{"id":71,"date":"2025-11-24T13:27:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T13:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foundationfornewamericanart.org\/blog\/?p=71"},"modified":"2025-11-24T14:27:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T14:27:04","slug":"meet-the-foundation-for-new-american-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foundationfornewamericanart.org\/blog\/2025\/11\/24\/meet-the-foundation-for-new-american-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet The Foundation for New American Art"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Foundation for New American Art (FNAA), a nonprofit 501c3, was founded by multidisciplinary artist  Phoebe Legere. Phoebe recognized a dire need to provide arts education programs to children living in low-income, underserved communities. Public schools in these districts suffer from having very low or absolutely no budgets for art\/music\/dance &amp; theater curriculum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1747\" src=\"https:\/\/foundationfornewamericanart.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/587698952_122235329102125221_6419999339175211622_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-72\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foundationfornewamericanart.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/587698952_122235329102125221_6419999339175211622_n.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/foundationfornewamericanart.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/587698952_122235329102125221_6419999339175211622_n-300x256.jpg 300w, https:\/\/foundationfornewamericanart.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/587698952_122235329102125221_6419999339175211622_n-1024x874.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/foundationfornewamericanart.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/587698952_122235329102125221_6419999339175211622_n-768x655.jpg 768w, https:\/\/foundationfornewamericanart.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/587698952_122235329102125221_6419999339175211622_n-1536x1310.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Phoebe Legere\u2019s FNAA provides after-school programs, creates and hosts festivals, concerts, and community gatherings, offers free music and art classes, invites caregivers and grandfamilies to participate in creative arts sessions, and offers a haven for children who have no opportunities to express their artistic selves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Originally formed as the New York Underground Museum, a place to archive and showcase the works of both recognized and unrecognized artists of the community, the organization evolved into the Foundation for New American Art to offer much-needed cultural equity to children and families with little or no access to the Arts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Foundation for New American Art offers the promise that neglected neighborhoods can achieve a considerable degree of much needed cultural equity.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are happy to accept your donation to support our programs and no amount is too small. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=JTDHKY54XR6N6\">https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=JTDHKY54XR6N6<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Foundation for New American Art (FNAA), a nonprofit 501c3, was founded by multidisciplinary artist Phoebe Legere. Phoebe recognized a dire need to provide arts education programs to children living in low-income, underserved communities. Public schools in these districts suffer from having very low or absolutely no budgets for art\/music\/dance &amp; theater curriculum. 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