President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities Invites Nominations for Coming Up Taller Awards

Coming Up Taller, an initiative of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Humanities, works to showcase cultural excellence and enhance the availability of out-of-school arts and humanities programs to children.

The Coming Up Taller Awards recognize and support outstanding community arts and humanities programs that celebrate the creativity of America's young people and provide them with learning opportunities and chances to contribute to their communities.

Award recipients receive $10,000 each, an individualized plaque, and an invitation to attend the annual Coming Up Taller Leadership Enhancement Conference. In addition, thirty-five exceptional youth arts and humanities programs across the country receive a Semifinalist Certificate of Excellence.

Awards are given to organizations for a specific program or programs. In some cases, the organization and program may be the same.

To be eligible, nominated programs should operate as a program for children and youth outside the school day; use one or more disciplines of the humanities or the arts as the core content of its program(s); concentrate on children and youth who live in family and community circumstances that limit their opportunities (underserved children and youth are the primary participants in the program); involve children and youth as active participants in the arts or humanities experience; provide participants with regularly scheduled sessions on an ongoing basis; integrate arts or humanities education programs with youth development goals; have been operational since January 2006 for a minimum of five years (including 2010); be a nonprofit tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization, unit of state or local government, or federally recognized tribal community or tribe; and be in good standing if a recipient of a federal grant.

Visit the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities Web site for complete program information.

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