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Thursday, September 2, 2010 VOLUME 13 ISSUE 6  
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Executive Director's Column
Announcements and Resources
State to State
Legislative Update
Research on Demand
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Executive Director's Column
Open Dialogue 2010: The Association of American Cultures

Mayumi Tsutakawa

Guest Author: Mayumi Tsutakawa, Manager, Grants to Organizations, Washington State Arts Commission, and Chair, The Association of American Cultures

Guest columnist Mayumi Tsutakawa offers impressions of Open Dialogue 2010, a recent symposium of The Association of American Cultures. The gathering provided a space to discuss issues, challenges, successes and perspectives of arts organizations and artists serving communities of color. . . .


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Announcements and Resources
NASAA News and Current Information

  • Assembly 2010 Features Rocco Landesman, Esperanza Spalding, Inspiring Sessions
  • September 12-18 Is Arts in Education Week
  • Celebrate National Arts & Humanities Month in October
  • State Budget Updates from NCSL
  • 21st Century Skills Map for the Arts
  • What Motivates Giving to Arts and Artists?
  • Lessons from The Wallace Foundation's Work with State Arts Agencies
  • Kids Count Data Center
  • $1 Million for Arts Education Awarded to Tennessee
  • Nevada Arts Council Chair Tim Jones Receives National Advocacy Award
  • NASAA Publications Empower Readers

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State to State
Showcasing State Arts Agency Ingenuity

Documenting the impact of arts education in Missouri . . . Engaging families in the arts in Hawai'i . . . Raising environmental awareness in Rhode Island . . . Expanding technical assistance in Connecticut . . .
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Legislative Update
Senate Panel Boosts Arts Ed Funding
Thomas L. Birch

NASAA Legislative Counsel Thomas L. Birch Prior to breaking for August recess, the Senate made decisions on arts education appropriations and called on the Department of Education to support evaluation of model arts education programs; and both the House and Senate rejected an Obama administration proposal to fold the arts education money into a larger fund . . .
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Research on Demand
Technical Assistance for Federal Reporting
Angela Han

NASAA Director of Research Angela Han All state and regional arts agencies are required to use the National Standard for Arts Information Exchange in the preparation of their Final Descriptive Reports (FDRs) to the National Endowment for the Arts. To help state arts agencies complete their FDRs and incorporate the Standard into grants management processes, NASAA offers several types of assistance . . .
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Did You Know ...?
A Taste of Austin, Texas

NASAA Assembly 2010, October 14-16, takes place in Austin, Texas. This month, Did You Know … ? whets your appetite for The Live Music Capital of the World® with these appealing morsels. . . . .
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