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NASAA Notes: August 2009

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State to State
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Jesse Rye
August 7, 2009

New Mexico: Arts in Social Service Grant Program

The Arts in Social Service Grant offered by New Mexico Arts provides funding for New Mexico based arts organizations or social service organizations for arts-based projects that focus on addressing social issues. The grants encourage…
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Jesse Rye
August 7, 2009

Tennessee: Art Billboards

The Tennessee Arts Commission (TAC) recently partnered with Tennesseans for the Arts and the Outdoor Advertising Association of Tennessee to strategically place 25 billboards throughout the state that promote arts education. Located in high traffic…
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Jesse Rye
August 7, 2009

Kansas: Writing Across Kansas & Ad Astra Poetry Project

The Kansas Arts Commission coordinates the selection of its state’s poet laureate. Once selected, the poet laureate is expected to create and implement a statewide educational or outreach poetry program; serve as an advisor and…
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Jesse Rye
August 7, 2009

Alaska: Summer Reading Program

The Alaska State Council on the Arts (ASCA) has partnered with the Alaska State Library System to create a distinct Alaskan component to the library’s annual summer reading program. Summer reading programs are important to…
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Legislative Update
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Thomas L. Birch
August 7, 2009

Legislative Update

NEA Budget Looks to Increase in 2010 As the House and Senate move forward on schedule with appropriations legislation for the coming 2010 fiscal year, we should expect to see an increase in the budget…
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Executive Director's Column
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Jonathan Katz
August 7, 2009

Executive Director's Column

Evidence continues to mount that the availability of learning in and through the arts is a factor critical to the success of American schoolchildren. In her recent front-page article in The New York Times, “Where…
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Research on Demand
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Angela Han
August 7, 2009

Research on Demand

As a national source of information on public arts funding, NASAA provides a knowledge network and fact base to help state arts agencies make informed policy decisions and put their own state’s needs and experiences…
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Did You Know?
August 7, 2009

Did You Know?

Free Night of Theater Builds Future Audiences A new study by Shugoll Research shows that Theatre Communications Group’s Free Night of Theatre program is bringing new audiences to the theatre. Free Night of Theater began…
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