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Americans for the Arts and The United States Conference of Mayors today awarded Utah Governor Gary Herbert the 2019 National Award for State Arts Leadership.
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Americans for the Arts and The United States Conference of Mayors today awarded Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve the 2019 National Award for Local Arts Leadership for cities with a population of 100,000 or more.
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Americans for the Arts and The United States Conference of Mayors today awarded Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton the 2019 National Award for Local Arts Leadership for cities with a population of fewer than 100,000 people.
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Americans for the Arts and The United States Conference of Mayors today awarded artist Michael L. Bivins the 2019 National Citizen Artist Award.
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Americans for the Arts and The United States Conference of Mayors today awarded artist Jonathan Green the 2019 National Citizen Artist Award.
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Americans for the Arts and The United States Conference of Mayors today awarded artist Kate Raudenbush the 2019 National Citizen Artist Award.
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The 2019 Public Art Network Year in Review application is now accepting submissions for public art projects that were completed and open to the public from January 1 to December 31, 2018. Submission deadline is Feb. 27, 2019.
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Americans for the Arts mourns the loss of Carol Channing, a lifelong performer, patron, philanthropist, and advocate for arts education. Ms. Channing, long known for being a larger-than-life Broadway star and recording artist, dedicated her post-performing career to advancing arts education alongside her husband Harry Kullijian, culminating in their advocacy effort to establish National Arts in Education Week in 2010.
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Americans for the Arts announces today that theater artist and cultural organizer Mark Valdez is the recipient of the 2019 Johnson Fellowship for Artists Transforming Communities. The $65,000 award will support him in advancing his work in community-based theater during the fellowship year.
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Classically trained pianist Arthur Bloom created MusiCorps in 2007 after being invited to visit a soldier recovering at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. The soldier, a drummer who had lost his leg to a roadside bomb, was concerned about whether he would ever be able to play the drums again.
