At this time of reflection, I thought it might be useful to revisit a column I wrote about three years ago, as the latest economic downturn was gaining momentum and it was becoming clear that
Systematic contact with legislators is a key ingredient of successful arts advocacy. Because January is the month in which many state legislatures will reconvene and begin working on fiscal year 2013 budgets, this edition of
NASAA’s bipartisan approach to advocacy delivered a strong position for state arts agencies in the final 2012 budget plan Congress approved for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Throughout the year, NASAA relied on
State arts agencies occupy a wide variety of structural positions within state government. Nearly half of all state arts agencies (22) are independent, reporting directly to the governor. Other state arts agencies are divisions of
