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The Right Brain Initiative is releasing new data that demonstrate the impact of rich classroom arts-integrated instruction on student test scores.
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Each year, Americans for the Arts, through the Business Committee for the Arts, recognizes ten U.S. companies for their exceptional commitment to the arts through local partnerships with artists and arts organizations, arts and culture grants and sponsorships, matching gift and corporate giving campaigns, volunteer programs and pro bono services, initiatives that engage employees and evoke creativity in the workplace, and board membership and leadership.
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WASHINGTON/NEW YORK—September 3, 2014—Americans for the Arts, the nation’s leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts and arts education, today announced the honoree companies selected by the Business Committee for the Arts (BCA), a division of Americans for the Arts, as the BCA 10: Best Businesses Partnering with the Arts in America for 2014.
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Artist Elizabeth Egbert, recently director of the Staten Island Museum, passed away on Saturday at the age of 69. She had worked around the country as a public artist with pieces in Mesa, Arizona and shown at the Socrates Sculpture Park in New York City. She was an artist, sculptor, and community activist. She was also an educator and taught at Hunter College and the College of the Arts in Philadelphia.
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Commissioned by art produces Situation, German artist Michael Sailstorfer buried 30 gold bars stamped with "Made in London" at Folkestone Beach.
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The Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs launched the app "MI Amazing Art Tour" in July, with 209 artworks currently and plans to grow.
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Annually, each September, a week is designated by Congress as Arts in Education Week. According to the resolution, which Congress passed in 2010, the week following the second Sunday in the month of September shall be "Arts in Education Week."
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Public Art Network Council member Constance White will be the next Vice President of Public Art at the Arts & Science Council of Charlotte-Mecklenburg.
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After 16 arrests throughout his career, street artist Shepard Fairey is completing the first of three murals as a commission through the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program.
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WASHINGTON– August 20, 2014 – Americans for the Arts, the nation’s leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts and arts education, announced today that ten state teams would join a three-year pilot program to strengthen arts education by advancing state policy. Announced at the National Conference of State Legislatures’ legislative summit in Minneapolis, the ten states entering the pilot program are:
