Restore state art funds + Find new funds. The Time is Now!

ArtsGeorgia advocates: 1) an early start to restore arts funding in FY15 budget cycle. 2) an agenda to include an income tax check off, a new version of the fractional tax to support the arts and local communities, and arts funding for a new Grassroots Arts Partnership program. 3) an Arts Voter Guide during the […]

April 1, 2014 · admin · Comments Closed
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ArtsGeorgia = Arts Advocacy | Are You Primary Ready?

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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Restore State Arts Funding – The Time Is Now!

State Arts Budget Update: The FY2014 Supplemental Budget includes no additional state funding for the arts. The FY2015 Budget has an additional $25,000 included for the stated purpose of matching NEA funding. Georgia will remain ranked last in the country for state arts funding by NASAA without the restoration of significant state arts funding. Georgia […]

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Georgia Students – smARTer with the ARTS!

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 · admin · Comments Closed
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ArtsGeorgia Celebrates: National Arts & Humanities Month

October is National Arts and Humanities Month—the largest annual celebration for the arts and humanities in the nation! From an announcement before a performance or during an arts center open house, to securing a mayoral proclamation, or better newspaper coverage of the arts, people in every community across the United States can celebrate NAHM by […]

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ArtsGeorgia Celebrates: National Arts & Humanities Month

October is National Arts and Humanities Month—the largest annual celebration for the arts and humanities in the nation! From an announcement before a performance or during an arts center open house, to securing a mayoral proclamation, or better newspaper coverage of the arts, people in every community across the United States can celebrate NAHM by […]

October 1, 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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Learning in a Visual Age: The Critical Importance of Visual Arts Education.

Learning in a Visual Age: The Critical Importance of Visual Arts Education. Four policy recommendations. http://www.arteducators.org/learning/learning-in-a-visual-age/NAEA_LVA_09.pdf ArtsGeorgia advocates for the restoration of arts education programs, staff and funding for the Georgia Council for the Arts. Advocating “Strength Through Unity” at the local, state and national level, ArtsGeorgia is Georgia’s strategic leader in arts advocacy, the […]

July 2, 2013 · admin · No Comments
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Arts Advocacy starts…

Arts Advocacy starts with those actions an artist, arts patron or arts organization (profit and nonprofit) can take which are on the list of specific steps listed on the ArtsGeorgia website Advocacy home tab, like joining the AFTA Arts Action Fund, or getting a DUNS Number or visiting our Advocacy Links page for local and […]

March 18, 2013 · admin · No Comments
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Arts Education – NEA Session open to the Public

The public is invited to join a webinar about the role of collective impact in advancing arts educ on Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. Contact: Liz Auclair 202-682-5744 auclaire@arts.gov National Endowment for the Arts Hosts Live Webinar about the Role of Collective Impact in Advancing Arts Education on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at […]

March 15, 2013 · admin · No Comments
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