national arts and humanities month

National Partners

Ovation TV
Official Media Sponsor of National Arts and Humanities Month

Ovation TV is focused on entertaining, inspiring, and engaging the artist in all of us. The 24-hour channel is the only television network devoted exclusively to art, personal creativity, and making the arts more accessible to viewers in their daily lives. The network showcases the world's greatest artists in theater, dance, opera, literature, film, visual and fine art, music, popular arts, design, photography, and architecture. Ovation TV features original programming and a multi-platform content strategy that includes partnerships with leading American cultural and art institutions as well as educational organizations. After launching nationally on DIRECTV, Ovation TV will reach nearly 15 million subscribers, and has cable distribution in key U.S. markets and master distribution agreements in place with most major cable operators. In August 2006, Ovation TV was acquired by Hubbard Media Group and a group of other private investors which includes Arcadia Investment Partners, Corporate Partners II, Perry Capital, and The Weinstein Company.

Art21
Official Partner
  
Art21 was founded in 1997 with the belief that contemporary visual art is of real interest and value to a broad audience. By making contemporary art more accessible through public television and the internet, Art21 affords an intimate encounter with contemporary art and the people who make it, encouraging creative thinking and self-expression. Every other year, Art21 presents Art in the Twenty-First Century—a PBS television series profiling diverse visual artists currently working in the United States. Season four premieres on October 28, 2007 at 10 p.m. Check local listings for details.

National PTA
Start the Art Week
October 8–12, 2007

The National Parent Teacher Association (PTA), the nation’s original and premier parent involvement group in schools, believes that all children deserve a quality arts education. PTA supports the arts year-round through advocacy and the PTA Reflections Program. But for one week each year, PTA spotlights the importance of arts in education. PTA Start the Art Week, October 8–12, 2007, is a national initiative designed to inspire students and families to participate in the arts and help keep the arts in schools. During the week, PTAs across the nation will be hosting events to provide students with quality arts experiences and inform families and communities of the benefits of arts education. Learn more at www.pta.org/StartTheArt.