Arts Wonk
Rebecca Nath *This post was originally published on Arts for LA’s blog on April 18, 2011. Click on their organization names for more information on Arts for LA or Emerging Arts Leaders/Los Angeles. As...
View ArticleFeast or Famine: A Week of Arts Education Research & Recommendations
Tim Mikulski As previewed by Marete Wester last week on ARTSblog, this week has been chock full of data and recommendations from our own organization’s National Arts Policy Roundtable (NAPR); the U.S....
View ArticleWhite House Blogs on Arts Education
Tim Mikulski Late last week Melody Barnes, director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, took to the White House website to inform the voting public of the recent President’s Council on the Arts...
View ArticleInvesting in Arts Education = Investing in Innovation
Kristen Engebretsen During our recent Arts Education Council meeting in San Diego, the council members suggested posting some blogs about the federal grant Investing in Innovation (i3) in preparation...
View ArticleThe Trickle-Down Effect of Federal Arts Education Policy
Narric Rome Not long into my tenure at the U.S. Department of Education during the Clinton administration, I came to understand the limits of what the federal government can do for K-12 education. At...
View ArticleArts Education Policy: Without Clout, There Will Be No Change
Robert L. Lynch At Americans for the Arts, we see an opportunity to advance national arts education policy by working in a very specific way. We focus on forging strategic alliances with key leaders in...
View ArticleA Whole New World: Arts Education Advocacy As A Parent
Deb Vaughn My husband and I are now expecting our first child. With both of us being arts educators, we feel like we’re in a good position to help our child experience the arts. In fact, the little one...
View ArticleThe Intrinsic Benefits of Arts Education
Kristen Engebretsen I recently authored a post titled The Top 10 Ways to Support Arts Education, but I’m finding that I get more requests from people asking for reasons why arts education should be...
View ArticleA Week of Arts Education in Washington (from Arts Watch)
Alec Baldwin and Robert Lynch speak during the Arts Advocacy Day Congressional Arts Kick-Off. This week I’m in Los Angeles attending a meeting of the U.S. Travel & Tourism Advisory Board and...
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