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October

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