Americans for the Arts and The United States Conference of Mayors today presented the 2020 Public Leadership in the Arts Awards to three elected officials at The U.S. Conference of Mayors Winter Meeting. The honorees have supported and promoted arts and culture in their communities.
The Arts and Business Partnership Awards recognize businesses of all sizes and individual leaders for exceptional involvement with the arts that enriches the workplace, enhances education, and transform communities. Nominations for this year's awards close January 31, 2020.
High school art students are invited to participate in the eleventh year of Vans Custom Culture, a program that provides high school artists and students a platform to embrace and showcase their creative abilities and the chance to win a grand prize of $75,000 for their school’s art program.
Americans for the Arts announced today that jazz trumpeter and classical composer Hannibal Lokumbe of Bastrop, Texas, has been awarded the 2020 Johnson Fellowship for Artists Transforming Communities, to which he brings his musical talents and humanist approach to engage individuals and communities toward building a more just and liberated society. The $65,000 award will support him in advancing his community-based work during the fellowship year. He will also engage with Americans for the Arts’ constituents during the fellowship year.
Americans for the Arts President and CEO Robert L. Lynch released a statement in response to Tuesday’s vote of the U.S. House of Representatives on the FY 2020 spending bills, including five pro-arts appropriation items.
(College Station, Texas) The Wright Gallery in the College of Architecture at Texas A&M University has announced its opening exhibition for 2020, “Notes from the Desert Aquarium,” featuring the work of Texas Panhandle artists, Carol Flueckiger and Robin Germany. Running January 21 through March 10, the exhibition is free and open to the public.
Art Spark Texas brings award-winning, contemporary dance company EXIT12 to Austin for a performance of “Stories of War” told through monologues, poetry, and dance. The battlefield transforms into a stage as veterans recount incredible moments of sacrifice, courage, triumph, and loss. These stories are then realized in choreography.
(College Station, Texas) The Wright Gallery in the College of Architecture at Texas A&M University has announced its newest exhibition featuring the work of the visionary architect, Bruce Goff, and the American School of Architecture at the University of Oklahoma. Associate Professor in Architecture at the University of Oklahoma and leader of the American School of Architecture research project, Dr. Luca Guido, curated the exhibit that will run from October 21 through December 12.
Americans for the Arts today announced its October celebration of National Arts and Humanities Month, a coast-to-coast collective celebration of culture in America. During the month-long celebration, Americans for the Arts encourages people to explore new facets of the arts and humanities in their lives.
A study released through the Houston Education Research Consortium shows that expanding arts education in schools helped students in a few ways: boosting students’ compassion for their classmates, lowering discipline rates, and improving students’ scores on writing tests.
The Wright Gallery in the College of Architecture at Texas A&M University has announced its newest exhibition of paintings by Texas artist, Tommy Fitzpatrick titled, “Working Model.” Stephen Caffey, PhD, Associate Department Head for Research at Texas A&M, curated the exhibit that will run August 20 through October 15, 2019.
Americans for the Arts President and CEO Robert L. Lynch offered a statement in response to today's Senate’s approval of Mary Anne Carter to chair the National Endowment for the Arts for a four-year term.
So far, 2019 has been a banner year in the world of federal arts advocacy. Throughout the spring, we saw promising bipartisan benchmarks for support of an increased budget for the NEA in FY 2020. However, our work advocating for pro-arts policies doesn’t stop with funding for the NEA. Americans for the Arts, along with national coalition partners, has pursued more federal legislative priorities this year than ever before. From tax policy to transit, healthcare to education, we’re working to ensure expanded arts access and opportunity throughout the country. You can get more information and send a message to your congressional delegation about any of these bills through our Action Center.
The U.S. Congress will take its traditional month-long recess in August. Members of Congress will be in their home states and districts holding town halls, making visits to local organizations and businesses, and taking meetings in their local offices. Wondering how to continue your arts advocacy momentum during the long recess? Participate in the August Arts Advocacy Challenge to stay involved and make an impact.
Read MoreThe National Museum of the Pacific War presents an exhibition of the nearly-forgotten paintings of World War II soldier and artist, Charles J. Miller, August 23, 2019 through February 2, 2020.
Americans for the Arts' new documentary, CAMMO: Healing Through Song, profiles participating members of the Center for American Military Music Opportunities (CAMMO); shows how the arts can strengthen the well-being of service members, veterans, and their families; and features members of Voices of Service, one of many community-based music programs that CAMMO offers.
At the Americans for the Arts’ Annual Convention this past June, quite a few members voiced concern about the upcoming U.S. Census. In many communities, there is worry that an inaccurate count could negatively impact towns, cities, regions, and even states, and disproportionately affect people who are already marginalized. This blog is meant to give information on the Census, its impact, and what arts and culture agencies across the United States are doing to ensure a comprehensive and equitable count. The U.S. Census is a consequential tool for distributing time, attention, and money in all sorts of ways—including ways that are deeply impactful on the arts. It is also an increasingly politicized tool, and as we round the corner into the 2020 U.S. Census, it is important to understand what the U.S. Census is, what it influences, what the implication of certain proposed changes could be both generally and for the arts, and how arts and culture agencies and organizations are mobilizing to ensure a fair, full, and unthreatening U.S. Census count.
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