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NASAA Notes: September 2014

September
2014

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State to State
September 10, 2014

West Virginia: Full STEAM Ahead Grants

Innovative ideas may come easily to artists, educators and arts organizations, but funding opportunities to realize them can be more elusive. In West Virginia, this dilemma spawned a unique collaboration to create the Full STEAM…
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September 10, 2014

New York: Workforce Investment Grants

In October, the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) will announce the first group of grantees of a new program helping nonprofit arts organizations create new or expand existing staff positions. The Workforce…
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September 10, 2014

Minnesota: Partners in Arts Participation Grants

Partners in Arts Participation is a new pilot program of the Minnesota State Arts Board (MSAB) that awards nonmatching grants of $5,000 – $25,000 to health and human-service organizations to integrate the arts into their…
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Legislative Update
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September 10, 2014

Federal Update: September

Following a month-long recess, Congress returned to session on September 8 for what is expected to be a two- to three-week work period before adjourning for this November’s election. Given that limited window of time,…
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More Notes from NASAA
September 10, 2014

Help in Accessing NASAA Information

Let NASAA know if your agency’s e-mail addresses or Internet domain change, which may affect your receipt of our e-mails. Make sure your spam filter doesn’t trap e-mails from NASAA. Place nasaa-arts.org in your allowed-senders list. Need…
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Executive Director's Column
September 10, 2014

NASAA Is for All of Us

This month, NASAA asked Theresa Colvin to reflect on her experience leading NASAA’s Nominating Committee. I was honored and privileged to serve this year as the chair of NASAA’s Nominating Committee. As anyone knows who…
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Research on Demand
September 10, 2014

SAA Grant Programs Database

NASAA recently updated its comprehensive database of state arts agency (SAA) grant programs. Based on guidelines available this summer, the database includes nearly 620 SAA grant programs with information on award amounts, adjudication criteria, eligible…
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