“When you promote the arts, you’re promoting the best the human brain can come up with.”
–David Rubenstein, 2016 David Rockefeller Lecture
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May 18, 2016
Mindful: Exploring Mental Health Through Art is one of several projects in the running for the Robert E. Gard award. This is the inaugural year of the award which recognizes and celebrates an exemplary project from 2015 that has successfully crossed the arts into community life in meaningful measurable ways.
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May 18, 2016
Americans for the Arts will hold its annual convention in Boston from June 17–19, 2016. It is the largest national gathering of arts leaders and their partners in creative business, education, and government, and is expected to draw upwards of 1,000 attendees. A series of prominent speakers and arts innovators will explore the deep and diverse economic, civic, and social impacts that the arts generate for our nation’s neighborhoods and cities, as well as the role of the arts in creating and sustaining healthy, vibrant, and equitable communities. More than 120 speakers in 32 sessions will cover a wide range of topics including arts education, public art, arts funding, cultural equity, employee engagement, research, and advocacy. Three pre-conferences will focus on arts leadership, community transformation, and public art.
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May 17, 2016
Round 43: Small Business/Big Change: Economic Perspectives from Artists and Artrepreneurs is one of several projects in the running for the Robert E. Gard award. This is the inaugural year of the award which recognizes and celebrates an exemplary project from 2015 that has successfully crossed the arts into community life in meaningful measurable ways.
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May 17, 2016
Americans for the Arts is pleased to announce the BCA 10: Best Businesses Partnering with the Arts in America honorees for 2016.
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May 16, 2016
The City of Santa Monica Community and Cultural Services Department has hired Shannon Daut to lead its Cultural Affairs Division.
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May 16, 2016
Intermedia Arts, in conjunction with Americans for the Arts / Animating Democracy commissioned this national study of local arts agencies to assess community arts activity and training opportunities.
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May 12, 2016
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May 11, 2016
Portland, Oregon's Regional Arts & Culture Council received a $30,000 grant earlier this week to be used for Right Brain, an initiative providing integrated arts programming for K-8 students. The Right Brain Initiative works with classroom teachers and arts educators to unite the Arts with core subjects, allowing both to become more accessible to all students.
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May 10, 2016
Phoenix, AZ (May 10, 2016) - The $9.6 billion fiscal year 2017 budget signed today by Governor Doug Ducey includes a $1.5 million appropriation to the Arizona Commission on the Arts. The additional funding represents a 50% increase over the 49-year-old state agency's current fiscal year budget. Derived from interest accrued on the state's Rainy Day Fund, this one-time allocation will not increase overall state spending.
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May 10, 2016
In this interview, Creative Time Reports Editor-in-Chief Marisa Mazria Katz talks with Australian artist Grace McQuilten, founder of the&
