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March 4, 2025
North Carolina and Missouri: A+ Schools
The relationship between arts education and improved student outcomes is well-established, with research demonstrating that students who study the arts have better attendance, lower dropout rates, and higher standardized test scores in reading and math and are better prepared to enter the workforce. The North Carolina Arts Council (NCAC) has long recognized the importance of…
March 4, 2025
Kentucky: Kentucky Crafted
The Kentucky Arts Council (KAC) recently accepted 28 new artists into its prestigious Kentucky Crafted program, an initiative that helps visual and craft artists to grow their creative enterprises. Among the goals of the program are: encouraging the production of superb art and craft products handmade in Kentucky; helping Kentucky visual and craft artists sell…
February 4, 2025
Hawaiʻi: Capitol Waterless Pool Project
After years of increasing water damage and maintenance costs from the state capitol reflecting pools, the Hawaiʻi State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (SFCA), in collaboration with Department of Accounting and General Services and the State Historic Preservation Division, pursued a creative solution to an ongoing civic infrastructure problem. After a broad call for…
February 4, 2025
Ohio: Arts Council Field Survey
The Ohio Arts Council (OAC) periodically conducts surveys exploring public perceptions of the arts in Ohio communities. Apart from being a requirement of OAC’s enabling statute, such surveys are a vehicle for welcoming broad citizen input into the work of the agency. Used in combination with other feedback loops (like grantee reports, program evaluations and…
January 7, 2025
Alaska: Arts, Health and Well-Being Program
In 2024, the Alaska State Council on the Arts (ASCA) launched a new pilot program, Arts, Health and Well-Being in Alaska. Recognizing the beneficial relationship between the arts and improving community health outcomes, the program will award as many grants as possible to back community based creative projects that integrate the arts to enhance health…
January 7, 2025
Indiana: Artist Needs Assessment
In 2023 and 2024, the Indiana Arts Commission (IAC) conducted an Artist Needs Assessment. This participatory action research project invited feedback from Indiana artists to inform and improve the agency’s services to the state’s creative workforce. Along the way, the agency also created opportunities for local artists to network and exchange information with one another.…
December 3, 2024
Illinois: Creative Accelerator Fund
In 2023, the Illinois Arts Council (IAC) began to reevaluate its grant-making program, policies and procedures. As part of this process, IAC partnered with NASAA to conduct a qualitative and quantitative assessment of IAC’s grant making to identify funding gaps and recommend strategies that IAC can pursue to reduce barriers to arts support. These findings,…
December 3, 2024
Maine: Agricultural Exhibition Partnership
In summer 2024, the Maine Arts Commission mounted a special exhibition in partnership with the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry’s Bureau of Agriculture, Food & Rural Resources offices. The agencies collaborated to use the bureau’s Deering Building as an exhibit space to promote the work of Maine artists and lend a creative spark…
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