Youth Art Month is a special time of year when educators, community advocates and supporters of art education focus on art in schools. With school budgets continuing to be cut, Youth Art Month is a great way to inform communities about state and Federal funding for art, as well as a way to educate the [...]

In Stephany Rigoni’s letter to the editor in the Daily Herald, Ms. Rigoni points out the decrease in art education and it’s effect on students. Please read below…what do you think about the public education in your area? Are your schools funding art education? Are they providing art supplies to support the teachers?
“As a product of [...]

The Arts and Art education are often the first areas in a community and schools to feel budget cuts.  Across the country states are slashing budgets and programs are being reduced or eliminated.
David Twitty writes in his article “Arts an easy target as many states cut budgets” for Associated Press states:
“States across the country are [...]

Under the newly proposed budget, the National Endowment for the Arts would get a 4% increase – from $155 million to $161.3 million.
“We are honored that the president recognizes that access to the arts strengthens both the cultural and civic life of our nation,” Patrice Walker Powell, the NEA’s acting chairman, said in a statement.
To [...]