Among NASAA’s communication priorities is conveying to key audiences—including its own membership as well as officials of the new federal administration—the unique value provided by the portion of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
Montana: The Land of Creativity / The Power and Potential of Arts-Driven Economic Development in Montana is an 11-minute presentation by the Montana Arts Council (MAC) meant to educate board members, community leaders and others
Creative Transitions is a project of the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) and the Hampshire Educational Collaborative (HEC) that linked arts groups with the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services (DYS) facilities. A recent report and evaluation
The Colorado Council on the Arts (CCA) has made Ties That Bind: Folk Arts in the Colorado Classroomavailable on-line. The multimedia toolkit helps teachers incorporate Colorado’s folk arts and traditional art forms into the K-12
The Maine Arts Commission recently announced the Creative Communities = Economic Development (CCED) grant to activate the concept that Maine’s quality of place is the state’s primary economic asset. The CCED grant supports dialogue and
With the release in February of the Obama administration’s fiscal year 2011 budget plan, Congress officially enters into the appropriations season with a heavy schedule of hearings over the next two months, with agency heads
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
Each year, the Pew Center on the States releases its State of the States report, a nonpartisan analysis of the fiscal and political forces affecting state government. Forecasters are predicting that state budgets will continue
