November 21, 2014
Budget Update from Connecticut Association of Nonprofits, November 14, 2014 Governor Malloy Orders Emergency Budget Cuts, Restricts State Hiring to Combat SFY15 Deficit In response to the looming $60 million revenue shortfall and $80 million budget ‘deficiencies’ or cost over-runs among stateagencies, Governor Malloy ordered emergency spending cuts effective immediately. A memo from OPM reinforced…
Read MoreJuly 17, 2014
Congressional Updates from Americans for the Arts July 15 – The House Subcommittee on the Interior had proposed an $8 million cut each from the FY 2015 budgets of the National Endowment of the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. We’re really pleased to report that when this bill came before the Full…
Read MoreMay 9, 2014
Americans for the Arts’ Creative Industries reports are now available online. Pulling data from Dun & Bradstreet, the Creative Industries: Business & Employment in the Arts reports offer a research-based approach to understanding the scope and importance of the arts to the nation’s economy. Creative Industries is the first national study that encompasses both the…
Read MoreMay 8, 2014
State Budget Update May 2014 Late last week, the legislature and the Governor agreed on a final budget for FY15.   The Committee makes no changes to the Arts Commission (arts grants) allocation of $ 1,797,830. A new $525,000 line item is for a consortium of seven art museums (Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Bruce Museum, Florence…
Read MoreFebruary 24, 2014
New Chair Nominated for the NEA On Feburary 13, 2014 President Obama named his choice to lead the National Endowment for the Arts, which has been without a chairman for more than a year. The president announced his intent to nominate Jane Chu, currently the president CEO of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts…
Read MoreOctober 25, 2013
The Arts Education Partnership compiled this chart to compare state arts education policies.
Read MoreSeptember 27, 2013
AMERICANS FOR THE ARTS RELEASESÂ 2013 NATIONAL ARTS INDEX Americans for the Arts 2013 Index report delivers a 2011 score of the health and vitality of the arts in the U.S. The arts have effectively leveled off in 2011 as the economy slowly and unevenly recovers from the Great Recession. Read more about the impact…
Read MoreJuly 24, 2013
CONNECTICUT STATE BUDGETFINAL FY14-FY15 The Connecticut State Legislature approved a biennial budget on June 2, 2013. The Appropriations Committee established an Arts Commission and transfers funding from the Culture, Tourism and Arts grant account in the amount of $1,797,830 for both FY 14 & FY 15. This represents a reduction from $2 million from FY…
Read MoreJune 6, 2013
Federal Issues: The Charitable Deduction The House Ways and Means Committee has had 11 Working groups that have been meeting on various topics and putting together policy options looking ahead to tax reform efforts. We are continuing to monitor a possible threat to the charitable deduction. The Alliance for Charitable Reform, has circulated a letter…
Read MoreApril 29, 2013
NPR Series Highlights the Benefits of Arts Education: Last week National Public Radio (NPR) broadcast four programs describing the “intersection of education and the arts”. Chuck Close reflects on Learning School Lessons Through Art. One of the superstar artists connected with the Turnaround Arts Initiative is painter Chuck Close. He says that when he was growing…
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