| By Randy Cohen, 4 contributed posts About the author: Randy Cohen writes for ARTSblog, published by Americans for the Arts. Celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2010, Americans for the Arts is the nation's leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts in America. Americans for the Arts is dedicated to representing and serving local communities and creating opportunities for every American to participate in and appreciate all forms of the arts. View all syndicated posts from Americans for the Arts blogs under the "Art World News" tab in the top menu. This post is one in a series highlighting the Local Arts Index (LAI) by Americans for the Arts. The LAI provides a set of measures to help understand the breadth, depth, and character of the cultural life of a community. It provides county-level data about arts participation, funding, fiscal health, competitiveness, and more. Check out [...] Continue reading Local Arts Index: NEA & State Arts Agency Grants in Your County By Chris Dwyer, 1 contributed posts About the author: I was impressed that so many posts during the Blog Salon have tackled the challenge of assessing the impact of public art—a particularly challenging area for building indicators of impact. Several years ago I heard Richard Florida describe public art in terms of community image when making a point about vital cities, i.e. those that [...] Continue reading Thinking About the Impact of Public Art By ArtDeadline.Com, 198 contributed posts About the author: ArtDeadline.Com is the art world's most comprehensive and accessed source for income and exhibition opportunities. Enjoy real-time access to an extensive and ever growing resource of local, national, and international announcements, with comprehensive descriptions and direct access to contacts, prospectuses and applications. National Deadline: May 25, 2012 – SAAC is seeking 2D and 3D fine art entries for the 2012 Annual Juried Art Competition to be held July 6-31. Entries juried by Manuela Well-Off-Man, Ph.D., from Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Ark… Continue reading SAAC 2012 Annual Juried Art Compeition By ArtDeadline.Com, 198 contributed posts About the author: ArtDeadline.Com is the art world's most comprehensive and accessed source for income and exhibition opportunities. Enjoy real-time access to an extensive and ever growing resource of local, national, and international announcements, with comprehensive descriptions and direct access to contacts, prospectuses and applications. National Deadline: June 6, 2012 – Brand Library Art Galleries announces it’s 41st juried exhibition Oct 5 to Oct 25 at the City of Burbank Creative Arts Center. Open to artists residing in the United States. Entries must be original work on paper: col… Continue reading Brand 41: National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper By ArtDeadline.Com, 198 contributed posts About the author: ArtDeadline.Com is the art world's most comprehensive and accessed source for income and exhibition opportunities. Enjoy real-time access to an extensive and ever growing resource of local, national, and international announcements, with comprehensive descriptions and direct access to contacts, prospectuses and applications. International Deadline: May 28, 2012 – Distinguished Directors of the Huntsville Museum of Art and the Griffin Museum of Photography will jury the 2012 Spring/Summer Fine Arts Online Show hosted by The American Juried Art Salon and ArtJuryCom. This… Continue reading AJAS 2012 Spring/Summer Fine Arts Online Show By ArtDeadline.Com, 198 contributed posts About the author: ArtDeadline.Com is the art world's most comprehensive and accessed source for income and exhibition opportunities. Enjoy real-time access to an extensive and ever growing resource of local, national, and international announcements, with comprehensive descriptions and direct access to contacts, prospectuses and applications. International Deadline: June 27, 2012 – Tehama County Photo Club announces an Open International Juried Photography Show: ‘The Photographer’s Eye’ is searching for unforgettable images that leave emotional imprints lingering in the mind. Any photog… Continue reading 2012 Images from a Glass Eye Photography Contest By Raymond Tymas-Jones, 1 contributed posts About the author: National Arts Advocacy Day is significant because it grants us an opportunity to gather as a community to reflect on the role of contemporary artists in the 21st century. No matter what the chosen art form, the passion to do art and to be art is born out of an insatiable yearning to make beauty, [...] Continue reading “I see little of more importance to the future of our country and our civilization than full recognition of the place of the artist.” By Arts Action Fund News, 94 contributed posts About the author: Arts Action Fund is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit membership organization affiliated with Americans for the Arts. We are the nation's leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts in America. Launched in 2004, the Arts Action Fund seeks to engage citizens in education and advocacy in support of the arts and arts education. President Obama’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities leads the way in improving struggling schools with unique arts intensive curriculums. Continue reading Turnaround Arts Initiative: Arts Education is Education Reform By ArtDeadline.Com, 198 contributed posts About the author: ArtDeadline.Com is the art world's most comprehensive and accessed source for income and exhibition opportunities. Enjoy real-time access to an extensive and ever growing resource of local, national, and international announcements, with comprehensive descriptions and direct access to contacts, prospectuses and applications. International Deadline: June 30, 2012 – SlowArt Productions presents the thematic exhibition: Surreal Visions. The exhibition will be held at the NY’s Limner Gallery. This exhibition is open to all interpretations of the concept. Included are all fo… Continue reading Surreal Visions’ International Juried Exhibition By ArtDeadline.Com, 198 contributed posts About the author: ArtDeadline.Com is the art world's most comprehensive and accessed source for income and exhibition opportunities. Enjoy real-time access to an extensive and ever growing resource of local, national, and international announcements, with comprehensive descriptions and direct access to contacts, prospectuses and applications. National Deadline: July 1, 2012 – Open to U.S. artists working in fine art media. The 2012 California Open Exhibition is sponsored by TAG Gallery, located within Bergamot Station Arts Center, S. California’s largest art gallery complex and cultural … Continue reading TAG Gallery 2012 California Open Exhibition |  DISCLOSURE: SOAR/Art Matters! has affiliate relationships with the providers of great products and services below. If you make a purchase from one of the sites below, it helps defray the cost of promoting Southern Oregon Artists, so please use our links!   Utrecht's online discounts have been updated, though the graphics remain the same. 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