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The web version of the new NEA ARTS is posted. The issue focuses on the arts in Washington, DC

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75 not-for-profits,including arts and cultural organizations, libraries, and universities,will receive grants totaling $1 million to host Big Read projects between September 2010 and June 2011.

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Kicking off the program’s fifth year, the National Endowment for the Arts today announced that 75 not-for-profits — including arts and cultural organizations, libraries, and universities — will receive grants totaling $1 million to host a Big Read project between September 2010 and June 2011.

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Last week, HUD and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) released two Notices of Funding Availability (NOFAs): $100 million in grants available through HUD’s Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant Program, and up to $75 million in grants available through a joint HUD and DOT Sustainable Communities Challenge Grant Program. Under both programs, arts organizations are eligible to partner with state and local governments, metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), transit agencies, philanthropic and non-profit organizations and other eligible applicants to develop consortia grant proposals.

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5° Premio Arte Laguna Pittura, Scultura, Arte Fotografica, Video Arte, Performance Dotazione: € 100.000	5° Art Prize Arte Laguna Painting, Sculpture, Photographic Art, Videoart, Performance Prizes: € 100.000	5° Premio Arte Laguna Pintura, Escultura, Fotografia VideoArte y Performance Premios: € 100.000
5e Prix Arte Laguna Peinture, Sculpture, Photographique, Videoart et Peformance Dotation: € 100.000	5 °艺术奖普艺丽 绘画，雕塑，摄影艺术，Videoart，性能 奖品：€100.000	إعلان عن المسابقة الدولية للفنون Arte Laguna الرسم والنحت والفن الفوتوغرافي ، Videoart ، والأداء الجوائز : € 100،000

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5° Premio Arte Laguna Pittura, Scultura, Arte Fotografica, Video Arte, Performance Dotazione: € 100.000	5° Art Prize Arte Laguna Painting, Sculpture, Photographic Art, Videoart, Performance Prizes: € 100.000	5° Premio Arte Laguna Pintura, Escultura, Fotografia VideoArte y Performance Premios: € 100.000
5e Prix Arte Laguna Peinture, Sculpture, Photographique, Videoart et Peformance Dotation: € 100.000	5. Kunstpreis Arte Laguna Malerei, Skulptur, Fotografie, Videoart und Performance Preise: € 100.000	إعلان عن المسابقة الدولية للفنون Arte Laguna الرسم والنحت والفن الفوتوغرافي ، Videoart ، والأداء الجوائز : € 100،000

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At the 170th meeting of the National Council on the Arts, NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman announced the 18 artists who are receiving lifetime honorific awards for their significant contributions to their respective fields of jazz, folk and traditional arts, or opera.

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When compared with non-media participants, Americans who participate in the arts through technology and electronic media – using the Internet, television, radio, computers, and handheld devices – are nearly three times more likely to attend live arts events; attend twice as many live arts events; and attend a greater variety of genres of live arts events, according to a new report from the Arts Endowment

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The Arts Endowment has launched its YouTube channel with 45 videos focused on interviews with NEA jazz Masters, NEA Opera Honors recipients, and Big Read authors.

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