West Virginia State Arts Organizations
Enacted Fiscal Year 2019 Appropriations
Enacted Fiscal Year 2020 Appropriations
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Author(s): NGA (National Governors Association) Center for Best Practices
Date of Publication: May 15, 2019
Many states have created arts-based economic development strategies to support rural communities across the who are confronting economic development issues.
Author(s): Corrigan, Michael W. and Martin, Matthew M.
Date of Publication: Dec 31, 2003
In this view of the tapestry, as consultants to help organizations solve special problems, as managers of other volunteers, as project chairman and committee members, and as support staff.
Author(s): Dreeszen, Craig
Date of Publication: Mar 01, 2003
Small and rural communities across the country continue to face drastic population shifts and economic upheaval. Many efforts are underway in these areas to create and implement economic revitalization strategies. In analyzing resources, strengths, and needs, communities are increasingly seeing the potential of their existing creative economies ンsectors of the economy that include arts, culture and heritage organizations, businesses, and workers ンas strong revenue, employment, and quality of life generators, or "creative industries."
Author(s): Appalachian Education Initiative
Date of Publication: Jan 01, 2006
Research serves as a needs assessment for arts education funding and programming statewide.
Although the timing of congressional votes keep getting kicked around, it remains a crucial time in Washington for arts education.
Randy Cohen
There is an old quote attributed to John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich:
Coming from a small town with a population of 7,000, my perspective and experience is quite different from others. The actual county population is 30,000, so the city number is a bit misleading, but still, Princeton, West Virginia is most definitely a small town. Our cultural district is developing in a once abandoned downtown around The RiffRaff Arts Collective, a cooperative group of visual, performing, literary, and healing artists.