Fortunately and with a bit of good timing, ArtsGeorgia and Acworth Cultural Arts convened a Community Arts Advocacy Roundtable at the ACA office in downtown Acworth on Saturday, March 7 ahead of the recent pandemic shutdown. The purpose of this roundtable was to launch a new series of community focused meetings to complement our […]
April 12, 2020
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by Kristopher Monroe Arts advocacy isn’t always as sexy and fun as organizing a splashy music festival, a lively theater production, or a compelling visual art opening. But advocacy is an indispensable element of the undergirding infrastructure that supports the arts, particularly at the local level. The advocacy ArtsGeorgia is doing on […]
February 18, 2020
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February 16, 2020
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Top 10 Reasons to Support the Arts in 2014 by Randy Cohen There is an old quote attributed to John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich: “If any man will draw up his case, and put his name at the foot of the first page, I will give him an immediate reply. Where he compels me […]
March 30, 2014
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Tags: advocate, AFTA, education, funding, legislation · Posted in: Advocacy, All, Americans for the Arts, Arts Ed, Business, Communications, Restore Arts Funding
Americans for the Arts presents the 27th Annual Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy on Monday, March 24 at 6:30 p.m. at the Concert Hall of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. This year’s lecture is delivered by New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd, with introductions by Alec Baldwin. CLICK […]
March 27, 2014
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Tags: AFTA, creativity, leadership · Posted in: Advocacy, All, Americans for the Arts, Communications
Arts Advocacy Let’s fight for the arts together. Are you ready? Start here: 1. Register to vote 2. Volunteer to help ArtsGeorgia survey the candidates 3. Use the advocacy tools on the ArtsGeorgia website 4. Be an ArtsGeorgia member to support advocacy programs 5. Share this message with friends, ask them to LIKE ArtsGeorgia ArtsGeorgia […]
March 20, 2014
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ArtsGeorgia is a National CoSponsor of Arts Advocacy Day. The National CoSponsors help shape the legislative platforms and messages for Arts Advocacy Day. ArtsGeorgia cast our annual Policy Vote for the following: 1. Federal Funding of Arts Programs in Your State and Community: We urge the President and Congress to support a budget of $155 […]
March 6, 2014
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It’s the math teacher going to the art teacher saying what can we do together. Across the country, teachers and administrators are coming to a similar conclusion: art informs science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and vice versa. Consequently, they are pioneering new methods of teaching that combine disciplines which have been isolated from one […]
February 25, 2014
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Tags: advocate, creativity, partnership · Posted in: Advocacy, All, Arts Ed
“To the Editor: Re: “N.E.A. Funds Benefit Both Rich and Poor, Study Finds” (Arts pages, Opinion, New York Times, Feb. 5): A few years ago, a homeless girl in Los Angeles walked into a community arts center. Her name is Inocente. An Oscar-winning documentary by the same name told the story of how the arts […]
February 19, 2014
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Valentine’s Day 2014, ArtsGeorgia launches THE ARTS VOTER Registration Campaign. Do you love the arts? Do you want to see arts funding increased? Are you registered to vote? Will you help us register 5,000 new arts voters before the next election? Find the forms and learn how to register here, http://sos.ga.gov/index.php/Elections/register_to_vote Download a fillable, postage-paid […]
February 14, 2014
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