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NASAA Notes: July 2020

July
2020

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From the President and CEO

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Legislative Update

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From the President and CEO
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Pam Breaux
July 8, 2020

State Arts Agencies Begin Addressing Long-term COVID-19 Recovery M

As our country continues to adapt to new and evolving realities in response to COVID-19, state arts agencies are demonstrating ingenuity and tenacity as they move along a continuum of responses to benefit the arts…
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State to State
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Kelly J. Barsdate
July 8, 2020

Connecticut: Artists Respond Grant Program

Using a combination of state and federal funds, the Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA) developed the Connecticut Artists Respond Grants program to harness the creative energies of artists and teaching artists to develop new…
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Kelly J. Barsdate
July 8, 2020

South Dakota: Residencies for Recovery

Residencies for Recovery, a new program of the South Dakota Arts Council (SDAC), uses artist-led practices to promote community recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, to prepare for future disasters and to build resiliency through the…
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July 8, 2020

Idaho, Oregon, Washington: Creative Borrowing Webinar

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented arts organizations with unprecedented financial challenges. Their primary sources of income—program earnings and contributions—are likely strained or delayed, and their ability to fundraise has been limited. ArtsWA, the Idaho Commission on the…
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Legislative Update
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Isaac Brown
July 8, 2020

House Bill Proposes Arts Increase; Contact Your Senators

This week, Congress demonstrated once again that the growing, bipartisan support we’ve seen for the National Endowment for the Arts in recent years continues to thrive, even in the midst of an economic and health…
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The Research Digest
July 7, 2020

From the Research Team

Dedicated Revenue Strategies  NASAA’s updated Dedicated Revenue Strategies State Policy Brief shows how states use a variety of funding sources to support the arts. Dedicated revenue for state arts agencies (SAAs) can come from special taxes,…
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July 7, 2020

From the Field

Federal Data Update: COVID-19 Arts Watch The Office of Research & Analysis at the National Endowment for the Arts recently published an update to Taking Note: COVID-19 Arts Watch, which pulls federal data on businesses,…
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Announcements and Resources
July 7, 2020

NASAA News and Current Information

2020 NASAA Learning Series: Shifting Policy and PracticeIn this time of social, political and economic upheaval, how can state arts agencies support their constituents while embracing positive change? NASAA’s new online learning series, Shifting Policy…
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More Notes from NASAA
July 7, 2020

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Make sure your spam filter doesn’t trap e-mails from NASAA. Whitelist nasaa-arts.org to ensure we are in your allowed-senders list. Let NASAA know if your agency’s Internet domain or your staff or council members’ e-mail…
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