The state’s leading arts and culture advocacy organization providing vision, leadership, and resources to ensure the growth, prosperity and sustainability of arts and culture in Georgia!
Georgians for the Arts
The state’s leading arts and culture advocacy organization providing vision, leadership, and resources to ensure the growth, prosperity and sustainability of arts and culture in Georgia!
The FACES of Fashion is the kick-off event for a 20-day celebration of fashion, art, culture, and education (FACE) in Fulton County. Highlights of this event: Networking reception for Atlanta’s influential figures. Fashion runway showcasing local designers. FACE Honors: Recognition of major contributors to Fulton County’s fashion and art scene, including a fashion icon this. . .
Please save the date for our annual convening of arts advocates from across the great state of Georgia. The two-day event is an opportunity to connect with arts organizations, funders, individual artists, art educators, and government officials while learning about legislative issues facing the arts nationally and in Georgia. Georgia Arts Day is Sunday, February. . .
We urge immediate opposition to proposed funding cuts for the NEA and NEH, as the FY’25 House Interior Appropriations bill, with potential 1.5% or 23% reductions, is being considered. Advocacy is vital to prevent significant impacts on arts and humanities programs. Use Georgia’s Arts Action Center to voice your concerns now.
The Georgia Legislature approved legislation for the production of a license plate highlighting the arts and to provide financial benefits to the Georgia Council for the Arts. If a “Support The Arts” license plate was available, would you purchase it?
Georgia’s first Arts and Economic Prosperity report reveals that the state’s arts sector, with a $29.2 billion impact, supports 19,734 jobs and attracts 16.6 million attendees to events. Advocates are urged to contact House and Senate Representatives to increase funding for the Georgia Council for the Arts. Actions include messaging legislators, contacting the Creative Arts and Entertainment Committee, and visiting the Arts Action Center to bolster the lucrative industry.
Take quick action and send your State House Representative a request that they support HB 1265.
HB 1265 will allow you to elect all or part of your state tax refund to be dedicated to helping to provide additional funding to the Georgia Council for the Arts starting in 2025.
HB 1265 was previously known as HB 821. Still, the legislation expired after two years of inaction by the Ways and Means Committee.
After weeks of negotiations and months of collective advocacy by arts advocates, Congressional appropriators unveiled their FY 2023 omnibus appropriations package to fund the federal government for next year. Please take a few minutes to thank your congressional members for supporting the arts in America and urge them to vote for the final passage of this major legislation as soon as possible.
Americans for the Arts, October 20. On Monday, unexpectedly, Senate Appropriations Chairman Pat Leahy (D-VT) released the texts of 9 of the appropriations bills, as a way of kick-starting some activity around them. Ranking Member Richard Shelby (R-AL) and Leahy are negotiating how to advance the bills further in the Senate.
Arts and Humanities Month celebrates access to the arts at local, state, and national levels, encouraging individuals, organizations, and communities to participate in the arts, offering opportunities for local leaders to show their support of the arts, and raising public awareness about the role the arts and humanities play in our communities and lives.
Arts and Humanities Month celebrates access to the arts at local, state, and national levels, encouraging individuals, organizations, and communities to participate in the arts, offering opportunities for local leaders to show their support of the arts, and raising public awareness about the role the arts and humanities play in our communities and lives.
In 2017, the Cultural Arts Council Douglasville/ Douglas County created its first public art initiative in a community where there was no public art. The purpose of public art is not only to enrich the community and improve our quality of life through its ability to enrich an environment, but also to ignite the imagination, encourage thought, and to prompt discourse.
Arts and Humanities Month celebrates access to the arts at local, state, and national levels, encouraging individuals, organizations, and communities to participate in the arts, offering opportunities for local leaders to show their support of the arts, and raising public awareness about the role the arts and humanities play in our communities and lives.
Arts and Humanities Month celebrates access to the arts at local, state, and national levels, encouraging individuals, organizations, and communities to participate in the arts, offering opportunities for local leaders to show their support of the arts, and raising public awareness about the role the arts and humanities play in our communities and lives.
Arts and Humanities Month celebrates access to the arts at local, state, and national levels, encouraging individuals, organizations, and communities to participate in the arts, offering opportunities for local leaders to show their support of the arts, and raising public awareness about the role the arts and humanities play in our communities and lives.
