In this Season of Gratitude...
Monday, December 16, 2013
With 2013 ending, we at Americans for the Arts find ourselves grateful for so many great arts achievements this year. There are so many partners doing amazing work in towns, cities, and states across the country--and in reflecting on this work, we wanted to especially thank the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and its staff for serving as the national lynchpin for the whole US arts field.
According to Jennifer DeChant of the Chocolate Arts Church Center
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
According to Jennifer DeChant - executive director of the Chocolate Church Arts Center in Bath, Maine - arts and culture are underrated and understated contributors to the economy in Southern Maine. She believes community arts organizations are a place to display local talent, but also offer teaching opportunities for young students.
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
With a goal to continue expanding the art-buying community in Grand Forks, the North Dakota Museum of Art held its 15th annual Autumn Art Auction on November 8, 2013. The pieces ranged from Armando Ramos’ clay sculpture of a neon red dog, to Helen Otterson’s small ceramic sculpture of a cactus, to Vivienne Morgan’s large-scale digital print of a nurse stump. The largest piece of work in the show was Albert Belleveau’s “Outcropping house,” which is7 feet tall by 42 inches wide and 56 inches deep.
2014 Arts Destination Marketing Award Applications Open until May 16
Americans for the Arts is partnering again with Destination Marketing Association International (DMAI), a professional organization representing destination marketing organizations and convention and visitor bureaus worldwide.
Jane Golden, artist and Executive Director of Philadelphia's Mural Arts Program, recently talked to Metro Atlanta LINK, the planning agency for the 10 county Atlanta metropolitan region, to show how the arts can help address an urban area’s most intractable problems and bring creative energy to a city’s streets and its walls. Philadelphia's Mural Arts Program was first implemented in 1986.
October is National Arts and Humanities Month (NAHM) in America. NAHM is a coast-to-coast collective recognition of the importance of culture and the arts in America. It is designed to encourage all Americans to explore new facets of the arts and humanities in their lives, and to begin a lifelong habit of active participation in the arts and humanities.
Author(s): The Center for the Study of Art & Community
Date of Publication: May 01, 2016
Intermedia Arts, in conjunction with Americans for the Art' Animating Democracy program commissioned this national study of local arts agencies to asess community arts activity and training opportunities. The study was conducted by William Cleveland and the Center for the Study of Art and Community. Its purpose was two-fold: to provide a greater understanding of the demand and availability of arts-based community development training; and, to investigate how the benefits of Intermedia Arts' Creative Community Leadership Institute could be made accessible for a broader range of
Author(s): The Center for the Study of Art & Community
Date of Publication: May 01, 2016
Intermedia Arts, in conjunction with Americans for the Art' Animating Democracy program commissioned this national study of local arts agencies to asess community arts activity and training opportunities. The study was conducted by William Cleveland and the Center for the Study of Art and Community. Its purpose was two-fold: to provide a greater understanding of the demand and availability of arts-based community development training; and, to investigate how the benefits of Intermedia Arts' Creative Community Leadership Institute could be made accessible for a broader range of
Advocacy & Policy
LAAs can serve both as thought leaders and policy creators on a wide range of topics and issues.
THINK: Arts education, creative economy, economic development, community development, workforce development, cultural tourism, disaster preparedness and response, research, health, inter-cultural understanding and general quality of life.
Facilities
LAAs can be responsible for the development and management of arts and cultural facilities and venues.
Private LAAs
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Private, nonprofit organizations
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Revenues usually include a mixture of individual and business donations; membership dues; foundation support; earned-income activities; and grants or service contracts from local, state, and federal governments
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More likely to be actively engaged in marketing and public relations, online art and event calendars, audience development, volunteer recruitment, board development, and individual giving
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Usually found in smaller communities
Public LAAs
Americans for the Arts recently completed Arts & Economic Prosperity IV, our fourth study of the nonprofit arts and culture industry's impact on the economy, looking at 2009–2012. The most comprehensive study of its kind ever conducted, it gives us a quantifiable economic impact of nonprofit arts and culture organizations and their audiences.
Making arts education a priority begins with building a unified front among parents, faculty, administrators, and fellow school board leaders. It also involves a commitment on the part of the school board to allocate and secure funding for the future sustainability of such programming. Check out our Arts Education Navigator: Getting Started e-book that covers the following steps to ensure you’re covering all your bases:
Americans for the Arts is not a grantmaking organization. For more information about funding opportunities, check with your state arts agency (you can find yours on your state page!) and the Foundation Center.
Thinking of starting a local arts agency (LAA)? The first and most important question is why?
Is there a community need for an LAA and your community doesn’t have one already?
If the answer is a resounding yes, check out our resources to help you start a program!
The best way to find out if you have a local arts agency in your community is to check the Americans for the Arts Arts Services Directory.
In this brief and self-paced mini-lesson, brush up and test your knowledge on the basics of Public Art administration.
About this Webinar
Americans are engaged in the arts now more than ever. The reason? The remarkable growth and impact of our nation's 4,500 local arts agencies (LAAs) working to ensure the arts have a vital presence in communities.
In this webinar you will learn how businesses are partnering with arts programs to fuel community development and determine the best tools, talking points, and approaches for starting conversations with businesses in your community.
Local arts agencies are being asked more and more about the creative economy in their community. This webinar will focus on what is the creative economy and is there a difference between economic development and the creative economy?
What is data visualization all about? How can you tell your story better? This webinar will focus on what is data visualization and successful ways nonprofits are using data visualization to tell their stories.
Undeniably, the rise of mobile technology has had a profound impact on communication and how we interact with the world around us. We now expect to be able to access content and services with our mobile devices – anytime, anywhere. What options do LAAs have for meeting constituents’ mobile expectations? What are the budgetary and human resource costs for these technology solutions? In this webinar we’ll explore these questions and discuss how some local arts agencies are navigating this shift toward mobile.
Americans for the Arts is launching the National Cultural District Exchange-a new national tool on cultural districts. This webinar will teach you how to navigate this new tool.
Speaker:
Theresa Cameron, Americans for the Arts, Local Arts Agency Services Program Manager
We are launching our first Placemaking and Cultural Districts Webinar Week. Join us for three 45 minute webinars and learn ways that communities are using cultural and arts and entertainment districts arts as tools for community revitalization and placemaking. Every webinar starts at 3pm ET.
This is the third and final webinar in a series of three short "Board Training Week" webinars held on concurrent days in one week. To register for the entire series please visit the series registration page.
This is the first webinar in a series of three short "Board Training Week" webinars held on concurrent days in one week. To register for the entire series please visit the series registration page.
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