"WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) today reintroduced the Promoting Local Arts and Creative Economy Workforce (PLACE) Act, legislation that will support workers and small businesses in creative industries by increasing federal resources and expanding federal benefits for those using creativity and skill in...
"The social, economic, and health tolls of the COVID-19 pandemic have resulted in empty city streets, American communities struggling with physical and mental health challenges, and profound economic disruption. This new initiative, Improving Community Health and Resilience through the Arts, will leverage the power of the arts...
We received this message from Jenny Makholm at the advocacy group "Be An Arts Hero":"Hello All! Wow, what a pleasure to commune with so many of you this week about this incredible opportunity to bring our voices together in the house hearing on the Creative Economy. A...
President Joseph R. Biden today nominated Maria Rosario Jackson, PhD, of Los Angeles, California, as chair of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). The Biden-Harris Administration chose to make the announcement during National Arts and Humanities Month with the selection of Dr. Jackson to lead...
