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The Arts: Music, Sculpture, Painting, Literature, Architecture, Performing, and Film
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
an independent federal agency that is the largest funder of the arts and arts education in communities nationwide and a catalyst of public and private support for the arts. By advancing equitable opportunities for arts participation and practice, the NEA fosters and sustains an environment in which the arts benefit everyone in the United States.
National Gallery of Art
The National Gallery of Art, founded as a gift to the nation, serves as a center of visual art, education, and culture. Our collection of more than 150,000 paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, photographs, prints, and drawings spans the history of Western art and showcases some of the triumphs of human creativity. Across 363 days a year, the National Gallery offers a full spectrum of special exhibitions and public programs free of charge.
US General Services Administration Fine Arts Collection
GSA's Fine Arts Collection is one of the nation's oldest and largest public art collections. Dating from the 1850s to the present, artworks are displayed in federal buildings across the country, and many are on long-term loan to museums and cultural institutions near you.