Arts Feb 03 Watch 6:59 How this philanthropist hopes to boost mid-career women artists The work of women artists makes up only 3 to 5 percent of major museums' permanent collections in the U.S. and Europe. Many of these artists struggle financially -- but Susan Unterberg is trying to change that. For decades, the… By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport
Arts Nov 05 Burnout is rampant among doctors and nurses. Can the arts help? For decades, art therapy has been used to help patients. But today, doctors are looking at how it can also help health care providers. By Elizabeth Flock
Poetry Jul 11 How young writers are leading a poetry comeback Twenty-eight million American adults read poetry this year -- the highest percentage of poetry readership in more than 15 years. By Jennifer Hijazi
Arts Mar 22 NEA funding fight is also a fight about jobs, arts groups say The arts community descends every year on Washington, D.C., to lobby for arts funding. But this year they decided they needed a different strategy. By Elizabeth Flock
Mar 16 Why small and rural arts groups may hurt the most under Trump’s plan to gut the NEA By Elizabeth Flock We reached out to groups from Texas to Maine about what life would look like without funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. Here's what they said. Continue reading
Jan 12 Watch 7:22 Investing in America’s cultural capital By PBS News Hour The National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities turn 50 this year. Jeffrey Brown speaks with Jane Chu of the NEA and William “Bro” Adams of the NEH about the contributions artists and humanists make… Continue watching
Jan 28 NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman Answers Your Questions By Tom LeGro I recently had the chance to talk with new NEA chairman Rocco Landesman for an interview we aired earlier this month, and invited you to send us your questions and comments for him. We compiled them and put them to… Continue reading
Jan 06 Watch From Broadway to the Beltway, Rocco Landesman Fights for the Arts Rocco Landesman is known as the producer who brought hits such as "Angels in America," "Big River," and "The Producers" to Broadway. But as the new chair of the National Endowment of the Arts, Landesman has given up the bright… Continue watching