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2020

This is How You Do It: Poetry OUT LOUD

Life is full of big questions--What does it mean to love? How do we develop a sense of self worth? What happens when we die?-- and even bigger emotions. And the older we get, the more we start to understand just how much we don't actually know. Perhaps our first inkling of this aspect of the human...
A man shows a group of teenagers in a high school gym how to play a Brazilian instrument
2020

American Artscape Notable Quotable: Torrie Allen of Arts Midwest

"I want to figure out how to use the creativity of the arts to build community so that when people encounter things that are different, the first response is curiosity rather than fear." -Torrie Allen, president and CEO of Arts Midwest As the new president and CEO of Arts Midwest , Torrie Allen...
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2020

American Artscape Notable Quotable: Christian Gaines of WESTAF

"I think it’s important to have a regional strata in the ecosystem of arts support and arts funding in the U.S. because each individual region is unique, just as every single state is unique." — Christian Gaines, Executive Director, Western States Arts Federation While working with film festivals...
A woman playing the drums
2020

American Artscape Notable Quotable: Theresa Colvin, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation

"I’ve been entrusted to make the world a better place than what I found it—to make experiences and feelings of connectedness. To hopefully give individuals a sense of acceptance, a belief in themselves, and a belief in connectivity with other human beings. Collectively, we can achieve more together...
A man plays piano and another plays saxophone in a small art gallery
2020

American Artscape Notable Quotable: Susie Surkamer, South Arts

"This is how work gets done. People need to know each other. They need to connect. They need to have people that they can call and collaborate with." — Susie Surkamer, Executive Director, South Arts n the 1970s, Susie Surkamer had her first taste of how the arts can benefit communities when she...
A young girl bends over and decorates an apron as part of an exhibition
2020

American Artscape Notable Quotable: Todd Stein, Mid-America Arts Alliance

"One of our core values is that we believe the freedom of cultural and creative expression is fundamental to humanity." — Todd Stein, President and CEO, Mid-America Arts Alliance Middle America has too often existed as the middle child of American arts discourse, forgotten in broader discussions...
graphic treatment of Cathy Edwards quote
2020

American Artscape Notable Quotable: Cathy Edwards, New England Foundation for the Arts

“Artists and arts and creativity are life-giving sources to communities, so they need to be supported and they need to be more visible.” — Cathy Edwards, Executive Director, New England Foundation for the Arts Having grown up with a father who worked in cultural affairs for the U.S. State...
A woman stands between two men amidst cultural objects from the Northern Mariana Islands
2020

New in American Artscape: Achieving More Together

For 14 years, Pam Breaux served as a culture, recreation, and tourism leadership team member within Louisiana’s state government, including an appointment as the executive director of the Louisiana Division of the Arts. She was connected to the agency during what she described as the state arts...
a collage featuring the cover of American Artscape magazine and the table of contents. One arrow points to the cover saying Brand new name white another arrow points to the text saying Same great content
2020

NEA Arts Magazine is Now American Artscape!

"Altogether, this collaborative system has helped shape a nation where every American—in every state, in every region, across the entire nation—can celebrate and benefit from the arts." — National Endowment for the Arts Chair Mary Anne Carter (from intro to new issue ) We've freshened up the name...
Two rows of people standing in front of the NEA sign
2019

Spotlight on the American Samoa Council on Arts, Culture and the Humanities

You may already know that the National Endowment for the Arts supports the 50 state arts agencies, but did you know the agency also supports the work of the arts agencies in U.S. jurisdictions, such as Washington, DC, and Puerto Rico, but also the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa? Like...

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