I’ve participated in several strategic forums on the future of the arts and arts education. One was convened by the Association of Performing Arts Presenters and another by the Cultural Data Project with sponsorship from
The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (PCA) serves a diverse state with cultural and physical topographies as variegated as Philadelphia to the east, Pittsburgh to the west and the Allegheny Mountains in between. Through its
New Jersey recently marked a national milestone when it became the first state to include arts education in its annual assessment of public schools. While the State of New Jersey Department of Education‘s comprehensive evaluation—its
Arizona Art Tank is a new Arizona Commission on the Arts (ACA) initiative that harnesses the spirit of crowdsourcing to make strategic investments in arts based entrepreneurial ventures. Through the program, funded by a portion
The California Arts Council (CAC) has created six new programs with an extra $2 million in one-time funds from the California State Assembly. The $2-million supplement, which was allocated from a discretionary fund via a
In a dramatic departure from recent years of inactivity, 2014 is off to a busy start in Washington. As NASAA reported last month, Congress began its new session by passing the first omnibus appropriations bill
One way NASAA reports on state arts agency (SAA) grant-making trends is through a series of succinct fact sheets articulating the national impact of SAA grants in key areas. These fact sheets include topical overviews,
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