The National Endowment for the Arts will post the next round of grant application guidelines on Thursday, January 13, 2011.

The National Endowment for the Arts will post the next round of grant application guidelines on Thursday, January 13, 2011.

The NEA has posted three presentations on arts.gov to make organizations aware of the category deadlines, application requirements and review criteria under the new Art Works guidelines.

The first presentation provides an overview of the NEA’s latest strategic plan – Art Works for America: Strategic Plan, FY 2012-2016 – which is the framework for all of the agency’s work, including our grants to arts organizations.

The second presentation walks you through the changes from last year’s guidelines and the third introduces the NEA’s Our Town, which will be a new funding stream that will invest in partnerships among arts, cultural, or design organizations and local governments. This funding will be invested in planning, design, or arts engagement projects that contribute toward the livability of communities and help transform them into lively, beautiful, and sustainable places with the arts at their core.

We invite you to review these presentations and to share this information with any organizations that may be interested in receiving support from the NEA.