ArtsCity Festival is a mini version of the popular Arts in the Heart Festival and will be held on September 17, 18, 19, 2021 in Augusta, GA. ArtsCity Festival will still offer great music on two stages, over 80 juried fine artists booths and ten international food booths with authentic cuisine by our local cultural. . .
The Artist known as Alexis Smith Thomason (formerly Mieke) became interested in art at the age of four. Her mother brought her a set of Prang Watercolors after she showed precocious tendencies in art when she was a child—and she has been painting ever since! She spent a great deal of time growing up in. . .
Georgia Music Partners (a Georgia not-for-profit 501(c)(6) corporation) exists because we believe that music matters to the people of Georgia – in our communities, in our schools, and in our economy.
For 39-years, the mission of the Coastal Jazz Association (DBA Savannah Jazz) has been: To promote, present, preserve and perpetuate the art form known as Jazz through a series of community and regional events, programs, and activities.
The purpose and goal of the Foundation’s Metropolitan Atlanta Arts grant is to support and provide resources to strengthen independent arts organizations with annual operating budgets under $2 million. These creative enterprises promote public access and encourage the breadth of arts and cultural programming in our metro Atlanta community.
The City of Savannah is excited to invite experienced and talented artists to submit proposals for an asphalt art installation that will create traffic calming and slow down motorists.
Radical Unity was formed to launch a creative expressions roadmap that engages various communities in exciting and unexpected new ways across various platforms. We envision a United States inspired by its diversity, which honors the power of creativity and manifests a future that celebrates and uplifts everyone.
Americans for the Arts Wraps Up Successful Summer of Federal Advocacy
[WASHINGTON, DC, September 17, 2024]—Americans for the Arts (AFTA), the leading national advocacy organization for the arts, concludes a robust summer of successful federal advocacy, which has resulted in successfully supporting arts funding legislation, helping to defeat measures to cut federal funding for the arts while increasing federal appropriations for…
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Americans for the Arts – Press Releases
Reported By: Alexandra Dziggel
Healing, Bridging, Thriving: Working For The Economic Well-being of Indigenous Artists
Arts and culture enrich our lives, our communities, and our nation. In this pivotal moment in our history, there is a growing recognition that the arts reveal new ideas, unlock opportunities, and help us confront the many challenges before us. On January 30, 2024, the White House Domestic Policy Council…
Music Credits: “NY,” composed and performed by Kosta T, from the cd Soul Sand. Used courtesy of the Free Music Archive.Jo Reed: From the National Endowment for the Arts, this is Art Works. I’m Josephine Reed.Today, we’re kicking off Hispanic Heritage month and the National Heritage Awards with a conversation with…
(clockwise, from top left): NEA National Heritage Fellow Modesto Cepeda performs at the 2017 National Heritage Fellow Concert. Photo by Tom Pich; At Jacob’s Pillow in August 2022, Vanessa Sanchez and her ensemble La Mezcla performed selections from Pachuquísmo. Photo by Danica Paulos, courtesy of Jacob’s Pillow; Luthier Manuel Delgado…
American Artscape Notable Quotable: Heather Fleming (Diné/Navajo) of Change Labs
Heather Fleming (Diné/Navajo), Executive Director, Change Labs. Photo by Raymond Chee (Diné/Navajo) “If we look at what Indigenous entrepreneurship looked like before White people came, it didn't look like Silicon Valley at all and it was rooted in reciprocity. What that translates into is how we measure success of business…
American Artscape Notable Quotable: Chantelle Rytter, Atlanta Beltline Artist
Atlanta BeltLine Lantern Parade Founder and Creative Director Chantelle Rytter. Photo by the Sintoses, courtesy of Atlanta BeltLine “I think that the cultural characteristics of a place is what connects people to it. When you love a place, you will behave differently and do things that you wouldn’t do if…
Join the NEA as we Celebrate Arts in Education Week
In this message from National Endowment for the Arts Chair Maria Rosario Jackson, PhD, she celebrates the lasting impact arts education has on students’ learning and well-being. To learn more about how the NEA helps to support arts education as a driver for transforming individual students, communities, and schools, head…
6 days ago
National Endowment for the Arts
Reported By: David Low
Poems of Remembrance
The 9/11 Memorial in New York City, designed by architect Michael Arad and landscape architect Peter Walker. Photo by Tomas Eidsvold, via Unsplash On the anniversary of September 11, our collective heartbreak feels particularly acute. We grapple with the echoes of the tragedy, struggling to make sense of the senseless…
National Endowment for the Arts Statement on the Death of James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones and Jane Alexander in the NEA-supported original production of Howard Sackler's The Great White Hope at Arena Stage. Photo courtesy of Arena Stage It is with great sadness that the National Endowment for the Arts acknowledges the passing of former National Council on the Arts member and…
The FACES of Fashion is the kick-off event for a 20-day celebration of fashion, art, culture, and education (FACE) in Fulton County. Highlights of this event: Networking reception for Atlanta’s influential figures. Fashion runway showcasing local designers. FACE Honors: Recognition of major contributors to Fulton County’s fashion and art scene, including a fashion icon this. . .
