare for a New Generation to Introduce Thousands More Students to Magic of Live Theater
21	National Endowment for the Arts and the Embassy of Mexico-Instituto de México Host Three Voices, Three Visions, Bilingual Program Celebrating Mexican Poetry
20	National Endowment for the Arts Helps U.S. Troops Write About Their Wartime Experiences
1	Chairman Dana Gioia's Prepared Statement to the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies
March
30	National Endowment for the Arts Announces 50-State Tour of NEA Jazz Masters, Living Legends of American Music
30	National Endowment for the Arts Announces Mario Garcia Durham as Director of Presenting and Multidisciplinary Programs
26	National Council On The Arts Convenes for 151st Meeting
25	National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Dana Gioia to Testify at Fiscal Year 2005 House Appropriations Hearing
February
24	U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin Hosts National Endowment for the Arts at Workshop For Nonprofit Arts Organizations
January
29	President Bush Requests $18 Million Budget Increase for National Endowment for the Arts, Largest Since 1984
29	U.S. Rep. Bobby L. Rush Hosts Arts Endowment's Eileen B. Mason at Workshop for Chicago Area Nonprofit Arts Organizations
22	NEA Jazz Masters to be Honored in New York on January 23
13	President Bush Announces Nomination of Conductor Gerard Schwarz to Serve on the National Council on the Arts
9	National Endowment for the Arts Makes Fy 2005 Grants for Arts Projects Guidelines Available on Agency Web Site
8	The National Endowment for the Arts Announces Second Phase of Shakespeare Initiative