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02-09-2011: U.S. House Appropriations leaders introduce a long-term Continuing Resolution (H.R. 1) that proposes to cut dozens of federal agencies and programs for the balance of the current 2011 fiscal year. Included in the cuts is a reduction in funding for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) budget to $155 million, down from its currently level of $167.5 million.
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One of the largest arts audience activities of the year happened earlier this week. Thousands of artists from around the United States and throughout the world prepared for months for this single event on one night in February. It's called the Super Bowl. Yes there was football, too and some pretty exciting football at that. But this is a televised sports event where no one leaves their seat during the commercials because they might miss some really cool, fun art.
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Now more than ever we need to come together to fight one of the biggest battles we have had to protect and save the arts. Listen to Nina Ozlu Tunceli's, Chief Counsel of Government and Public Affairs, short podcast about Kevin Spacey, this year's Nancy Hanks Lecturer, and Arts Advocacy Day. She even announces a celebrity who will testify in front of Congress!
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Susan Smith Ellis, CEO of (RED), leads a creative powerhouse with the mission to combat AIDS around the world. Named one of the Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company, Smith Ellis will share how the work of artists, designers, and performers play a key role in the (RED) mission and its success in raising more than $160 million in four years.
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Last night, President Barack Obama delivered his annual State of the Union speech before the United States Congress where he addressed three areas of concern that resonate with arts advocates: federal spending, jobs and education policy. Earlier this week, 165 conservative members of Congress representing the Republican Study Committee called for termination of the National Endowment for the Arts and key arts education programs at the U.S. Department of Education.
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Americans for the Arts announced the first update to its National Arts Index, the annual measure of the health and vitality of the arts industries in the United States. The 2010 Index offers the first comprehensive picture of how the arts fared during the Great Recession.
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Americans for the Arts, the nation’s leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts, today announced the first update to its National Arts Index, the annual measure of the health and vitality of the arts industries in the United States. The 2010 Index offers the first comprehensive picture of how the arts fared during the Great Recession.
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01-20-2011: The Republican Study Committee released its budget reduction plan which calls for the termination of the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and the Community Development Block Grants program.
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"Federal support for arts and culture is now officially in the cross hairs of congressional Republicans, if that's a metaphor we're still allowed to use.
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Americans for the Arts, America’s leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts, and The United States Conference of Mayors, today announced that Herbie Hancock will receive the 2011 Legendary Artist Award, and Anna Deavere Smith will receive the 2011 National Artist Advocate Award. In addition, Carmel, IN Mayor James Brainard, Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter and New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson will receive the 2011 Public Leadership in the Arts Awards.
