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NASAA Notes: April 2015

April
2015

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State to State
April 6, 2015

Florida: Poet Laureate Program Renewed and Formalized

Soon there will be a new Florida poet laureate, the first under the auspices of the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs (DCA) and only the fourth since 1929. The honorary post—which had been a lifetime…
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April 6, 2015

Utah: Arts and Culture Business Alliance

Thanks to the Utah legislature, the Utah Division of Arts and Museums has a new mechanism and source of funding to foster arts development throughout the state. Recently enacted legislation creates the Arts and Culture…
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April 6, 2015

D.C.: MuralsDC

MuralsDC is a partnership of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (DCCAH) and the DC Department of Public Works (DPW) that aims, through creative engagement with at-risk youth populations, to abate illegal graffiti…
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Legislative Update
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Isaac Brown
April 6, 2015

Make Contact with Congress

March was an exciting month for the arts and state arts agencies. ArtsWA Executive Director Karen Hanan was invited by Rep. Derek Kilmer (D-WA), a member of House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior, Environment, and…
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Executive Director's Column
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Kelly J. Barsdate
April 6, 2015

Inspiring Advocacy

Many state legislative seasons are reaching their peaks in April. Elected officials are moving bills through the pipeline and putting the finishing strokes on budget packages, all while navigating last-minute political twists and turns. At…
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Research on Demand
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Kelly Liu
April 6, 2015

Explore SAA Grant Making

State arts agency grant-making data, as provided to NASAA through Final Descriptive Reports, has always been a powerful source for describing a major component of the work conducted by state arts agencies. NASAA’s Grant Making…
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