Youth in social circus programs across the US are making big leaps in the skills they need to lead productive lives, according to a recently completed study commissioned by the American Youth Circus Organization (AYCO) and conducted by the David P. Weikart Center for Youth Program Quality. The study found that circus arts has a positive impact on the Social and Emotional Learning outcomes of youth at risk. 

The pARTnership Movement is a campaign from Americans for the Arts designed to reach business leaders with the message that the arts can build their competitive advantage. Partnering with businesses is a necessity for all segments of the arts community, both private and public. In the latest tool-kit from the pARTnership Movement, learn how state arts advocacy organizations are partnering with the business community to lead events, community development initiatives, and programs that bridge the gap between arts and business goals.

Part of the Americans for the Arts Artists & Communities conversation series that pairs veteran community arts leaders with emerging community arts leaders to share

This article looks at a public art project's impact on increasing voter awarness and turnout in Philadelphia, PA. Funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation through their Knight Cities Challenge grant, Next Stop: Democracy! (NSD) aimed to improve the voting experience and increase civic engagement using public art. Here’s My Chance (HMC), a creative agency that works exclusively with nonprofits and socially responsible businesses, produced the project. Working with the Knight Foundation, Mural Arts, Committee of Seventy and other key nonprofit partners, HMC

This report provides highlights from key finding of the 2015 Local Arts Agency Census, covering topics on organizational budgets, operations, programs, and services of local arts agencies across the country. 

This report outlines the state of Alabama's efforts to bolster support and advoacy for Arts Education through the establishment of an Arts Education Leadership Team. The task force also looked at several data points and cultural climate indicators. 

The Congressional Arts Handbook is compiled annually to support the work of participants at Arts Advocacy Day, organized by Americans for the Arts and cosponsored by more than 85 national organizations, representing thousands of arts, culture, business, civic, and education organizations and individuals nationwide. Within this handbook, you will find a plethora of resources including facts, figures, related legislation, research, talking points, and more to help inform you on the major policy issues we are working to positively impact.

This one pager provides an overvie of key daat from the 2015 Local Arts Agency Census about the most effective arts advocacy arguments for different stakeholder groups, as ranked by LAA leaders. 

This report concentrates on LAAs that define their service area along county borders, whether they serve a single county, or a region that includes more than one. In total, 47 percent of responding LAAs fit these criteria; 18 percent serving multiple counties, and 29 percent serving a single county.

This report concentrates on United Arts Funds (UAFs), local arts agencies whose main function is to raise money from local individuals, businesses, and foundations to re-grant to local arts institutions and provide support to the cultural community. In total, 37 UAFs responded to the Census (32 completed the long-form and five the short form).