New Arts Advocacy Resources from NASAA NASAA has released three advocacy resources designed to boost your efforts as an advocate for public funding for the arts: Three Simple Ways to Advocate for the Arts Advocacy vs. Lobbying: An Arts Primer Meetings Matter! As NASAA President and CEO Pam Breaux explains, there’s no time like the…
Help Us Start the New Year Strong! We’re deeply grateful for everyone who made 2018 another great year—your support helped accomplish so much! Looking ahead, we’ve got exciting and challenging opportunities on tap for 2019 and we need your help to start the year off right. Your personal support will help NASAA: connect with members…
Assembly 2018 Proceedings Available Soon NASAA Assembly 2018, hosted by the Maryland State Arts Council in Baltimore last month, left participants enriched with knowledge and inspired to action. Proceedings of the conference—including a photo album, presentation materials, session notes and more—will be available later this month. Thanks to all who joined us to commemorate our…
Assembly 2018: A Time to Celebrate! NASAA Assembly 2018, November 1-3 in Baltimore, Maryland, is about enhancing your skills, learning best practices and networking with your peers, sure—but it’s also about celebration! NASAA turns 50 this year, and we are thrilled to spread the joy with our devoted members by way of a masquerade and…
A Peek at Assembly Peer Discussions At every NASAA conference, members have an opportunity to meet at Peer Sessions with others who have similar responsibilities. These gatherings of job-alike groups of state arts agency staff and council members are invaluable in offering information and providing a forum for shared challenges and successes. Draft Peer Session…
Assembly 2018 Sessions Designed to Enrich & Inform NASAA has designed an exceptional program of substantive learning sessions for state arts agency staff and council members at Assembly 2018, November 1-3 in Baltimore. Discuss how arts advocates can advance civility and bridge divides. Get coached on your media communication skills and get pointers on branding…
Deadline Approaching: 2018 NASAA Awards Nominations The deadline for NASAA’s 2018 Leadership Awards is fast approaching! Nominations for the Distinguished Public Service Award and the Gary Young Award are due Friday, July 20. Don’t miss this chance to honor an outstanding state arts agency executive director, chair or council member. Please visit NASAA’s 2018…
Register for NASAA Assembly 2018 Come one, come all—SAA and RAO staff and council members, that is—to NASAA Assembly 2018! Join your state arts agency and regional arts organization colleagues in Baltimore, Maryland, November 1-3. Our conference is focused on issues important to you, such as managing political polarization, the future of arts and technology,…
South Carolina’s Janae Claxton Is Poetry Out Loud National Champion Rising to the top of a field of 300,000 students from 2,300 schools across the country, South Carolina high school senior Janae Claxton was named 2018 Poetry Out Loud National Champion in April. The title earned Claxton, who attends First Baptist School of Charleston, a $20,000…
You Count on NASAA and NASAA Counts on You You can count on NASAA when you need reliable, customized data, fact based information or a confidential sounding board. You can also count on NASAA to make sure your interests are heard in Washington, D.C.—to protect the National Endowment for the Arts and ensure that 40%…
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