"Kansans recognize that striking art and culture from the budget would be a colossal mistake" and shares reasons in this op-ed piece published in The Topeka Capital-Journal.

This op-ed was contributed to The Arizona Republic by James K. Ballinger is director emeritus at Phoenix Art Museum; Brenda Thomson is executive director of Arizona Humanities; and Thomas H. Wilson is president of Arizona Citizens for the Arts.

A grant of $25,000 was able to effect visible change in Fergus Falls, a small rural community in Minnesota with a population of 13,000, which received the grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).

Tom Werder Executive Director Morris Arts and Allison Larena President and CEO Mayo Performing Arts Center contribued this piece to the CentralJersey.com.

Liza Zenni is the executive director of the Arts & Culture Alliance.

In an article for Toledo, Ohio's The Blade, Mark Folk, Executive Director of Arts Commission of Greater Toledo, talks about the value of the National Endowment for the Arts. He goes on to relate the economic impact the arts have on Ohio, stating, "According to a strategic plan put together by the arts commission and approved by City Council in 2015, the annual economic output of creative-oriented businesses in 27 counties in northwest Ohio was about $3.8 billion, up from $2.4 billion in a similar study in 2007."

Denise Reed contributed this piece to The Daily Astorian. Denise is the conductor of the North Coast Chorale and a member of the Oregon Humanities Board of Directors. She teaches opera and music appreciation, along with world music and the histories of some of America’s popular styles of music at Clatsop and Tillamook Bay community colleges.

Randall Forte is executive director of the Lehigh Valley Arts Council and he contributed this piece to the Morning Call in Pennsylvania.

Barbara Abdur-Razzaq of Plainfield, NJ contributed this piece to The Trentonian.

This commentary is by Jessica Handrik, the director of education at Flynn Center for the Performing Arts in Burlington. It was first published in the Burlington Free Press.

Sharon Peeple contributed this letter to the editor to the Boulder Daily Camera in support of the National Endowment for the Arts 

Andy Vick contribued this piece to the Colorado Springs Gazette. Andy is the executive director of the Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region, a nonprofit arts organization located in downtown Colorado Springs.

Janice Sinden, president and CEO of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts, contributed this piece to The Denver Post.

This commentary from the Vermont Digger is by John R. Killacky, the executive director of Flynn Center for the Performing Arts in Burlington. This is his testimony in a panel presentation at Vermont Nonprofit Legislative Day on March 23.

Erika Holst, Curator of Collections at the Springfield Art Association, contributed this piece to the Illinois Times.

This commentary printed in the Vermont Digger is by John R. Killacky, executive director of the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts. It first aired on Vermont Public Radio.

Americans for the Arts president and CEO Robert L. Lynch issued a statement following the signing of the bipartisan agreement. 

Today, Congress gave themselves another week to make FY2017 federal funding decisions, by passing another "continuing resolution" to keep the lights on. During the coming week, final negotiations are anticipated on this work, which was due to be completed last Fall when the fiscal year first began. For the current fiscal year, the Trump Administration would like Congress to immediately cut $15 million from the NEA and NEH apiece. For next year, FY2018, the Administration would like to fully terminate the two cultural agencies.