Something new from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Here’s the blurb from the website.

About Art Works

NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman has laid out the guiding principle that will inform his work at the agency, which can be summed up in two words: “Art works.” Chairman Landesman means this in three ways:

1. “Art works” is a noun. They are the books, crafts, dances, designs, drawings, films, installations, music, musicals, paintings, plays, performances, poetry, textiles, and sculptures that are the creation of artists.
2. “Art works” is a verb. Art works on and within people to change and inspire them; it addresses the need people have to create, to imagine, to aspire to something more.
3. “Art works” is a declarative sentence: arts jobs are real jobs that are part of the real economy. Art workers pay taxes, and art contributes to economic growth, neighborhood revitalization, and the livability of American towns and cities.

Chairman Landesman will spend the next six months learning and highlighting the ways that art works in neighborhoods and towns across America. Many of you have been on the ground doing for years what we at the NEA are just starting to talk about now. Please read and comment on our blog posts and tell us how *art works* in your neighborhood, town, or city.

Visit http://www.arts.gov/artworks/