Last June, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson wanted to raise the profile of arts in the city. So, he helped create the For Art’s Sake initiative and raised $100,000 within the first week.
Talk about putting money where his mouth is.
“We are going to promote the arts in a real way,” Johnson said.
Since its inception, For Art’s [...]
When Brandeis University’s artist-in-residence Michael Dowling built it, people came. His installation “Source/ReSource” featuring a recurring stream of water being pumped into a large triangular pool outside the university’s Rose Art Museum was unveiled this May.
“I wanted to animate the space in front of the Rose and lead people to one of the sources of [...]
The New Hampshire Business Committee for the Arts is made up of local businesses that are committed to supporting the arts and striving to increase arts support within the business community. The non-profit organization believes a flourishing arts community improves the region’s quality of life and is good for businesses.
Howard Altschiller of the Seacoast Media [...]
PANadelphia invites everyone to the party–the ArtParty, that is.
Kaley Iacovetta from The Weekly Press writes about PANadelphia and its grassroots art movement that seeks to shatter stereotypes of artists being eccentric, unapproachable and elitist. The group invites everyone to channel their inner artist at ArtParty, a monthly event that supports the community creating together.
ArtParty consists of an open [...]
Side Street Projects is on the move. With its mobile, self-sustaining headquarters—travel trailers, two woodworking buses, and a converted FEMA trailer being used as a vertical garden, the artist-run nonprofit seeks to “give artists of all ages the ability and the means to support their creative endeavors.”
Corey Bridwell from Southern California Public Radio put together [...]
Can art bring about social change? Jane Ellen Ibur and Ann Haubrich are showing that it can. Partners and collaborators on a number of projects in the St. Louis area they are known for developing the Regional Arts Commission’s Community Arts Training (CAT) Institute.
The CAT Institute is a program “centered on the belief that art has the [...]
As printed in NAMTA Notes from Jan-Feb Newsletter (National Art Materials Trade Association)
Petition for Secretary of the Arts
Quincy Jones has started a petition to ask President Obama to appoint a Secretary of the Arts. While many other countries have had Ministers of Art or Culture for centuries, The United States has never created such a [...]
