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!
Georgians for the Arts

Georgians for the Arts

  • ARTS ACTION ALERT! Georgia Council for the Arts Funding Increase  
    Take quick action and send a message to your House and Senate Representatives requesting they support increased funding for our Georgia Council for the Arts.   Your action will help to alert your legislators to support increased funding for the not-for-profit arts sector, a $29.2 Billion economic impact industry in Georgia. . .
  • ARTS ACTION ALERT! House Bill Dedicated to Supporting Georgia Council for the Arts
    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.. . .
  • 2024 Georgia Arts Day
    The 2024 Georgia Arts Day hosted by our partner, The Center for Puppetry Arts, was packed with presenters, and attendees left inspired when returning to their communities and continuing the 2024 successes. The day opened with the first state-level arts and economic prosperity update by the Georgia Council for the. . .

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  • ARTS ACTION ALERT! Georgia Council for the Arts Funding Increase  
    Take quick action and send a message to your House and Senate Representatives requesting they support increased funding for our Georgia Council for the Arts.   Your action will help to alert your legislators to support increased funding for the not-for-profit arts sector, a $29.2 Billion economic impact industry in Georgia. . .
  • ARTS ACTION ALERT! House Bill Dedicated to Supporting Georgia Council for the Arts
    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.. . .
  • Arts Action Alert: Congress to Address Arts Funding in December Omnibus Bill
    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.
  • Poll: Would you purchase a “Support The Arts” Georgia license plate?
    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?

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Legislative News

  • Georgia Music Heritage Study Committee Update  
    Georgia Music Partners reporting on the Joint House and Senate Georgia Music Heritage Study Committee.
  • Senate Appropriations Committee Releases NEA Funding Details
    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.

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Member News

  • Chatham County Proclaims October 2022 as Arts and Humanities Month (Chatham County)
    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.
  • Savannah Mayor Proclaims October 2022 as Arts and Humanities Month (Savannah, Chatham County)
    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 on Fire (Douglasville, Douglas County)
    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.
  • Savannah Mayor Proclaims October as Arts and Humanities Month (Savannah, Chatham County)
    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.
  • Chatham County Proclaims October as Arts and Humanities Month (Chatham County)
    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.
  • Macon Mayor proclaims October as Arts and Humanities Month (Macon, Bibb County)
    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.

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Artist Spotlight

  • Alexis Smith Thomason (Covington, Newton County)
    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. . .

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Organizational Spotlight

  • Georgia Music Partners (State of Georgia)
    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.
  • Savannah Jazz Association (Savannah, Chatham County)
    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.

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