Advocacy
Fasten your seat belts. It’s going to be a bumpy ride.
By Sen. Cathy Osten Posted in The Day April 7, 2023 On the first weekend of spring, when temperatures reached into the mid-50s at my home in Sprague, I spent the day working outside, filling a roll-off container with yard waste. I’m on a bit of a spring-cleaning streak, having also recently gone through my closet…
Read MoreIn Hartford And Online, 100+ Testify For Arts Funding Booster Bill
When Waterbury’s Afro Caribbean Cultural Center launched in 2021, co-founder Rafael Feliciano-Roman didn’t know how it was going to survive. Then it received state funding—and he watched it soar. Now, he’s asking legislators “to take a leap of faith,” and fund Connecticut’s artists and cultural organizations at an unprecedented $58.5 million, so that they can continue to…
Read MoreIn new alliance, arts and tourism industries team up to lobby for major state funding increase
Still looking to fully recover from the pandemic’s negative impacts, Connecticut’s tourism and arts organizations have teamed up to make an aggressive push for more state funding. Their request — outlined in a two-page memo put together by the CT Arts Alliance, CT Humanities and CT Tourism Coalition — is for $58.5 million annually, more…
Read MoreLegislators propose to more than double arts, culture and tourism funding to $58.5M
A bipartisan group of legislators has proposed a bill that would increase funding for tourism, arts and culture initiatives in Connecticut to $58.5 million, up from its current level of $21.4 million for 2022-23. The bill, HB 6321, is co-sponsored by state Sen. Christine Cohen (D-Guilford) who said that tourism, arts and culture have proven…
Read MoreUpdates from the Arts, Culture & Tourism Caucus
After the Arts, Culture, and Tourism summit on December 3, 2021 that brought together sector representatives, interested legislators, and state agency leaders to discuss the priorities, challenges, and issues of the sectors, the Arts, Culture, and Tourism (ACT) Caucus held another meeting on January 26, 2022. Review the Agenda During the December ACT Caucus summit,…
Read MoreRaise Your Voice: Making the Case for the Arts
Free virtual event debunking common myths and misconceptions about advocacy and pointers to make a convincing case for support.
Read MoreEnd of Legislative Session Review
See an arts-focused breakdown of the final state budget and learn about what comes next in this review of the 2021 Connecticut legislative session.
Read MoreCrunch Time for Arts Funding
We’re down to the final stretch of the legislative session and the Appropriations Committee is making decisions right now on their budget priorities. We need to be sure arts and culture is one of them! The committee is working on two budgets: The 2022/2023 state budget currently calls for the Tourism Fund to be replenished from the…
Read MorePandemic Response Resources
Data and resources available are changing rapidly during this time of crisis, so we’re providing links to governmental and organizational websites that are collecting information of interest to the cultural community. NEW: Get updated information about tax policies, PPP, SVOG, and other Government programs from the American Rescue Plan from this PowerPoint by the Americans…
Read MoreShare This Letter with your Town Leadership to Fund the Arts
Economic help for the arts community could be on its way, but it needs your help!
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