CAA News and Updates
This page includes current and past news, updates, and blog posts. Please browse the page to learn more about Connecticut Arts Alliance and our advocacy efforts and education campaigns. To read our most recent Member Newsletters, please click below. Spring 2020 Year End 2019 Fall 2019 Summer 2019 Spring 2019 At the bottom of the…
Read MoreIt’s Time to CREATE THE VOTE!
You’ve read the gubernatorial candidates’ responses to our questionnaire, you’ve learned where they each stand on issues affecting arts and culture, and now it’s time to VOTE! Election Day is tomorrow! Here are three steps you can take to help get out the vote on November 6: SHARE the graphic above or any of the…
Read MoreCandidates Agree that Arts Are a Solution for Private Investment
Over the past months, we’ve collected responses to six questions about arts and culture from each of the gubernatorial candidates. In the final weeks before Election Day, we’ve focused on the candidates’ responses to specific questions. The spotlight this week is on arts, private investment, and tourism. The Candidates Agree that Investment in the Arts Generates More Private…
Read MoreCandidates Agree that Arts Are a Solution for Education
Over the past months, we’ve collected responses to six questions about arts and culture from each of the gubernatorial candidates. In the next weeks, we’re going to focus on the candidates’ responses to specific questions. The spotlight this week is on education. Did you know: Students with arts instruction are three times more likely to be recognized for…
Read MoreImperative for Continued Office of the Arts Leadership
There has been some confusion and misinformation this week about the recently announced job posting for an Arts and Culture Administrator at the Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD). The Connecticut Arts Alliance, a non-profit advocacy organization led by artists, educators, and arts executives from all over our state, would like to clarify some…
Read MoreCandidates Agree that Arts are a Solution for Our Cities
Over the past months, we’ve collected responses to six questions about arts and culture from each of the gubernatorial candidates. In the next weeks, we’re going to focus on the candidates’ responses to specific questions. This week, we spotlight the candidates’ solutions for creating vibrant cities that will attract and retain talent. CTV: As governor,…
Read MoreState Arts Alliances Launch “Create the Vote”
In an election-year effort to draw attention to the importance of arts and culture to the state’s economy and welfare, the Connecticut Arts Alliance (CAA) and Connecticut Alliance for Arts Education (CAAE) have announced the launch of a campaign to “Create the Vote†in this year’s gubernatorial and other elections. All voters are encouraged…
Read MoreHelp #SAVEtheNEA
The Board and Staff of Connecticut Arts Alliance have written to the State’s Federal legislators and are reaching out to all arts supporters to help save and encourage funding of the National Endowment for the Arts. On February 12, 2018, President Trump released his FY 2019 budget request. Â The President’s proposal includes the termination of…
Read MoreArts and the State Budget
With a state budget still not passed in Connecticut, statewide arts organizations—along with all other businesses and economic sectors—face uncertain financial futures. As we continue to wait for a budget, it is important to stress the economic necessity of arts funding—which represents only 0.02% of that budget—to our legislators.
Read MoreConnecticut Arts Generate $797.3 Million in Economic Activity
As Connecticut’s leaders debated the fate of the state’s budget, the Connecticut Arts Alliance drew attention to recently released economic impact data. According to the Arts & Economic Prosperity 5 study, conducted by Americans for the Arts, Connecticut’s nonprofit arts and culture industry generates $797.3 million in annual economic activity in the state, supporting over 23,000…
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