Advocacy Resources & Links
It’s Easy To Get Involved!
Arts4Nevada.org encourages you to communicate with your elected officials throughout the year. Sign up now. (hot link to application here!) Your email is a quick, powerful advocacy tool. Use the subject line to quickly identify the issue and write a succinct message. Back up emails with telephone calls and faxed letters to make your communications more personal.Advocacy Toolkit/Americans for the Arts Website
Nevada Alliance for Arts Education
The Nevada Alliance for Arts Education (NAAE) promotes the arts as essential to quality education for all Nevada students and is a member of the Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education, The NAAE website offers links to funding and grant opportunities nationwide and in Nevada. Curricular assistance is provided with a list of lesson plans and creative projects that integrate the arts into classroom activities. “Art Boxes” are offered to teachers, providing innovative methods of combining art with core subjects. Professional development is encouraged, and a comprehensive list of opportunities is available. Check it out at www.nvartseducation.org.Nevada Arts Advocates
The Nevada Arts Advocates works to expand and enhance access to arts opportunities through public awareness, advocacy and outreach. For more information, visit www.nvartsadvocates.org. NAA activities include:
- Arts Day - since 1987 this signature advocacy event brings representatives of Nevada’s arts industry to Carson City during legislative sessions.
- A scholarship program - supporting graduating high school seniors who wish to further their studies in the arts
- A legislative arts caucus - comprised of members from both the Senate and Assembly
- Quarterly arts awareness luncheons--guest speakers, student performances and opportunities for legislators and advocates to visit informally.
Arts Action Fund
Join the Americans for the Arts Action Fund, the only national organization mobilizing one million arts activists across the country. The fund is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit membership organization created by Americans for the Arts, the nation’s leading 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization for advancing arts in America. Help persuade our elected officials to support policies and funding for arts, culture and arts education so that every American can participate in, enjoy, and benefit from the arts. Your membership helps to advance the arts both locally and nationally by supporting pro-arts candidates and giving the arts a voice. Add your name to thousands of others to show Congress that America supports the arts at http://www.americansforthearts.org/get_involved/membership/.Recent Links
March 28, 2011 - (VIDEO) National expert in arts funding speaks at NAC luncheon
Kelly Barsdate, Chief Program and Planning Officer for National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, says arts groups might need to use insight, invention and innovation for successful projects, especially in today's economy. Barsdate spoke at the annual Oasis Luncheon that wrapped up the Nevada Arts Council's conference.
Feb 10, 2011 - Okay, it's official: State arts agencies are in trouble
This week has been a bad one for beleaguered state arts agencies. First, after much sabre-rattling, Kansas Governor Sam Brownback followed through with his threat to eliminate the Kansas Arts Commission on Monday, with the plan to transfer its responsibilities to a new nonprofit and provide a token $200,000 one-time appropriation to help with the transition... READ MORE>>>
Feb 9, 2011 - Life Implicates Art
My mailbox is being flooded with panicked messages from artists across the country. By executive order, the governor of Kansas has abolished the Kansas Arts Commission (KAC). The governor of Texas wants to defund that state’s arts agency, as does the governor of South Carolina. Republicans want to eliminate the National Endowments for the Arts and the Humanities. And arts advocates foresee a long row of dominoes waiting to fall when those go... READ MORE>>>
Feb 9, 2011 - Super Bowl: A Showcase for the Arts
One of the largest arts audience activities of the year happened earlier this week. Thousands of artists from around the United States and throughout the world prepared for months for this single event on one night in February. It's called the Super Bowl. Yes there was football, too and some pretty exciting football at that. But this is a televised sports event where no one leaves their seat during the commercials because they might miss some really cool, fun art. Graphic design, computer generated imagery, audio engineering, musical composition... READ MORE>>>
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Americans for the Arts: "Rules of the Road" Advocacy PowerPoint
