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Delta Blues
Press Release
June 13, 2013
Mississippi's oldest music museum continues to receive high marks
for Arts & Education program
CLARKSDALE, MS (June 13, 2013) - The
Delta Blues Museum's Arts & Education Program has been chosen
for recognition as a 2013 National Arts and Humanities Youth
Program Award (NAHYP) Finalist for the museum's work in
providing "rich arts and humanities learning opportunities
to young people." The awards program is an initiative
of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities
(PCAH). The President's Committee partners with the Institute
of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), National Endowment
for the Arts (NEA), and the National Endowment for the Humanities
(NEH) to administer the program.
The awards committee reviewed 376
nominations from 49 states, including the District of Columbia,
and selected 50 finalists representing the top arts and
humanities based programs from across the country. A national
jury of arts and humanities field experts will choose 12
winners, to be announced at the end of June.
About
the Delta Blues Museum
Established in 1979 by the
Carnegie Public Library Board of Trustees and re-organized
as a stand-alone museum in 1999, the Delta Blues Museum
is Mississippi's oldest music museum. A 2013 recipient
of the IMLS National Medal for Museum and Library Services,
the Delta Blues Museum is dedicated to creating a welcoming
place where visitors find meaning, value and perspective
by exploring the history and heritage of the unique American
musical art form, the Blues. The Museum's current DEEPER
ROOTS campaign seeks $1.2 million for new and enhanced exhibits
for Phase II of its expansion--which includes the new Muddy
Waters Addition--enabling the Museum to better preserve
and display the history and work of Blues artists from the
Mississippi Delta, and advancing the Museum's ability to
"tell" stories that inspire and educate future generations
about this important American art form. Find out more at
www.deltabluesmuseum.org/deeperroots.
For more information on events or programs, please call (662) 627-6820, or visit the Museum web site at www.deltabluesmuseum.org.
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This newsletter is supported in part
by funding from the Mississippi Arts Commission, a state
agency, and,
in part, from the National Endowment for the
Arts, a federal agency.
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