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Arts supporter. Mom to a dancer. 12th Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts.

[MACartsDC @MACartsDC]

All three FIFA nation hosts have now reached the final 16. Mexico will be at home against England. The U.S. will be at home against Belgium. Canada has to travel to Los Angeles.

[Freedom 250 @Freedom250]

Second Lady Usha Vance (@SLOTUS) stopped by the Great American State Fair today to present the winners of the @NEAarts Bookmark Design Challenge — a nationwide call for students to show what America means to them through art. 🇺🇸📖

[MACartsDC @MACartsDC]

Thank you for manning the booth to stamp our passports for visitors.

[Congressman Michael Baumgartner @RepBaumgartner]

Unfortunately Governor Bob Ferguson chose NOT to have Washington State officially participate in THE GREAT AMERICAN STATE FAIR, but I couldn’t let this stand, so I came down to man the nearly empty booth and show that not everyone in our state puts politics before celebrating our country. Fun to stamp the “passports” - as long as everyone said “Go Sea Hawks.” 🇺🇸

[MACartsDC @MACartsDC]

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@Freedom250 @NEAarts

[Nat'l Endow f/t Arts @NEAarts]

✨A magical opening to the Great American State Fair! ✨

It's been filled with unforgettable performances & fun for the whole family.

Stop by our Legacy Stage to see a great lineup of artists & then head to the American Canvas pavilion for your Passport to America. 🇺🇸🎭🎶🎨

[Nat'l Endow f/t Arts @NEAarts]

New on the blog: Read about a collaboration supported by @NEAArts between @NewWestSymphony & @Reagan_Library that explores Pres. Reagan's life and career through the music that shaped him. https://t.co/jFiWg7JaR3

[Nat'l Endow f/t Arts @NEAarts]

Day 1 of the Great American State Fair ✅

Thank you to everyone who came out and celebrated American creativity with us!

And there's more fun to come! Head to https://t.co/giRr4k001s for our Legacy Stage line up and be sure to stop by the American Canvas pavilion ✨🇺🇸

[Mary Anne Carter @NEAArtsChair]

Hello from the Great American State Fair!

Come join us at the American Canvas Pavilion and Legacy Stage for the next 16 days as we celebrate American creativity with amazing performances and fun for the whole family.

I'll see you there!

[MACartsDC @MACartsDC]

Soundcheck at the Great American State Fair. It's showtime! #GASF @NEAArtsChair @NEAarts

[MACartsDC @MACartsDC]

Soundcheck at the Great American State Fair. It's showtime! #GASF @NEAArtsChair @NEAarts

[Nat'l Endow f/t Arts @NEAarts]

You’ll also be able to grab a free Passport to America to collect stamps while you explore the fair.

We can't wait to celebrate America's 250th with you all! 🎆 https://t.co/gyjXZ9ysti

[Nat'l Endow f/t Arts @NEAarts]

We're excited to be a part of the Great American State Fair! ✨🎡🇺🇸

From June 25 to July 10, join us for daily programming on the Legacy Stage and in the American Canvas Pavilion as we celebrate the rich history, culture, and heritage of the arts in our country.

[MACartsDC @MACartsDC]

Most poetic verses on chips and salsa.

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

USA. A Mexican restaurant. We had not yet ordered anything, and the food was already arriving.

Chips. Salsa. Unrequested. Free.

I stopped the waiter. "We have not earned these."

"They just come with the table, man."

They come with the TABLE. In my land, hospitality is a debt. Every gift creates an obligation, weighed carefully, returned in the proper season with interest of feeling. Here, the gift arrives before you have even proven you can pay for dinner.

This is not an appetizer. This is a declaration: we trust you. Eat.

I ate with the gravity the moment deserved. And then — I must report this calmly — the basket emptied, and a new one appeared.

"Did we…?"

"Refill," the waiter said. "It's bottomless."

Bottomless. They have wells of salsa. The supply lines of this nation are beyond anything my ancestors imagined.

My friend warned me. "Don't fill up on chips, dude."

Too late. I had accepted three baskets. Honor demanded each one be finished — an unfinished gift is an insult. By the time my actual food arrived, I was a ruined man.

I was not hungry. I was not comfortable. I had been defeated by a courtesy.

Generosity that arrives before the request cannot be repaid. It can only be survived.

I know the rule now. I have made my peace with the basket. One basket. Two at the most.

Who am I deceiving. There is no number of baskets I would refuse. The trust of a nation is in that salsa, and I intend to honor all of it.

[MACartsDC @MACartsDC]

So honored to be commencement speaker at Ashland University. Thanks to President Peede, his entire team and all those who make a day like today possible.

And a well deserved congratulations to the Class of 2026! @Ashland_Univ
#eaglenation https://t.co/PKzrey50JH

[MACartsDC @MACartsDC]

Seems appropriate for today. May the 4th be with you.
https://t.co/2GaZnrGSd0

[JJ @JJVibe]

Team USA just turned the pool into a stage.

Smooth Criminal hits. Every move lands.

This isn’t swimming… it’s a performance.

Did that give you chills?

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Even we have to agree with this.

[MACartsDC @MACartsDC]

That was some break they needed.

[KITKAT @KITKAT]

Regarding recent press coverage

[MACartsDC @MACartsDC]

The U.S. becomes the first nation to sweep the hockey tournaments at the Olympics and Paralympics. https://t.co/mVhBMoqlQH

[MACartsDC @MACartsDC]

Nature's art.
https://t.co/iac9VZuO3q

[Nature Unedited @NatureUnedited]

Birds forage along the shoreline as the sun sets over Anna Maria Island, Florida