The divisions within American society cannot be ignored, but let’s focus on where the country is united, and how the cultural sector can foster that unity

It's the highest honour awarded by the US federal government to artists in a wide range of disciplines and art patrons

The grants are part of a new initiative, dubbed ArtsHere, intended to increase community arts engagement in underserved areas

Visual-art projects receiving support include a new Agnes Denes work in California, a Duane Linklater commission in New York and a public collaboration to help heal Indigenous generational trauma in Alaska

New US government data report shows cultural industries accounted for 4.3% of national economic activity in 2022, though some sectors struggled to surpass pre-pandemic figures

Two surveys supported by the National Endowment for the Arts show that in-person art activities remain below pre-Covid levels, while many Americans continue to experience culture virtually

The NEA's second round of grants for fiscal year 2023 supports a wide range of exhibitions, partnerships and programmes

The art and cultural sectors had a larger impact on the US GDP in 2021 than ever before, according to a new report from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Bureau of Economic Analysis

The study found that while the US arts economy shrunk twice as fast as the overall economy, the arts’ contribution to GDP held steady

If Congress approves, the National Endowment for the Arts in particular would see its 2022 budget go up to $201m—the highest amount of government funding since its inception

Up to 30% of arts spaces may close permanently, and agency chief fears rural areas in the US will be the hardest hit

With $10m in funding already, Artist Relief will offer individual $5,000 unrestricted grants through September

Due to losses caused by the coronavirus epidemic, the American Alliance of Museum estimates that one-third of the now shut museums will not be able to reopen without financial assistance from the government

"Art" is a loaded term, freighted with associations of class and power

The administration points to private fundraising like crowdsourcing platform Kickstarter as a better way to support the arts

After pushing to eliminate the agencies, US President Donald Trump reluctantly signed a spending bill that assures their survival for 2018

The president’s 2019 budget includes a similar proposal to last year’s failed plan to defund America’s arts bodies

Instead of raising hopes that they might deal a decisive slap in the face to Congressional limits on artistic expression, the justices gave no clear indication of where they were heading in the case