Appropriations Bills, Arts Funding On Hold With time running out on the fiscal year, and Congress unable to send a single appropriations bill to the President before the October 1 start of the 2008 fiscal…
Question: How much funding do state and regional arts agencies award to rural areas? Answer: About 59 million residents (20 percent of the U.S. population) live in rural areas. Together, states and regions made more…
The collective mission of state arts agencies has always been to broaden and deepen participation in the arts. How state arts agencies have accomplished that mission, in programmatic terms, has evolved as the environment has…
Children’s Museums Can Serve as Community Hubs A survey conducted by Reach Advisors in spring of 2007 asked 5,500 parents and grandparents what types of museums they visit with their families and why. The intent…
Congress Locked in Appropriations Strategy With appropriations bills bogged down on Capitol Hill, Congress may still be working on the Fiscal Year 2008 funding measures in December and January. By the end of October –…
Question: When new staff or council members join our state arts agency, what should I tell them about NASAA? Answer: Here are four talking points to help newcomers begin to get acquainted with the National…
“Creative economy” or one of its closely-related concepts—creative community, cultural economy, creative class, creative workforce—is a topic in almost every conversation I have with a state arts agency leader. The message that artistic processes and…
Interesting Facts About Baltimore Baltimore is a city of 640,961 residents located in Maryland on the Patapsco River near the Chesapeake Bay. Many people know that America’s national anthem, “The Star Spangled Banner,” was written…
House Panel Votes Record NEA Fund Increase The House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee on May 23 voted a record increase in funding for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), approving legislation proposed by subcommittee chair…
Question: Where can I learn about other states’ creative economy initiatives? Answer: Visit NASAA’s newly updated Creative Economy Resource Center for the latest statewide studies, examples of state arts agency initiatives, recommended reading and more!…
NASAA has a working definition of collaboration that includes mutual identification of a priority, shared design of an approach, and joint contribution of resources. In collaborations between the NEA and the state arts agencies, we…
Design is a Critical Component in Reaching Young Adults* In building sustainable communities, it is important to reach the younger generation. According to a recent study released by Autodesk1—a private firm that makes design software—design…
