Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson Congratulates Two Dallas Recipients of National Endowment for the Arts Grants

Washington, DC – (Tuesday, April 23, 2013) –   Today, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced that Big Thought Arts Education and the Nasher Sculpture Center Museum will receive grants as part of NEA’s second major round of arts funding in FY2013.  Big Thought Arts Education will receive $37,000 to support professional development for teaching artists, and the Nasher Sculpture Center Museum will receive $60,000 to support Nasher XChange: 10 Years, 10 Artists, 10 Sites: Bringing Dallas Together, a public art installation.

“I’m pleased to see these funds used to continue to promote the arts in the Dallas area, and develop young artists,” said Congresswoman Johnson.  “These grants will help support projects in the district and continue to spur interest in the arts.”

Over $26 million, including nearly $4 million in arts education projects, will be awarded in this round of grants.  In total, more than 800 organizations in 46 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico will receive funding.

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 U.S. Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson is the highest-ranking Texan on the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure and a senior member of the Science Committee. She represents the 30th Congressional District of Texas, which includes Downtown Dallas, Fair Park, Kessler Park, Old East Dallas, Pleasant Grove, South Dallas & South Oak Cliff; all of Cedar Hill, DeSoto, Duncanville, Hutchins, Lancaster & Wilmer and parts of Ferris, Glenn Heights, South Grand Prairie, Oak Lawn, Ovilla, Uptown/Victory Park and West Dallas.