We asked Suzanne Wise, who serves as NASAA board chair and executive director of the Nebraska Arts Council, to author the column this month. In preparing to write this column, I reflected on the past
COVID-19 continues to have an adverse impact on students, families, educators, and school communities across the nation. Recent studies suggest that suspension of face-to-face instruction in schools during the pandemic led to learning loss, with
Musician Damian Rodriguez features in this mini-documentary film as part of the Mexican Music Project with Idaho Commission on the Arts. Video courtesy Idaho Commission on the Arts The Idaho Commission on the Arts
In January 2021, the state of Massachusetts enacted legislation establishing the Massachusetts COVID-19 Cultural Impact Commission—a special legislative commission charged with developing strategies for the recovery, growth and vitality of the creative sector in the
As of the time I am writing this column, members of the U.S. Senate are working furiously to complete work on a significant infrastructure bill that provides more than $500 billion in new federal spending
Preview of State Arts Agency FY2022 Appropriations NASAA regularly publishes reports that contain projections of the subsequent fiscal year’s legislative appropriations, which for most states begins on July 1. They include aggregate funding trends, state-by-state
The Saving Power of Community Creativity A new report from Center for Community Progress and Metris Arts Consulting, The Saving Power of Community Creativity, lifts up community based artists who worked to urgently respond to
Kristin Pleasanton Is Acting Director in Delaware Kristin Pleasanton has been named acting director of the Delaware Division of the Arts. She joined the agency in 1999 as the art & artist services coordinator and
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