New Mexico: Arts in Social Service Grant Program
The Arts in Social Service Grant offered by New Mexico Arts provides funding for New Mexico based arts organizations or social service organizations for arts-based projects that focus on addressing social issues. The grants encourage civic dialogue on important social issues, such as the environment or crime, and reach specific populations, such as people who […]
Tennessee: Art Billboards
The Tennessee Arts Commission (TAC) recently partnered with Tennesseans for the Arts and the Outdoor Advertising Association of Tennessee to strategically place 25 billboards throughout the state that promote arts education. Located in high traffic areas in Knoxville, Chattanooga, Nashville, Memphis, Jackson and the tri-cities area, the advertisements urge Tennesseans to become involved in supporting […]
Kansas: Writing Across Kansas & Ad Astra Poetry Project
The Kansas Arts Commission coordinates the selection of its state’s poet laureate. Once selected, the poet laureate is expected to create and implement a statewide educational or outreach poetry program; serve as an advisor and judge at the annual Poetry Out Loud competition; and make appearances, read at and potentially write poetry for official state […]
Alaska: Summer Reading Program
The Alaska State Council on the Arts (ASCA) has partnered with the Alaska State Library System to create a distinct Alaskan component to the library’s annual summer reading program. Summer reading programs are important to help students maintain and improve reading skills over vacation, which is vital to their educational and literacy development. ASCA sponsored […]
Iowa: Influence and Inspiration: Iowa’s Cultural and Artistic Legacy Evolves
The Iowa Arts Council has developed a K-12 curriculum with the theme Influence and Inspiration: Iowa’s Cultural and Artistic Legacy Evolves. The curriculum is based on a two-part television show produced in 2007 by the Iowa Arts Council and Iowa Public Television through an American Masterpieces grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The […]
Massachusetts: Cultural Investment Portfolio
The Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) announced the launch of the Cultural Investment Portfolio (CIP), a new approach to unrestricted funding for arts, humanities and science organizations. The CIP replaces the MCC’s Organizational Support Program. The CIP is a funding partnership designed not only to enhance the capacity of individual organizations, but to strengthen the cultural […]
Delaware: State of the Arts Podcast
The Delaware Division of the Arts, through a partnership with 1450 WILM News Radio, offers the State of the Arts Podcast. Hosted by Division Executive Director Paul Weagraff, the weekly podcast series discusses arts related issues, promotes Delaware arts events and showcases the artists and arts administrators who contribute to the cultural landscape of the […]
Vermont: Art Fits Vermont
The Vermont Arts Council, in partnership with the Vermont Department of Tourism and Marketing, developed Art Fits Vermont, a statewide community arts project. Since the project began in April 2008, the arts council has distributed 60,000 15-inch wood and paper puzzle pieces to individuals, schools and community groups across the state. Participants in the project […]
Arkansas: Creative Economy Project
Unveiling the Creative Economy in Arkansas: Strategies to Increase Creative Capacity and Competitive Advantage is the fourth report in the Arkansas Creative Economy project. The report includes a summary of some of the most important findings to date, illustrates preliminary outcomes from a series of creative community building grants, and offers recommendations on how Arkansas’s […]
Wyoming: Community Arts Partners Program
The Community Arts Partners (CAP) Program, the newest grant category of the Wyoming Arts Council, encourages the creation of innovative collaborations anchored by the arts. CAP projects must have at least two key partners, one of which must be a local, county or state governmental entity, and one of the key partners must have received […]