Vital & Vibrant Creative Aging Toolkit
April 15, 2026 NASAA is proud to announce the launch of the Vital & Vibrant Creative Aging Toolkit, now available on NASAA’s website. This new toolkit equips state arts agencies with everything they need to champion and implement creative aging in their communities. It includes five components: Vital, an evidence-based issue awareness piece documenting the…
NASAA 2025 State Legislative Roundup
April 14, 2026 I’m pleased to announce that NASAA has released our 2025 State Legislative Roundup, which highlights 127 bills considered by state legislatures last year that are important to state arts agencies and their constituencies. As states considered the role of arts and culture in bolstering economic development, improving educational outcomes and supporting public…
Statement on Proposed Elimination of the NEA, April 2026
April 8, 2026 The National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA) opposes any attempt to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts, which provides services valued by both policymakers and the public. Photo by Adam Schultz On April 3, 2026, The White House submitted its budget proposal to Congress for fiscal year 2027. The request…
April 6, 2026
Legislative Alert: President's FY2027 Budget Proposes Minimal NEA Funding
April 6, 2026 From: Isaac Brown, Legislative Counsel Last Friday, the President released his fiscal year 2027 budget request. It proposes reducing funding for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) from $207 million to $29 million, with the stated intent of winding down the agency. This mirrors last year’s proposal, as well as similar…
April 1, 2026
Encourage Legislators to Increase Arts Funding
Congress is out of session this week and next, which has created a bit of a pause in Washington. When lawmakers return, they were expected to begin work in earnest on the fiscal year 2027 appropriations bills. That time line is now uncertain. Ongoing disagreements over funding for the Department of Homeland Security have slowed…
State Arts Agencies Celebrate America's 250th
The arts are an important vehicle through which America’s communities share their histories, reflect on their experiences, preserve their cultural heritage and commemorate important civic milestones. As 2026 marks the 250th anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence, both the arts and state arts agencies are at the forefront of state…
March 3, 2026
Federal Arts Support Is Built on Strong Relationships
With the President’s State of the Union address now behind us, Washington has entered the early stages of the federal budget process for fiscal year 2027. The administration has not yet transmitted its formal budget request to Congress, but we can reasonably expect one element of the proposal to look familiar. As in previous years,…
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