[caption id="attachment_10080" align="alignright" width="300"] Ark Regional Services in Laramie, Wyoming, facilitates opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities to live, learn, work and play at their Cooper Center for Creative Arts. Back row from left: Steven…
[caption id="attachment_10078" align="alignright" width="300"] Come Hear NC partnered with the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s campaign to save Nina Simone’s childhood home with an unforgettable performance by Lisa Simone, daughter of Nina Simone, at the…
See You at the NASAA Leadership Institute! Next week, state arts agency council and board members, executive directors, and deputy directors, along with regional arts organization executives and colleague organization leaders, gather in Providence, Rhode…
[caption id="attachment_10076" align="alignright" width="221"] Carien Quiroga and Dwight McNair share their artistic responses to a creative process map. Photo by Lillian Jacobson[/caption] The Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC) is collaborating with the Fine Arts Office…
With less than a month remaining before funding for the federal government expires on November 21, the U.S. Senate took a significant step forward when it passed its first fiscal 2020 spending package last week.…
[caption id="attachment_10251" align="alignright" width="200"] Jazzmen-Lee-Johnson, 2019 Arts and Health Network Artist in Residence Program[/caption] The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) and the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) have partnered on a…
NASAA 2019 Leadership Institute Proceedings & Photos [caption id="attachment_10235" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo: GeorgeLong.com[/caption] The NASAA 2019 Leadership Institute, hosted by the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts in Providence last month, immersed participants in…
[caption id="attachment_10249" align="alignright" width="300"] Veterans participating in Songs for Survivors – Veterans Songwriting Workshop in Baton Rouge, Louisiana[/caption] More than 284,000 veterans live in Louisiana, and the Louisiana Division of the Arts (LDOA) is seeking…
[caption id="attachment_9809" align="alignright" width="300"] A Woodland Indian Arts Initiative grant supports the Oneida Nation Arts Program’s Music from Our Culture youth choir, which performs traditional and contemporary music. Courtesy of the Oneida Nation Arts Program[/caption]…
After a two-week recess for the Easter and Passover holidays, Congress returned to session this week for what may be one of the busiest work periods of the year. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has…
May 2 Live Webcast from Capitol Hill: Arts and Rural Prosperity Briefing [caption id="attachment_9819" align="alignright" width="300"] A sampling of our briefing speakers: from left, National Endowment for the Arts Acting Chairman Mary Anne Carter; Bozeman,…
NASAA’s strategic plan calls on us to collaborate beyond the state arts agency (SAA) world in thoughtful ways. Our ability to foster cross-sector support and strategic partnerships on behalf of SAAs broadens our field’s impact.…
