Open Dialogue 2010: The Association of American Cultures
My thanks to Mayumi for agreeing to report to the NASAA membership on issues and events at the recent national conference of The Association of American Cultures (TAAC) in Chicago. State arts agency leaders were prominent in the founding of TAAC and have always been centrally engaged in its activities. As she mentions, NASAA is […]
The Arts Are Tools for Change
Last week, in Arizona, I keynoted the statewide Joint Arts Education Conference and made a presentation on “Strategic Advocacy” at the annual Southwest Arts Conference convened by the Arizona Commission on the Arts. I had the opportunity to hear Bob Booker, the commission’s executive director (and former president of NASAA) welcome attendees on July 29. […]
Changing Demographics Will Affect the Future of Museums
By 2050, the United States will become a majority-minority country. African-Americans, Latinos, Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders collectively will become the new majority in the country, while non-Hispanic whites will comprise less than 50% of the population. These population projections are very different from the current profile of museum attendees. In 2008, non-Hispanic whites made up […]
Participating in the Evolution of the Arts
In their quest to articulate, exhibit and dramatize meaningful experiences in a global environment exploding with new data and information, artists are transcending the boundaries presented by established artistic disciplines and traditions, live and virtual formats, artist and audience roles, amateur and professional activities, and for-profit and not-for-profit status. They are creating new communities—communities of […]
REACHING UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES
REACHING UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES Latino Arts Roundtable Maryland State Arts Council 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. MSAC has identified that the Latino community is underrepresented […]
Maryland: Latino Arts Roundtable
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 […]
2009 Arts Education Managers’ Professional Development Institute – Fargo, North Dakota
Legislative Update
The House of Representatives voted on June 26 to pass the fiscal year 2010 Interior Appropriations bill with an increase of $15 million in the funding for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), bringing the proposed budget to $170 million for the coming year. The budget sent to Congress by President Obama would have […]
Legislative Update
Advocates Build Support For NEA Fund Increase: While Congress is in recess until after the November elections, arts advocates are building support in the Senate for an increase in funding for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) in the final appropriations bill for FY 2007 expected […]
Executive Director’s Column
Americans have much at stake when it comes to the success of our democratic principles and processes. Our challenges are increasingly complex as we grapple with foreign and homegrown terrorism within our national boundaries; rapid demographic and economic changes wrought by global forces; superpowers in the wake of the Soviet demise; environmental issues, privacy concerns […]