Eye on Design receives NEA Grant
April 30, 2009
Washington, D.C. -- The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) today announced that it has awarded the Arts Council for Long Beach (Public Corporation for the Arts of the City of Long Beach) $45,000 to support Eye on Design, a public art education program. The Learning in the Arts grant will help fund the fourth year of the program, and third-grade students participating in the program will attend field trips to historic houses and view public art in the neighborhood; learn about public art, architecture, and design; and design their own public artworks and build maquettes.
The NEA’s Learning in the Arts grants support projects that provide in-depth knowledge, skills, and understanding of the arts to children and youth in schools and communities. Projects engage students with skilled artists and teachers. Through the Learning in the Arts category, the NEA will fund 210 projects out of 506 eligible applications, for a total of $7,795,000. Please see the complete listing of projects receiving Learning in the Arts grant support in this round of fiscal year 2009 funding.
Acting NEA Chairman Patrice Walker Powell said, "I am happy to announce the more than 1,000 arts projects that will receive NEA support through this round of funding. These grants are a direct--and catalytic--investment in our nation's nonprofit cultural industry and will benefit Americans in all 50 states and 6 jurisdictional areas."
The National Endowment for the Arts is a public agency dedicated to supporting excellence in the arts, both new and established, bringing the arts to all Americans, and providing leadership in arts education. Established by Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government, the Arts Endowment is the nation's largest annual funder of the arts, bringing great art to all 50 states, including rural areas, inner cities, and military bases. For more information, please visit www.arts.gov.