Marietta College receives National Endowment for the Arts grant
Women of the World to conduct three-day residency in the spring
Marietta, Ohio (09/04/2019) — The National Endowment for the Arts is awarding Marietta College a grant of $10,000 to support bringing the quartet, Women of the World, to the campus and Marietta community.
"All Americans should have access to the arts," said Mary Anne Carter, acting chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts. "Grants such as this one to Marietta College are an important part of the National Endowment for the Arts' work to ensure people in communities both large and small across the nation have the opportunity to experience the arts."
Women of the World is an all-female quartet that performs in multiple languages and strives to celebrate the beauty of diversity. As part of a three-day residency during the spring semester, the quartet will perform one full, 90-minute concert for the entire community and offer presentations to the student body on diversity and issues of inclusion.
"This is the first grant I worked on when I arrived at Marietta College back in March," said Chantal Centofanti-Fields, Grants and Foundation Officer. "This is very exciting and we are honored that the National Endowment for the Arts recognized the importance of this program for the College and community."
Located in Marietta, Ohio, at the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio rivers, Marietta College is a four-year liberal arts college. Tracing its roots to the Muskingum Academy back in 1797, the College was officially chartered in 1835. Today Marietta College serves a body of 1,200 full-time students. The College offers more than 50 majors and is consistently ranked as one of the top regional comprehensive colleges by U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review, as well as one of the nation's best by Forbes.com. Marietta was selected seventh in the nation according to the Brookings Institution's rankings of colleges by their highest value added, regardless of major.
About the National Endowment for the Arts
Established by Congress in 1965, the National Endowment for the Arts is the independent federal agency whose funding and support gives Americans the opportunity to participate in the arts, exercise their imaginations, and develop their creative capacities. Through partnerships with state arts agencies, local leaders, other federal agencies, and the philanthropic sector, the Arts Endowment supports arts learning, affirms and celebrates America's rich and diverse cultural heritage, and extends its work to promote equal access to the arts in every community across America. Visit arts.gov to learn more.
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