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Arts and Mountains: Cultivating a Sense of Place – and Environmental Literacy...

Jamie Feinberg It’s impossible to talk about what makes northern New Hampshire unique without talking about the environment. I’ve found that the stereotype of North Country residents — hardy,...

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Rural Arts Resources Hunting Guide: Finding your inner soup stone

Pat Boyd Rural arts organizations like us are always hunting for resources. Sometimes it’s a treasure hunt.  Sometimes it’s a scavenger hunt. Sounds like fun. That must be why we just can’t stop...

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Young Artists in Small Towns: Contexts of Creativity

Michele Anderson I live in a small town, I am an artist, and I am young. In my work helping other artists with their careers, I spend a lot of time thinking about the types of resources younger artists...

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Rural/Urban Exchange and the Rural Model

Matthew Glassman For many of us working in the rural arts and culture movement, years have been spent incubating and developing our model. This April marks Double Edge Theatre’s 20th year of its Farm...

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Rural Communities as Cultural Hubs in Northern New Hampshire

Jamie Feinberg Growing up in New Hampshire, my favorite days of the year — a few major holidays excepted — were Old Home Days. I loved the crafts, the animals, the special parades, performances and...

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Thanks to all the writers and readers that participated in our Rural Arts...

Theresa Cameron Wow!  What a great week of blogs in our first Blog Salon on Rural Arts. Thanks to our bloggers and all our commentators, followers on Twitter, and Facebook fans. As I read each of these...

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Top 10 Reasons to Support the Arts in 2014

Randy Cohen There is an old quote attributed to John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich: “If any man will draw up his case, and put his name at the foot of the first page, I will give him an immediate...

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Is there a future for arts education?

Ken Busby “The arts are under attack!”  We hear this cry on a consistent basis as state and local governments wrestle with priorities to balance budgets.  The arts always seem to be the first on the...

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Fresh Consumer and Business Data on the Local Arts Index Site

Roland Kushner In 2010, Americans for the Arts launched the National Arts Index; this was followed in 2012 by its community-level sibling, the Local Arts Index.  The Local Arts Index (LAI) is the...

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Access for All – But Make Sure You Have the Facts to Back It Up

Robert Bush If a Local Arts Agency (LAA) doesn’t produce plays or present concerts or mount exhibitions or offer classes, why does a community need an LAA? Why does your LAA need your support? A...

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Creative Placemaking: Template for Cultivating Arts and Cultural Policy at...

Jim Clark “Creative Placemaking” as described by Anne Gadwa Nicodemus and Ann Markusen offers artists and arts administrators a template to engage business and civic leaders in the articulation of new...

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Las Plumas High School Ceramics holds much appreciation for Vans…

Kandis Horton …and not just because they make awesome shoes! In addition to the Vans Custom Culture Contest the company puts on for high schools nationwide every year, they have partnered with...

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The Role of the Arts in the Service of History

Gerard Atkinson An unexpected part of the internship job description—being called upon to be a documentary judge. In addition to my work in the Research Services team at Americans for the Arts, I was...

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The Proof is in the Pudding

Earl Bosworth Panels and symposiums don’t normally draw large crowds, at least not like live music and marching bands do. So, when members of a select panel spoke recently at the NSU’s Museum of Art...

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LAAs, FAQs, and Other Acronyms: Reflections from a Summer Intern

Kelly Olshan Ask a fine arts professional about arts management and most will respond with something along the lines of, “What is that?” At least that was my experience when I inquired about the field...

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Love Local Arts: How businesses in the Napa Valley partner with the arts to...

Kellyn Lopes A private sector partnership with the arts is creative outsourcing. It is an understanding that human development is inspired by changing cultural practices. It is a realization of the...

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Giving Time and Treasure to the Arts

Abel Lopez Edgar Smith Welcome to Americans for the Arts’ latest blog salon, hosted by a hybrid of development and private sector partners. “Giving Time and Treasure to the Arts” can be interpreted in...

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Why Is It So Hard? Seriously.

Matt D’Arrigo I write this as an arts leader but, more importantly, I also write this as a dad. My wife and I have two amazing children, ages 5 and 8, who are lucky to have both parents who are artists...

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Board Member Seeks Other Board Member for Long-Term Relationship

Tim Bresnahan Serving on a “working board” is challenging. Rewarding, but challenging. I recently had the honor of taking over the reigns as the Board President for Rivendell Theatre Ensemble, a small...

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An Interview with Jane Chu, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts

Jane Chu Jane Chu was confirmed as the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) this past June. She recently answered a few questions about the NEA’s priorities in relation to local arts...

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