As I write, I’m thinking about recent devastating weather events and their impact on arts communities and communities generally. As our friends in rain-soaked parts of California and the tornado-stricken areas of Mississippi, Alabama and
Helping the folk and traditional arts to thrive is an important part of what state arts agencies do. Using a mixture of federal and state funds, state arts agencies provide a wide variety of programs
New Mexico Arts recently announced the 2023 New Mexico Arts Artist Residency program awardees. The project will hold two artist residencies at the Bosque Redondo Memorial Historical Site. The Bosque Redondo Memorial Historic Site, located
The arts offer tools that support the health and well-being of veterans. The Washington State Arts Commission (ArtsWA) is providing resources and support to meet the unique needs of veterans and active-duty military personnel. With
Last month, the Biden administration sent to Congress its fiscal year 2024 budget proposal, which included an increase in funding for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) of $4 million, to $211 million. While
New Profiles of States’ Creative Economies NASAA’s Creative Economy State Profiles have been freshly updated with new arts and cultural production data. Produced in cooperation with the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the interactive
Museums: Leading through Crisis; Legislative Updates The American Alliance of Museums (AAM) has published Reopenings: What Museums Learned Leading through Crisis, an in-depth series of three reports examining the impacts, long-term lessons and practices museums
Mike Markey Is Executive Director in Nebraska The Nebraska Arts Council has chosen Mike Markey as its next executive director. He immediately takes over a position that has been vacant since January, after the retirement
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