Arkansas Arts Council, Central Arkansas Library System to receive National Endowment for the Arts grants | The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Lauren Groff, author of "Matrix," was one of the more than 75 authors featured at the 2021 Six Bridges Book Festival. The National Endowment for the Arts is awarding $12,000 to the Central Arkansas Library System toward bringing in authors for the 2022 festival this fall.
(Special to the Democrat-Gazette/Eli Sinkus) — Lauren Groff, author of "Matrix," was one of the more than 75 authors featured at the 2021 Six Bridges Book Festival. The National Endowment for the Arts is awarding $12,000 to the Central Arkansas Library System toward bringing in authors for the 2022 festival this fall. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette/Eli Sinkus)

Two Arkansas institutions are receiving grants totaling $733,670 from the National Endowment for the Arts.

The Arkansas Arts Council will receive $721,670 as a state and regional partner to the endowment.

And the Central Arkansas Library System expects to get a $12,000 Arts Project grant toward bringing in nationally acclaimed authors for its 11-day fall Six Bridges Book Festival.

The endowment on Wednesday announced money for 1,125 Arts Projects grants across America totaling more than $26.6 million, part of $91 million distributed to organizations in all 50 states and other jurisdictions in its second round of fiscal year 2022 funding. A complete list is available at arts.gov/news.

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