Updated annually, NASAA’s FY2013 Grant Making and Funding report concisely describes aggregated data from two of NASAA’s key data collection efforts: Final Descriptive Report grants data and state arts agency revenues. This report provides statistical…
This week, the U.S. House and Senate returned to session after an unusually long summer recess. Greeting members upon their return are several pressing fiscal issues. First, the current fiscal year is set to expire…
In addition to incorporating diversity into their own policies and programming, state arts agencies can encourage their grantees and other stakeholders to commit to practices that foster cultural awareness and inclusiveness. A recent example of…
There is a unique effort under way in Massachusetts to develop the potential of cultural tourism. State legislators have embarked on a listening tour in an effort to learn about local cultural tourism prospects and…
With the conclusion of the Arts Participation Leadership Initiative (APLI), a four-year experiment to bolster audience engagement and arts participation conducted by the Washington State Arts Commission (ArtsWA) and The Wallace Foundation, ArtsWA remains committed…
State arts agencies continuously collect data describing their grant-making activities. These data can tell a powerful story about the public value of state investment in the arts. For example, we know from the national data…
NASAA is grateful to all who supported and participated in the NASAA 2013 Leadership Institute in Jackson, Wyoming, last month. Proceedings from the meeting are being posted as they become available. Here are my remarks…
This fall, the Oregon Arts Commission (OAC) kicks off its new Connecting Students to the World of Work grant program. Through the program, OAC awards grants to organizations that introduce underserved students, grades 6–12, to…
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…
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…
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…
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…
