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Today at our Annual Convention in San Antonio, Americans for the Arts released the findings from Arts & Economic Prosperity IV, the largest and most comprehensive study of its kind ever conducted. Like the past three iterations, it documents the key role played by the nonprofit arts and culture industry in strengthening our nation's economy.
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Americans for the Arts, the nation’s leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts and arts education, announced today that it is presenting the 2012 Arts Education Award to Arts @ Large, an innovative program that provides multidisciplinary arts experiences for Milwaukee Public Schools K-12 students. Presented annually by the Arts Education Council of Americans for the Arts since 2007, the award honors the best in arts education program design, execution and organizational leadership.
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John Bryan, founding president of CultureWorks is the 2013 recipient of the Selina Roberts Ottum Award in recognition of his outstanding contributions in the local arts agency field.
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Americans for the Arts, the nation’s leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts and arts education, announced today that it is presenting the 2012 Public Art Network Award to conceptual visual artist Mel Chin. The Public Art Network Award honors innovative contributions to, and exemplary commitment and leadership in, public art. Mr. Chin will receive his award on June 7 at the Americans for the Arts Public Art Preconference in San Antonio.
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Americans for the Arts, the nation’s leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts and arts education, announced today that it is presenting the 2012 Michael Newton Award to Scott Provancher, president of the Arts & Science Council. Given annually since 1991, the Michael Newton Award recognizes exemplary leadership skills and extraordinary dedication to supporting the arts through a united arts fund, which is a combined effort to raise money on behalf of multiple arts institutions in the community.
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Americans for the Arts, the nation’s leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts and arts education, announced today that it is presenting its 2012 American Express Emerging Leaders Award to Adam Natale, director of partnerships and business development at Fractured Atlas, a nonprofit organization that serves a national community of artists and arts organizations.
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After over a year of planning, the 2012 Americans for the Arts Annual Convention opened in San Antonio this morning.
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Americans for the Arts, the nation’s leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts and arts education, announced today that it is presenting the 2012 Alene Valkanas State Arts Advocacy Award to Sherron Long, president of the Florida Cultural Alliance. Presented by the State Arts Action Network (SAAN) of Americans for the Arts, the award honors an individual whose arts advocacy efforts have dramatically affected the political landscape at the state level. Ms. Long will receive her award on June 9 at the Americans for the Arts Annual Convention in San Antonio.
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Americans for the Arts, the nation's leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts and arts education, today announced the findings from Arts & Economic Prosperity IV™, the fourth economic impact study of the nonprofit arts and culture organizations and their audiences. The largest and most comprehensive of its kind ever conducted, it shows that the arts industry continued to serve as an economic engine, pumping billions of dollars into the nation's economy, despite the economic headwinds the country faced in 2010 when the study was conducted.
