NASAA Testimony: The Value of State Arts Agencies

NASAA was recently invited to submit testimony to the Joint Committee on Arts and Cultural Resources of the Kansas Legislature. NASAA was asked to address the status of public and private funding for the arts across the nation and to speak to the role of government in promoting the arts.

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Announcements and Resources

News and Current Information

• 2012 NASAA Annual Fund Launches This Month
• Save the Date for NASAA Assembly 2012
• ArtsReady Readiness Planner Launches
• NEFA Releases Report on Creative Economy
• The Economic Impact of Crafts
• Music and Health Care
• GRAMMY Foundation Education Programs Application Deadline Nears
• Widespread Empathy
• Lionell Thomas Appointed New ED in D.C.
• Suzanne Tate to Retire
• Rich Boyd to Retire

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Legislative Update

Congress Inches toward 2012 Funding Decisions

by Thomas L. Birch

In the 112th Congress, every routine fiscal measure has become an occasion for deeply partisan bickering and last-minute solutions to avoid a government shutdown or imminent credit failure. It doesn't have to be this way. . . .

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State to State

Showcasing State Arts Agency Ingenuity

Getting the arts on the (GPS) map in Nebraska . . . . Revitalizing industrial cities through the arts in Massachusetts . . . Celebrating young artists in the Virgin Islands . . .

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Research on Demand

Support for Individual Artists

by Kelly Liu

State arts agencies invested more than $8 million in direct grants to artists last year. NASAA's newly updated fact sheet, Support for Individual Artists, provides a national overview of grants and services for artists . . .

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