Several years ago the Virginia Commission for the Arts (VCA) began hosting regular roundtable discussions among the state’s major arts organizations, with the goal of encouraging these groups to play a strong leadership role in promoting the arts statewide. In May 2007, this group agreed that the arts community needed a high visibility project to demonstrate the breadth and diversity…
The Indiana Arts Commission (IAC) recently announced the Artist Access grant category, which is designed to recognize artists with disabilities as active, producing members of the Indiana arts community. The Artist Access grant award, which is part of the Individual Artist Program (IAP), provides funding to artists with disabilities to make a positive impact on…
The Kansas Arts Commission coordinates the selection of its state’s poet laureate. Once selected, the poet laureate is expected to create and implement a statewide educational or outreach poetry program; serve as an advisor and judge at the annual Poetry Out Loud competition; and make appearances, read at and potentially write poetry for official state…
ARTS DAKOTA is a statewide exhibition that celebrates the 40th anniversary of the North Dakota Council on the Arts (NDCA). The exhibition, which focuses exclusively on professional and amateur North Dakota artists, is sponsored by the North Dakota Art Gallery Association, New Bohemia North Dakota, and the NDCA. On tour through March 2010, the exhibition…
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