INDIANAPOLIS — National Endowment for the Arts recently approved more than $25 million in grants as part of the NEA’s first major funding announcement for fiscal year 2018. Included in this announcement is an Art Works grant of $20,000 to support the Indiana Repertory Theatre for the purpose of expanding their programming for Exploring Stages, theatre for patrons 3-8 years old. The Art Works category is the NEA’s largest funding category and supports projects that focus on the creation of art that meets the highest standards of excellence, public engagement with diverse and excellent art, lifelong learning in the arts, and/or the strengthening of communities through the arts.
Funding from the NEA will support the Theatre’s collaborative efforts with the United Way of Central Indiana and Child Care Answers to bring need-based preschool students to the IRT, and provide each child with a copy of the book upon which the play is based.