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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 · admin · Comments Closed
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Atlanta Ranks No. 1 on List of the 10 Best Cities to be an Artist!

“There was one more thing that surprised us in our compiling of this list: all of the cities in the top 10 have a population of less than a million people. Where one might expect to see the Big Apple, Chicago or Los Angeles, they instead found Minneapolis, Nashville and Atlanta. This list showed that […]

February 5, 2014 · admin · Comments Closed
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Center for Puppetry Arts | New Museum Announced

Set to open in 2015, the new museum space will feature expanded exhibit areas for both Global Collection and Jim Henson Collection. These new exhibitions will be immersive and interactive, allowing guests of all ages to explore puppetry in unique ways, challenging preconceptions and giving a new appreciation of the global scope and universal power […]

January 15, 2014 · admin · Comments Closed
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Breaking News: Georgia Council for the Arts – FY2015 Budget

State arts funding continues with existing 90% cut to GCA budget. Budget increased for retirement funds & staff salary adjustments. Georgia is anticipated to remain in last place ranked 50th for per capita arts funding in the U.S., 56th incl D.C. and territories. http://opb.georgia.gov/ Georgia Council for the Arts Purpose: The purpose of this appropriation […]

January 15, 2014 · admin · Comments Closed
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Business Support for the ARTS

The BCA Survey of Business Support for the Arts is the nation’s largest survey of its kind, delving beyond pure numbers into the motivations behind and goals of business partnerships with the arts. Charts, survey and ‘3 Secret Weapons Arts Organizations Can Use to Build Strong Partnerships with Businesses’-the video. ArtsGeorgia [Advocacy-Communication-News-Arts Education-Resources] Building “Strength […]

October 2, 2013 · admin · No Comments
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Advocacy v1.2 | Making a Case to Non-Artists for public funding

Why should the community of taxpayers who are not directly involved in the arts support them? The arts are revenue-positive in the same way most for-profit businesses are. The activity of the arts, week in and week out, means revenue for businesses that could not have generated it otherwise; businesses and regions have expanded with […]

September 27, 2013 · admin · No Comments
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The Recession — Trouble with the Curve

The recession lingers for performing arts institutions & museums (Great Charts with all the curves at the link below) Many Large Arts Organizations Still in Recession At the height of the recession in 2009, the number of groups with operating deficits was 45%, which makes the recovery, as measured here by deficits, only 0.8%. The […]

September 26, 2013 · admin · No Comments
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Breaking News: The NEA has a new website!

Breaking News: The NEA has a new website! http://arts.gov/ The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent federal agency that funds and promotes artistic excellence, creativity, and innovation for the benefit of individuals and communities.

September 24, 2013 · admin · No Comments
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FOLK POTTERY MUSEUM 5th Annual Pottery Show & Sale

FOLK POTTERY MUSEUM 5th Annual Pottery Show & Sale Sat Aug. 31, 2013 10-4:00 Directions, details & info below. In 2015, let’s celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Georgia Council for the Arts honoring their achievements, Georgia’s rich tradition of arts and culture, and let’s get out of last place. The Folk Pottery Museum of […]

August 30, 2013 · admin · No Comments
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Finding Artists: New NEA Data Search Tool….

Finding Artists: New NEA Data Search Tool…. First in a series of online Arts Data Profiles tallies artists at the state and metro levels, breaks out key demographic characteristics What do we know about the 2.1 million artists in the United States’ labor force? To help answer that question, the NEA today released “Equal Opportunity […]

June 11, 2013 · admin · No Comments
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