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 Maryland State Arts Council (MSAC) recently hosted the state’s first Latino Arts Roundtable. The roundtable was intended as forum where ideas could be shared about how to serve the state’s vibrant Latino artists and communities. Through review of data on program participation, MSAC has identified that the Latino community is underrepresented in most of…
The Idaho Commission on the Arts (ICA) released a report that documents the results of a Survey of Latino Folklife for the state. The report cites historical and statistical demographic information of Latinos in Idaho, presents information collected at nine site visits across the state, and concludes with recommendations and a statement about trends, challenges…
The New Populations Project, an initiative of the Folklife Program of the Louisiana Division of the Arts, reaches out to the state’s immigrant and refugee communities. The goal of the initiative is to address underserved sectors within the cultural economy and provide an opportunity to engage these communities in the identification and documentation of traditional…
The California Arts Council (CAC) Creating Public Value Program (CPV) lets the CAC partner with small arts organizations in rural and underserved communities to demonstrate the importance of the arts in community life and to make the case for local, state and federal investment. The CPV program looks for applicant organizations that strive for positive…
The Black Belt region of Alabama, named for the rich topsoil that covers the region, is comprised of 13 counties spanning the middle of the state. Black Belt communities played an important role in the Civil Rights Movement. Selma, in the heart of the Black Belt, was chosen by African American civil rights leaders as…
The CORE Arts Initiative of the Mississippi Arts Commission (MAC) supports programs that are developed with and within the juvenile justice system. Detention centers, adolescent offender programs, alternative schools, holding facilities and community-based after-school and summer programs are all settings for CORE Arts programs. The CORE Arts Program Report: 1999 – 2007 (5.5 MB pdf)…
In 2005, the Colorado Council on the Arts (CCA) initiated the YouthReach program to assist young people in making a successful transition from adolescence to young adulthood. Informed by earlier efforts in Ohio and Massachusetts, the Colorado program funds community-based organizations to integrate high quality arts experiences into youth development services. The CCA commissioned a…
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