KRIS wine and Americans for the Arts have teamed up again to help support arts education through the Art of Education contest. Now in its 5^th year, the contest awards 16 schools in the US a total of $25,000 in grants to improve academic achievement through quality arts education. As more states continue to cut arts education budgets, every extra dollar towards arts education helps!

All three of our National Arts Marketing Project Conference keynotes have been announced, and it's quite the lineup.

Don't miss the chance to hear all-around pop culture expert Steve Stoute, internationally acclaimed contemporary movement artist Elizabeth Streb, and artist/successful entrepreneur Sha Hwang!

When the 2014 NAMP Conference heads to Atlanta, there will be no shortage of art to experience, sites to see, food and drink to be enjoyed, and activities to be done. We’ve narrowed it down to our Top 10 to make it a little easier—take a look!

Elizabeth Streb is an internationally acclaimed American choreographer, performer, and teacher of contemporary dance and movement. Her choreography, which she calls "POPACTION," challenges us rethink the interface between people, technology, and society.

This year's Opening Keynote Address will feature Steve Stoute, Founder and CEO of Translation, former record label executive, and one of the most influential marketing minds of our time. Stoute delivers a wealth of knowledge in the areas of diversity, cultural marketing, and embracing today's generation of globally aware and media-saturated consumers.

Today, Americans for the Arts joined the Future of Music Coalition and nearly two dozen of America’s most prominent arts and cultural organizations to call for rules to prevent Internet Service Providers (ISPs) from picking winners and losers online.

The filing, representing a broad array of creative disciplines, urged the FCC to take whatever steps necessary to ensure that American artists can compete on a level online playing field:

Members of Americans for the Arts are invited to apply for several scholarships opportunities to attend the 2015 National Arts Marketing Project (NAMP) Conference in Salt Lake City, UT from Novemb

Strategizing for the future of arts marketing and audience engagement is a continuous quest. This year’s NAMP Conference, November 7-10 will show you how to gain a competitive edge by proving the tools and solutions relevant for every marketer’s future. As we look ahead, which strategies, success stories, and tactics are changing the game for arts organizations across the nation? Submit a session proposal by April 8^th 2014 NAMP Conference.

The Crystal Bridges Museum of Contemporary Art opened in 2011 with a vision: to make contemporary art accessible, both physically and intellectually, for the people of Bentonville, Ark. and the surrounding area. The museum’s president, Don Bacigalupi, and his curator for special projects, Chad Alligood, are currently midway through a cross-country road trip, visiting 400 studios and 40 cities over the past six months to witness firsthand what’s actually going on in contemporary American art.

During the opening keynote of this year’s National Arts Marketing Project Conference, Americans for the Arts and Destination Marketing Association International announced the recipients of the 2013 Arts Destination Marketing Award. This year’s winners are Bloomington, IN and Memphis, TN.

With a goal to continue expanding the art-buying community in Grand Forks, the North Dakota Museum of Art held its 15th annual Autumn Art Auction on November 8, 2013. The pieces ranged from Armando Ramos’ clay sculpture of a neon red dog, to Helen Otterson’s small ceramic sculpture of a cactus, to Vivienne Morgan’s large-scale digital print of a nurse stump. The largest piece of work in the show was Albert Belleveau’s “Outcropping house,” which is7 feet tall by 42 inches wide and 56 inches deep.

Americans for the Arts, the nation’s leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts and arts education, today announced it will hold its annual National Arts Marketing Project (NAMP) Conference in Charlotte, N.C. from Nov. 9–12, 2012. More than 600 arts professionals will be in attendance.