Stand Up For The ARTS

 

 

 

Did you know that public funding to the Nevada Arts Council (NAC) supports arts and arts education programs and activities in communities throughout the state? Did you know that in 2010, the NAC awarded 170 grants to schools, arts organizations, educators and artists to support workshops, artist residencies, arts education classes and other innovative programs that served more than 750,000 children? That’s just one service of the NAC. Those of us who Stand Up for the ARTS believe that the NAC is a vital state agency.

For an extremely modest investment, NAC has a major impact in schools and communities in Nevada. After a 43% cut during the last legislative session, the NAC is doing its good work with just 3 cents of every $1,000 of state funds. That’s a fraction of a sliver of the state budget. Those of us who Stand Up for the ARTS want to protect the NAC’s small but critical budget.

What’s Our Goal?

• To let our legislators know that this issue — public funding for the arts and the Nevada Arts Council — is important to us, to our families, our communities and our state. It is an essential element of the state’s investment in our future.
• To ask our legislators to maintain public funding for the arts in Nevada by supporting a flat budget for the Nevada Arts Council.
• Reducing the budget of the Nevada Arts Council again —3 cents for every thousand dollars spent of state spending spent—won’t help fill the holes we all are desperate to fill, but it will destroy the work of thousands since the agency’s inception in 1967. It will deny Nevada a chance to use creativity as a road to recovery.

Support for public funding for the arts through the Nevada Arts Council runs as deep as Lake Tahoe and as high as Wheeler Peak. Why? Because we know that an investment in the arts today is an investment in the future – for our children, our communities, our state and our nation. Now, more than ever, Nevada needs the arts.

Who Should Stand Up for the ARTS?

Anyone who cares about the future of Nevada! If you are a parent, an artist, a student, an elder, a business owner—we all care about the future of Nevada. We all benefit on a daily basis by the services provided by the creative industry.

How can I Stand Up for the ARTS?

• Click here to send a message to your representative on the Ways and Means Committee stating why you Stand Up for the ARTS in Nevada
• See below for a list of committee member phone numbers and e-mail addresses, or click here to send an email from your personal account to both committees. Contact their offices and show your support!
• Become a fan of Stand Up for the ARTS on Facebook
• Share the Stand Up for the ARTS PSA on YouTube
• Share this information with your friends and encourage them to do the same! 

Ways and Means Committee

Paul Aizley
paizley@asm.state.nv.us
775-684-8821

Kevin Atkinson
katkinson@asm.state.nv.us
775-684-8577

David Bobzien
dbobzien@asm.state.nv.us
775-684-8559

Maggie Carlton
mcarlton@asm.state.nv.us
775-684-8597

Marcus Conklin
mconklin@asm.state.nv.us
775-684-8505

Pete Goicoechea
pgoicoechea@asm.state.nv.us
775-684-8573

Tom Grady
tgrady@asm.state.nv.us
775-684-8507

John Hambrick
jhambrick@asm.state.nv.us
775-684-8827

Cresent Hardy
chardy@asm.state.nv.us
775-684-8857

Pat Hickey
phickey@asm.state.nv.us
775-684-8837

Joseph Hogan
jhogan@asm.state.nv.us
775-684-8541

Randall Kirner
rkirner@asm.state.nv.us
775-684-8848

April Mastroluca
amastroluca@asm.state.nv.us
775-684-8855

John Oceguera
joceguera@asm.state.nv.us
775-684-8595

Debbie Smith
dsmith@asm.state.nv.us
775-684-8841

Senate Finance Committee

Barbara K. Cegavske
bcegavske@sen.state.nv.us
775-684-1445

Mo Denis
mdenis@sen.state.nv.us
775-684-1431

Steven A. Horsford
shorsford@sen.state.nv.us
775-684-1429

Ben Kieckhefer
bkieckhefer@sen.state.nv.us
775-684-1450

Shelia Leslie
sleslie@sen.state.nv.us
775-684-1433

David R. Parks
dparks@sen.state.nv.us
775-684-6504

Dean A. Rhoads
drhoads@sen.state.nv.us
775-684-1447