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Who are the players in statewide arts advocacy you might ask? Text book speaking, state arts advocacy leaders and their organizations are the primary source of advocacy promoting arts and arts education friendly policy from state governments. Many statewide...

Joy Pennington, who has been the director of the Arkansas Arts Council for 16 years and a state employee for 28 years, will resign at the end of August and become the part-time director of Arkansans for the Arts, a nonprofit arts advocacy organization...

The Diego Rivera Mural at the Detroit Institute of Arts – photo by Quick fix Each year, Createquity offers a list of the top ten arts policy stories of the past twelve months. You can read the previous editions here: 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, and 200...

William Alatriste for the New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito seen in East Harlem in August 2014. She supports the mayor's rezoning proposals but the community planning effort she has spearheaded includes groups that don't. Over 50...

This year was marked by creative and ambitious arts organizations, events and happenings. Here is some insight into five trends that rise above the rest (to this blogger) and display the explosive energy of New Jersey’s lively arts scene, plus a quick...