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Making Arts Advocacy A Way of Life

By Americans for the Arts ARTSBlog, 439 contributed posts
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About the author: ARTSblog is published by Americans for the Arts. Americans for the Arts' mission is to serve, advance, and lead the network of organizations and individuals who cultivate, promote, sustain, and support the arts in America. Founded in 1960, Americans for the Arts is the nation's leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts and arts education. We are dedicated to representing and serving local communities and to 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.

On a recent visit to a community arts center, I was struck by the effortless inclusion of advocacy in the director’s curtain speech. Plugs for the city rolled off her tongue like: “Don’t forget to check out our wonderful restaurants,” and my favorite, “If you’re looking for a new place, you should buy here—it’s a […]

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April 6th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Americans for the Arts, Art From the Heart, Art Matters..., Art Matters...to Everyone!, Art World News, Arts Advocacy, ARTS USA: ARTSblog, Resources, The Business of Art, to Artists | Comments are closed

Back to the Future (Part 2)

By Americans for the Arts ARTSBlog, 439 contributed posts
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About the author: ARTSblog is published by Americans for the Arts. Americans for the Arts' mission is to serve, advance, and lead the network of organizations and individuals who cultivate, promote, sustain, and support the arts in America. Founded in 1960, Americans for the Arts is the nation's leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts and arts education. We are dedicated to representing and serving local communities and to 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.

The power of art to bring people together, remind us of our past and propel us into our future is something that has existed for millennia. It is neither a blip on the radar screen nor is it the dawning of a new age. Instead, it is merely a reminder to go back to our future.[…]

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December 2nd, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Americans for the Arts, Art From the Heart, Art Matters..., Art Matters...to Everyone!, Art World News, Arts Advocacy, ARTS USA: ARTSblog, Resources, The Business of Art, Theater, to Artists | Comments are closed

‘You Can’t Evict an Idea Whose Time Has Come’

By Americans for the Arts ARTSBlog, 439 contributed posts
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About the author: ARTSblog is published by Americans for the Arts. Americans for the Arts' mission is to serve, advance, and lead the network of organizations and individuals who cultivate, promote, sustain, and support the arts in America. Founded in 1960, Americans for the Arts is the nation's leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts and arts education. We are dedicated to representing and serving local communities and to 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.

At the recent Policy Link Equity Summit 2011 in Detroit at a session called “Holding Ground,” progressive presenters—including Wisconsin State Senator Lena Taylor, who participated in the “driving filibuster” to prevent the dismantling of collective bargaining, spoke about maintaining equity in a time a cutbacks. […]

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November 23rd, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Americans for the Arts, Art From the Heart, Art Matters..., Art Matters...to Everyone!, Art World News, Arts Advocacy, ARTS USA: ARTSblog, Resources, The Business of Art, to Artists | Comments are closed

Understanding Our Collective Sense of Place

By Americans for the Arts ARTSBlog, 439 contributed posts
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About the author: ARTSblog is published by Americans for the Arts. Americans for the Arts' mission is to serve, advance, and lead the network of organizations and individuals who cultivate, promote, sustain, and support the arts in America. Founded in 1960, Americans for the Arts is the nation's leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts and arts education. We are dedicated to representing and serving local communities and to 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.

Modernist plazas. Those large vast expanses of concrete often in the heart of a city’s downtown, perhaps lined with an allée of trees, a modernist sculpture, and a water feature. I have fond memories of spaces like these – running as a child as fast as I could from one end to the other then […]

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November 8th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Americans for the Arts, Art From the Heart, Art Matters..., Art Matters...to Everyone!, Art World News, Arts Advocacy, ARTS USA: ARTSblog, New Works & Announcements, Public Art, Resources, The Business of Art, to Artists | Comments are closed

Understanding Our Collective Sense of Place

By Americans for the Arts ARTSBlog, 439 contributed posts
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About the author: ARTSblog is published by Americans for the Arts. Americans for the Arts' mission is to serve, advance, and lead the network of organizations and individuals who cultivate, promote, sustain, and support the arts in America. Founded in 1960, Americans for the Arts is the nation's leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts and arts education. We are dedicated to representing and serving local communities and to 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.

Modernist plazas. Those large vast expanses of concrete often in the heart of a city’s downtown, perhaps lined with an allée of trees, a modernist sculpture, and a water feature. I have fond memories of spaces like these – running as a child as fast as I could from one end to the other then […]

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November 8th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Americans for the Arts, Art From the Heart, Art Matters..., Art Matters...to Everyone!, Art World News, Arts Advocacy, ARTS USA: ARTSblog, New Works & Announcements, Public Art, Resources, The Business of Art, to Artists | Comments are closed

A New Chapter for the Arts in Kansas

By Americans for the Arts ARTSBlog, 439 contributed posts
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About the author: ARTSblog is published by Americans for the Arts. Americans for the Arts' mission is to serve, advance, and lead the network of organizations and individuals who cultivate, promote, sustain, and support the arts in America. Founded in 1960, Americans for the Arts is the nation's leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts and arts education. We are dedicated to representing and serving local communities and to 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.

On Saturday, May 28, 2011, Kansas Governor Sam Brownback used his power to line item veto funding for the Kansas Arts Commission. This action makes Kansas unique in the nation as now being the only state without a fully funded and functional arts agency. The action came after months of heated debate between a conservative […]

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June 1st, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Americans for the Arts, Art Education in Schools, Art From the Heart, Art Matters..., Art Matters...to Everyone!, Art World News, Artist Posts, Arts Advocacy, ARTS USA: ARTSblog, Grants & Funding, Policies and Legislation, Resources, The Business of Art, to Artists | Comments are closed

Business + Arts = Places We Want to Be

By Americans for the Arts ARTSBlog, 439 contributed posts
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About the author: ARTSblog is published by Americans for the Arts. Americans for the Arts' mission is to serve, advance, and lead the network of organizations and individuals who cultivate, promote, sustain, and support the arts in America. Founded in 1960, Americans for the Arts is the nation's leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts and arts education. We are dedicated to representing and serving local communities and to 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.

One night in mid-May, the coolest place in Cincinnati was a party on top of a painting. It was Cincinnati Fashion Week and we were all smack in the intersection of art and business. We went to parties celebrating Andy Warhol in the former Contemporary Arts Center, talks about fashion art at the Cincinnati Art […]

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May 31st, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Americans for the Arts, Art Education in Schools, Art From the Heart, Art Matters..., Art Matters...to Everyone!, Art World News, Artist Posts, Arts Advocacy, ARTS USA: ARTSblog, Grants & Funding, Policies and Legislation, Resources, The Business of Art, to Artists | Comments are closed
 
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