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NASAA Notes: May 2013

May
2013

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State to State
May 3, 2013

Arizona: Honoring Our Service Members Grants

The Arizona Commission on the Arts (ACA) has a new grant program to support participatory arts and cultural experiences for active-duty members of the armed services, reservists, veterans and their families. The Honoring Our Servicemembers…
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May 3, 2013

Nevada: Promoting the Arts in the State Capitol

Since 1985, the Nevada Arts Council (NAC) has organized and presented visual arts exhibitions in the Nevada State Legislative Building during biennial legislative sessions. This year, between February and June, the Legislative eXhibition Series (LXS)…
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May 3, 2013

Tennessee: Summer Arts Education Institute

Create2013, the Tennessee Arts Commission’s (TAC) third annual Creativity in Education Institute in July, will be of special interest to state arts agencies interested in arts integration models and practices. The conference, hosted in partnership…
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Legislative Update
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Isaac Brown
February 3, 2013

Pushing the President's NEA Budget Forward

On April 10, President Obama submitted his fiscal year 2014 budget recommendations to Congress. For the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the administration proposes $154.5 million in funding. This figure represents an increase of…
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More Notes from NASAA
May 3, 2013

Help in Accessing NASAA Information

Make sure your spam filter doesn’t trap emails from NASAA. Place nasaa@nasaa-arts.org in your allowed senders list. Let NASAA know if your agency’s e-mail addresses or Internet domain change, which may affect your receipt of our emails. Need…
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Executive Director's Column
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Jonathan Katz
May 3, 2013

The Boston Bombing and Collective Experience

Of the many works of art whose topic is the case for the value of art, one of my very favorites is a poem by A. E. Housman entitled “Terence, this is stupid stuff,” which…
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Research on Demand
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Ryan Stubbs
May 3, 2013

New SAA Fact Sheet: Support for Arts in Rural Communities

To complement our suite of recently updated state arts agency (SAA) grant-making fact sheets, NASAA has released a new fact sheet highlighting SAA support for arts in rural communities. The arts help to address a…
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