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Respect, Acknowledgement, Dignity, and Empathy
The world seems like an insane, frightening, and hopeless place. I’m not African American. I’m not a police officer. I’m not French or Turkish. But I am affected and my spirit is tired and sad—so, so sad.
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What We Need in This Time We’re Living in
You’ve got to have an open mind. You’ve got to be honest with people. Until that happens, nothing is going to work. We’re going to always be divided.
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You Can’t Breathe the Air and Not Participate
Everyone has to be part of the change. We have an obligation not to just sit and complain. If you’re not part of the process, you can’t complain about the outcome. I was one of the skeptics—I questioned often, “Is this real?” And in seven years, I’ve watched this place change and then go back, move forward and then fall back. But this time feels different.
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Living Up to the Promises We Made
We are, with this post, launching our first ever blog salon populated by posts from across the staff of Americans for the Arts. As part of our broader work on cultural equity, and our ongoing commitment to being transparent about the internal process we’re going through to become a more equitable organization, we invited our colleagues to reflect on what it means to work toward cultural equity.
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On Audience: For Whom Are the Arts? by Robert E. Gard
The arts are for everyone. Each man, be he young or old, rich or poor, has the right to experience the arts both as spectator and as participant.
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Five Ways Arts Education Is Closing Opportunity Gaps in Guilford County
With the help of local partnerships, our public school district of 72,000 students—66 percent of whom are minorities, and 62 percent of whom live in poverty—has created a number of new opportunities for students in the visual and performing arts. And our focus on arts education is paying off, resulting in higher achievement and more chances for traditionally underserved youth to shine.
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Who Gets Your Vote This Election Season? The Arts!
Getting the word out to elected leaders about the inherent and practical value of the arts is critical. As Americans for the Arts has done for the last three political conventions, we will make the case at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland and the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia for better policy and support for the arts and arts education in America.
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Arts and Technology: How one Museum’s App is Connecting Visitors and Driving Institutional Change
The Brooklyn Museum is making great strides with audience engagement through their latest technology tool, the ASK app.
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My Voice: Celebrating Native American heritage
Lakota culture and tradition remain a guiding light—the beacon from which the community has drawn from and used their cultural and artistic practices to both honor their ancestors and rally their communities towards solutions. There is no question that traditional cultural and artistic forms root individuals in a shared history, connect them in expression, and help them look towards the future.
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Arts & Culture Plays a Leading Role When Welcoming the World into a Community
We believe that art empowers us all. It inspires social change. It encourages community dialogue. It is a way that we connect with each other. Cuyahoga Arts & Culture looks forward to showcasing our tremendous cultural assets—and to helping visitors and residents alike find inspiration and beauty during their time in Cleveland for this important political event.
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On Value: What Does Art Have to Do with America? by Robert E. Gard
"If I could wish for one thing in this life it would be that I might live long enough to hear the music of the American spirit emerging from thousands of fine civic orchestras in large places and small; see good plays, joyously presented and viewed in every American community almost every night; see fine pictures by native American artists decorating the walls of a multitude of American homes of every economic status."
