Americans for the Arts, the nation’s leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts and arts education, today announced the election of Mike Latvis, director of public policy for ArtsServe Michigan and  Brad Erickson, president of the California Arts Advocates, as chair and vice chair, respectively, of the States Arts Advocacy Network (SAAN) Council. Each will serve a one-year term from July 1, 2012 – June 30, 2013.

During the week of July 9, join our Local Arts Agency Blog Salon on ARTSblog as you will have the opportunity to learn about how local arts agencies from across the country implement economic development strategies using the arts.

06-28-2012: Congress agrees to a two-year reauthorization of federal transportation programs, including revised language impacting surface transportation projects that have supported public art, design, historic preservation, museums, and landscaping since 1991.

The grand prize winners of The Art Institutes and Americans for the Arts Poster Design Competition 2012 are traveling to Washington, D.C. to accept their scholarship awards at a Congressional Reception on Capitol Hill. Joshua Allred of Rathdrum, Idaho is grand prize winner in the high school senior category of the competition.