Joan Shigekawa News

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Acting Chairman Joan Shigekawa announced today that American Lyric Theater (ALT) is one of 886 nonprofit organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Works grant. ALT is recommended for a $35,000 grant to support the Composer Librettist Development Program - the only full time professional mentorship initiative for emerging operatic writers in the country.

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Acting Chairman Joan Shigekawa announced today that the American Theatre Wing is one of 886 nonprofit organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Works grant. The American Theatre Wing is recommended for a $20,000 grant to support their SpringboardNYC and Theatre Intern Group programs.

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Acting Chairman Joan Shigekawa announced today that Milwaukee Repertory Theater is one of 895 nonprofit organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Works grant. Milwaukee Repertory Theater is recommended for a $20,000 grant to support The History of Invulnerability.

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Acting Chairman Joan Shigekawa announced today that BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange is one of 895 nonprofit organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Works grant. BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange is recommended for a $15,000 grant to support their artist in residence program (BAX AIR).

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Acting Chairman Joan Shigekawa announced today that Children's Theatre Company (CTC) is one of 895 nonprofit organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Works grant. CTC is recommended for a $75,000 grant to support the commissioning and production of new work for young audiences.

In December, National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Acting Chairman Joan Shigekawa announced that The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is one of 895 nonprofit organizations to receive an Art Works grant. The $50,000 grant supports the 2013-2014 Composer of the Year residency program.

In December, National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Acting Chairman Joan Shigekawa announced that The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra is one of 895 nonprofit organizations to receive an Art Works grant. The $50,000 grant supports the 2013-2014 Composer of the Year residency program.

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Senior Deputy Chairman Joan Shigekawa announced today that the New Albany Symphony Orchestra is one of 150 not-for-profit organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Challenge America Fast-Track grant. The New Albany Symphony Orchestra is recommended for a $10,000 grant to support the “Short Ride on a Fast Machine” performance on April 6, 2014 featuring pianist Jon Kimura Parker—a multi-media performance designed to appeal to the musically-underserved hearing-impaired community.

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Acting Chairman Joan Shigekawa announced the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts is one of 895 nonprofit organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Works grant. The Ordway will receive $20,000 to help support the Flint Hills International Children's Festival in 2014.

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Acting Chairman Joan Shigekawa announced today that American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) is one of 895 nonprofit organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Works grant. A.C.T. is recommended for a $30,000 grant to support their upcoming production of The Orphan of Zhao, playing June 4-29, 2014 at A.C.T.'s Geary Theater.

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Acting Chairman Joan Shigekawa announced yesterday that the Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company received an NEA Art Works grant.

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Acting Chairman Joan Shigekawa announced last week that the American Repertory Theater at Harvard University (A.R.T.) is one of 895 nonprofit organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Works grant. The A.R.T. is recommended for $85,000 to support the world premiere production of Matt Gould and Griffin Matthews' world premiere musical Witness Uganda, directed by A.R.T. Artistic Director Diane Paulus.

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has announced Oregon Children's Theatre is one of three Oregon theater companies (and 895 total nonprofit organizations nationwide) to receive an NEA Art Works grant.

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Acting Chairman Joan Shigekawa announced last week that the Huntington Theatre Company is one of 895 nonprofit organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Works grant. The Huntington is slated to be awarded $25,000 to support the development and production of Huntington Playwriting Fellow Lydia R. Diamond's Smart People, now extended to play May 23 - June 29, 2014.

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Acting Chairman Joan Shigekawa announced today that SPARC is one of 895 nonprofit organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Works grant. SPARC is recommended for a $20,000 grant to support its LIVE ART program.

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced on December 11 that the Frist Center for the Visual Arts is one of 895 nonprofit organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Works grant. The Frist Center is recommended for a $35,000 grant to support the exhibition Sanctity Pictured: The Art of the Dominican and Franciscan Orders in Renaissance Italy and the corresponding fully illustrated exhibition catalogue published by Philip Wilson Publishers.

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Acting Chairman Joan Shigekawa announced that Cygnet Theatre is one of 895 nonprofit organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Works grant. The $10,000 grant will support forums, creative marketing and school workshops in conjunction with the electrifying and provocative musical, Spring Awakening.

The Eugene O'Neill Theater Center is one of 895 nonprofit organizations nationwide granted federal funding through an Art Works grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, announced last week by NEA Acting Chairman Joan Shigekawa. The O'Neill will receive $55,000 to support the continued development of new work during its 2014 National Playwrights and National Music Theater Conferences. The O'Neill received a $50,000 NEA grant last year.

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Acting Chairman Joan Shigekawa announced today that ROSIE'S THEATER KIDS (RTKIDS) is one of 895 nonprofit organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Works grant. Rosie's Theater kids is recommended for a $40,000 grant to support the acte II (a commitment to excellence) program.

National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Acting Chairman Joan Shigekawa announced today that Piffaro, The Renaissance Band is one of 895 nonprofit organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Works grant. Piffaro, The Renaissance Band is recommended for a $10,000 grant to support Dresden Vespers 1619, with a special guest from Boston, the highly esteemed Renaissance choral ensemble, Blue Heron (blueheronchoir.org).