DoSomething.org knows you care about arts education and wants you to participate in their new initiative Make Art Save Art. The program wants to use artists and students to spread the message  that arts are important to American schools. Read more on the contest that corporate sponsors HP and AMD are participating in. Make Art Save Art [...]

In celebration of the 23rd annual Arts Advocacy Day, Americans for the Arts is asking everyone on Twitter to include “#arts” in their tweets today. The goal is to push “#arts” into today’s trending topics on Twitter and in turn, spread awareness about the importance of the arts and art education. To find out more [...]

This spring, engage in the art of drinking wine and support arts education programs in America’s K-12 schools. As part of its “Art of Education” program from March through June, KRIS wine will donate 25 cents of each bottle sold for a total of $25,000 to national and local organizations committed to improving academic achievement through [...]

In tandem with its 50th anniversary, Americans for the Arts has published a ten year study (1998 — 2008) evaluating the health of the arts industry in the United States called the National Arts Index. The first of its kind, this study was designed to measure 76 national-level research indicators which were broken into nine [...]

Time and time again, research shows how crucial the arts are in helping a child’s development. According to Americans for the Arts, children who are involved in some form of art for at least three hours on three days of the week for a year are: 4 times more likely to be recognized for academic [...]

October is National Arts and Humanities Month – a nationwide celebration of culture and art organized by Americans for the Arts. The purpose of National Arts and Humanities Month is to bring people together and to help expand awareness of the importance of art in our daily lives. Throughout the month of October, a variety [...]