The Chorale Education Program was awarded a National Endowment for the Arts grant and received an Education Outreach Award from Chorus America.

Source: https://ticotimes.net/2023/03/12/colorado-childrens-chorale-offering-free-concerts-in-costa-rica

“The National Medal of Arts recipients have helped to define and enrich our nation’s cultural legacy through their lifelong passionate commitment,” National Endowment for the Arts chair Maria Rosario Jackson said in a statement.

Source: https://atlantatribune.com/2023/03/24/gladys-knight-honored-with-national-medal-of-arts-from-president-joe-biden/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gladys-knight-honored-with-national-medal-of-arts-from-president-joe-biden

The scrappy, everything-but-the-kitchen-sink didn’t make a big splash upon its release, except in Congress, where Michigan Republican Pete Hoekstra used its explicit sex scene to from the National Endowment for the Arts that made the film possible.

Source: https://slate.com/culture/2023/07/watermelon-woman-criterion-collection-movie-cheryl-dunye.html?via=rss