Nevada School of the Arts (NSA) has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to receive a Challenge America award of $10,000.
This grant will support NSA’s newest program, “Kids Composing Musicals,” which will open for enrollment to students in Spring 2023. This grant is one of 262 Challenge America awards totaling $2.62 million that were announced by the NEA as part of its first round of fiscal year 2023 grants.
“The National Endowment for the Arts is proud to support arts projects in communities nationwide,” said NEA Chair Maria Rosario Jackson, PhD. “Projects such as this one with Nevada School of the Arts strengthen arts and cultural ecosystems, provide equitable opportunities for arts participation and practice, and contribute to the health of our communities and our economy.”
“Nevada School of the Arts is grateful for grants such as this which provide new opportunities for students in Southern Nevada who are interested in the arts,” said Raja Rahman, Nevada School of the Art’s President and CEO. “This grant allows our students to have the opportunity to learn how to create an original musical play from ideation to the stage.”
For more information on other projects included in the NEA’s grant announcement, visit arts.gov/news,
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Photos by Jerry Metellus
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