Are you new to the state arts agency field and NASAA?
Welcome! We’ve put everything you need to get started in one place.
NASAA is here to help state arts agency staff and council members succeed. NASAA is your pipeline for new ideas and authoritative information as well as a community that supports your growth and learning. If you work for a state arts agency—professionally or on a volunteer basis—you are already a NASAA member! Complete your connection and explore these tools tailored to your role.
Connect with NASAA
Access members-only material, receive new research and connect with your peers
NASAA safeguards your contact information. Your data is confidential and accessible only to other state arts agencies.
Staff: Quick-start menu
- Best Practices
Examples of innovative policies and programs - Who’s Who in Government Arts Funding
A concise guide to the public funding ecosystem - Return on Investment: Public Arts Funding
How public investment in the arts strengthens America’s communities - The Federal-State Partnership in the Arts
How state and federal support expands access for all - Research Resources
Information at your fingertips - About State Arts Agencies
What state arts agencies do and why it’s important - About Peer Groups
How to plug into your network
Councils: Quick-start menu
- For Council Members
Resources curated especially for volunteer leaders - Citizen Councils
The important roles of public boards - Who’s Who in Government Arts Funding
A concise guide to the public funding ecosystem - Return on Investment: Public Arts Funding
How public investment in the arts strengthens America’s communities - The NEA and the States
How state and federal support expands access for all - About State Arts Agencies
What state arts agencies do and why it’s important - Advocacy Tools
Essential resources at your fingertips
NASAA’s mission is to strengthen state arts agencies.
The National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA) is a not-for-profit, nonpartisan organization. In collaboration with the nation’s 56 state and jurisdictional arts councils, we advance the arts as a powerful path to economic prosperity, rural resilience, good health, education success and strong communities in which everyone thrives. NASAA serves as a clearinghouse for data and research about public funding for the arts as well as the policies and programs of state arts agencies.
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