NEA Awards National Heritage Grants
Every year, the National Endowment for the Arts, or NEA, awards prestigious grants to U.S. artists. Beginning in the 1980s, the organization broadened their definition of what they consider art by establishing the National Heritage fellowship program, which awards $25,000 grants for lifetime achievements by folk and traditional artists. Here, btw takes a closer look […]
Stuff YOU Should Know
Can Bees Do Math? Have you ever wondered if animals can count? What about insects? If that sounds like a crazy idea, you’ll be surprised to hear that honeybees can count to four. Even more impressively, Australian scientists have recently discovered that they may also understand the concept of zero. Here’s what happened. Scientists in […]