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Academy Award nominated actor Stanley Tucci and Robert L. Lynch, president and CEO of Americans for the Arts, the nation's leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts and arts education, will testify before Congress on March 22 in Washington, D.C. to urge Congress to increase funding for the National Endowment for the Arts to $155 million.
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Academy Award® nominated actor Stanley Tucci and Americans for the Arts President & CEO Robert L. Lynch will testify before Congress on March 22 in Washington, D.C. to urge Congress to increase funding for the National Endowment for the Arts to $155 million.
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03/19/2012
Carson Foundation Donates $1M to Endowment
"The John W. Carson Foundation has given $1 million to the Nebraska Cultural Endowment, which supports statewide arts and humanities funding.
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Americans for the Arts, the nation’s leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts and arts education, today announced it has launched a new website for Animating Democracy, a program that works to inspire, inform, promote and connect arts as a contributor to community, civic and social change.
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March is Arts Education Month and we are celebrating by hosting our annual spring blog salon about a hot topic in arts education-quality.
We'll be discussing what "quality" means in terms of student engagement and organizational capacity as well as sharing experiences from the field.
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Noted singer-songwriter and record producer Ben Folds will perform at the Americans for the Arts 25th Annual Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy on April 16 at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The lecture is presented by Americans for the Arts, the nation's leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts and arts education, in partnership with Ovation, the only television network celebrating art, artists, and all forms of artistic story-telling.
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Noted singer-songwriter and record producer Ben Folds will perform at the 25th Annual Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy, which will be delivered this year by Alec Baldwin on April 16 in Washington, DC.
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02-16-2012: A hearing on legislation to reauthorize the Elementary & Secondary Education Act in the U.S. House Education and Workforce Committee included significant discussion on arts education. Colorado Springs arts teacher Felicia Kazmier, one of the witnesses, spoke about the need for more funding and accountability in supporting arts education. Congressional Arts Caucus co-chair Todd Platts, caucus member Rep. Bobby Scott, and Rep.
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