National Endowment for the Arts

American  

noun

U.S. Government.

1. an independent agency that stimulates the growth and development of the arts in the U.S. by awarding grants to individuals and organizations.

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Example Sentences

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, the recipient of Guggenheim, MacArthur, and National Endowment for the Arts fellowships among many other awards, Nelson writes poetry, autobiography, art criticism, and feminist, queer and identity theory, serving her fans from an abundant combo platter of critical and commercial success.

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In 2013, the National Endowment for the Arts honored him as a Jazz Master and the Latin Grammys granted him a Lifetime Achievement Award.

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It was among 30 Los Angeles arts organizations that received a grant termination letter from the National Endowment for the Arts the night before.

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This month, in a move equally shocking and predictable, the National Endowment for the Arts terminated or rescinded hundreds of previously awarded grants to arts organizations nationwide.

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“Promised matching funds from the National Endowment for the Arts allowed our organization to secure the resources necessary to produce this work,” SCR wrote in a statement about “The Staircase” by Noa Gardner.

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