Press Releases - 2013

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Apr 03, 2013

Americans for the Arts Announces Arts Advocacy Day Events on Capitol Hill

Americans for the Arts announces the event schedule for Arts Advocacy Day 2013. The 26th annual Arts Advocacy Day event is presented by Americans for the Arts, the nation’s leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts and arts education. The event is co-sponsored by more than 85 national organizations representing hundreds of thousands of arts, culture, business, civic and education institutions and individuals nationwide.

Mar 04, 2013

National Association for Business Economics Foundation and Americans for the Arts Award College Scholarship to Paul Vancea

The NABE Foundation, the charitable arm of the National Association for Business Economics (NABE), and Americans for the Arts, the nation’s leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts and arts education, jointly announced that Paul Vancea has won the 2013 NABE Foundation Americans for the Arts Scholarship Award. Vancea will receive the scholarship on Monday, March 4, during a luncheon at the 2013 NABE Economic Policy Conference in Washington, D.C.

Feb 04, 2013

Yo-Yo Ma to Deliver Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy on April 8 in Washington, D.C.

Grammy Award®-winning cellist and virtuoso Yo-Yo Ma will deliver The Americans for the Arts 26th Annual Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy on April 8, 2013 at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Jan 17, 2013

Grammy Award®-Winning Musicians John Legend and The Roots to Receive 2013 Citizen Artist Awards from Americans for the Arts and U.S. Conference of Mayors

Americans for the Arts, America’s leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts and arts education, and The United States Conference of Mayors, today announced that Grammy Award®-Winning Musicians John Legend and The Roots will receive the 2013 Citizen Artist Awards.

Jan 15, 2013

Americans for the Arts Names Clayton Lord Vice President of Local Arts Advancement

Americans for the Arts, America’s leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts and arts education, and The United States Conference of Mayors, today announced that Grammy Award®-Winning Musicians John Legend and The Roots will receive the 2013 Citizen Artist Awards

Jan 14, 2013

Americans for the Arts and Arts & Business Council of New York More Fully Integrating Programming to Strengthen Services

Americans for the Arts, the nation’s leading organization for advancing the arts and arts education, announced today that it is deepening its services for the advancement of private sector support for the arts and arts education by more fully integrating the programs and administration of two of its divisions: the Arts & Business Council of New York, a division of Americans for the Arts since 2005, and the Americans for the Arts Private Sector Initiatives division.

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