The arts are a powerful avenue through which older adults flourish by realizing their creative potential, contributing to their communities, forming meaningful social connections and nurturing their physical and emotional well-being. State and jurisdictional arts agencies can play a leadership role in making these benefits more abundant for seniors and communities alike. To explore how…
NASAA has released its State Legislative Roundup 2019, the latest iteration of its annual review of state legislation important to state arts agencies and their constituencies. The report highlights 60 bills introduced this year to affect state arts agency structure, governance, funding, or programming priorities such as arts education, public art and the creative economy.…
Appropriations to state arts agencies are expected to increase by 23.9% in the new fiscal year, according to the FY2020 State Arts Agency Legislative Appropriations Preview. The report succinctly forecasts state government funding for the arts in the new fiscal year, which for most states started July 1, 2019. It includes aggregate funding trends, state-by-state…
NASAA released a new State Arts Agency Staffing TrendsM report earlier this spring highlighting data and results from the Fiscal Year 2019 Staffing and Compensation Survey, NASAA’s most recent assessment of state arts agency human resources. The report and the data, all available to NASAA members, offer key and actionable information for planning, budgeting and…
States measure their creative economies and unique cultural assets through a variety of methods. NASAA has created the Interactive Database of State Creative Economy Studies (IDSCES) to showcase the wide-ranging approaches states use to identify and quantify their creative economies. IDSCES is a useful companion to the Arts and Cultural Production Satellite Account and NASAA’s Creative…
State arts agency grant-making data, as provided to NASAA through Final Descriptive Reports, are an important source for describing ways in which state arts agencies serve the public. Updated periodically, NASAA’s Grant Making data provides key facts on state arts agency grant-making functions, including: General Operating Support Support for Individual Artists Support for Arts Education Support for…
As state and federal budgeting processes kick into high gear, NASAA’s research team has data to help every state arts agency makes its case. NASAA’s National Endowment for the Arts Arts Investment Fact Sheet is intended to assist members with conversations about the importance and reach of National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) funding. In…
Using state arts agency grant-making data, NASAA continues to analyze how states serve diverse communities in efforts to advance equity. NASAA’s latest infographic, State Arts Agencies Advancing Rural Equity, communicates how state arts agencies allocate grant awards and funding to rural areas. Defining rural is a challenge for researchers and policymakers. There is no one…
NASAA is always eager to meet the research needs of state arts agencies. One trend we’ve observed, both anecdotally and through surveys, is a heightened interest in evaluation methods. For both state arts agencies and their grantees, evaluation is key to assessing the effects of programs and services. NASAA’s research team is working on several…
NASAA recently released its State Legislative Roundup 2018, the latest iteration of its annual summary of state legislation important to state arts agencies and their constituencies. In highlighting more than 60 bills considered by state legislatures this year—which NASAA curated from more than 570 bills it reviewed—the report assesses current trends in cultural policy around…
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