Please save the date for our annual convening of arts advocates from across the great state of Georgia. The two-day event is an opportunity to connect with arts organizations, funders, individual artists, art educators, and government officials while learning about legislative issues facing the arts nationally and in Georgia. Georgia Arts Day is Sunday, February. . .
We urge immediate opposition to proposed funding cuts for the NEA and NEH, as the FY’25 House Interior Appropriations bill, with potential 1.5% or 23% reductions, is being considered. Advocacy is vital to prevent significant impacts on arts and humanities programs. Use Georgia’s Arts Action Center to voice your concerns now.
The Georgia Legislature approved legislation for the production of a license plate highlighting the arts and to provide financial benefits to the Georgia Council for the Arts. If a “Support The Arts” license plate was available, would you purchase it?
Georgia Music Partners reporting on the Joint House and Senate Georgia Music Heritage Study Committee.
Americans for the Arts, October 20. On Monday, unexpectedly, Senate Appropriations Chairman Pat Leahy (D-VT) released the texts of 9 of the appropriations bills, as a way of kick-starting some activity around them. Ranking Member Richard Shelby (R-AL) and Leahy are negotiating how to advance the bills further in the Senate.
Arts and Humanities Month celebrates access to the arts at local, state, and national levels, encouraging individuals, organizations, and communities to participate in the arts, offering opportunities for local leaders to show their support of the arts, and raising public awareness about the role the arts and humanities play in our communities and lives.
Arts and Humanities Month celebrates access to the arts at local, state, and national levels, encouraging individuals, organizations, and communities to participate in the arts, offering opportunities for local leaders to show their support of the arts, and raising public awareness about the role the arts and humanities play in our communities and lives.
In 2017, the Cultural Arts Council Douglasville/ Douglas County created its first public art initiative in a community where there was no public art. The purpose of public art is not only to enrich the community and improve our quality of life through its ability to enrich an environment, but also to ignite the imagination, encourage thought, and to prompt discourse.
Arts and Humanities Month celebrates access to the arts at local, state, and national levels, encouraging individuals, organizations, and communities to participate in the arts, offering opportunities for local leaders to show their support of the arts, and raising public awareness about the role the arts and humanities play in our communities and lives.
ArtsCity Festival is a mini version of the popular Arts in the Heart Festival and will be held on September 17, 18, 19, 2021 in Augusta, GA. ArtsCity Festival will still offer great music on two stages, over 80 juried fine artists booths and ten international food booths with authentic cuisine by our local cultural. . .
The Artist known as Alexis Smith Thomason (formerly Mieke) became interested in art at the age of four. Her mother brought her a set of Prang Watercolors after she showed precocious tendencies in art when she was a child—and she has been painting ever since! She spent a great deal of time growing up in. . .
Georgia Music Partners (a Georgia not-for-profit 501(c)(6) corporation) exists because we believe that music matters to the people of Georgia – in our communities, in our schools, and in our economy.
For 39-years, the mission of the Coastal Jazz Association (DBA Savannah Jazz) has been: To promote, present, preserve and perpetuate the art form known as Jazz through a series of community and regional events, programs, and activities.
The purpose and goal of the Foundation’s Metropolitan Atlanta Arts grant is to support and provide resources to strengthen independent arts organizations with annual operating budgets under $2 million. These creative enterprises promote public access and encourage the breadth of arts and cultural programming in our metro Atlanta community.
The City of Savannah is excited to invite experienced and talented artists to submit proposals for an asphalt art installation that will create traffic calming and slow down motorists.
Radical Unity was formed to launch a creative expressions roadmap that engages various communities in exciting and unexpected new ways across various platforms. We envision a United States inspired by its diversity, which honors the power of creativity and manifests a future that celebrates and uplifts everyone.
