24 Oct The 52nd ArtsFaire Returns to Las Cruces!
Come One, Come ALL...
24 Oct Americans for the Arts Releases Arts and Economic Prosperity Report 6
"Arts & Economic Prosperity 6 (AEP6) is an economic and social impact study of the nation’s nonprofit arts and culture industry. By every measure, the results are impressive. Nationally, the sector generated $151.7 billion of economic activity in 2022—$73.3 billion in spending by arts and culture organizations...
10 Aug State of the Arts in Federal Funding
Thank you for your amazing Congressional outreach efforts last month in advocating for funding opportunities for the arts. Your advocacy efforts helped produce the following outcomes in the FY’24 Senate Appropriations bills: $207 million each for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for...
25 Jul New Mexico gets creative to establish new division in state government
"How creative can New Mexico get with $2 million? "You’re about to find out. "Among the dozens of bills passed by the Legislature this year and going into effect Saturday is a proposal by freshman state Rep. Reena Szczepanski, a Santa Fe Democrat, to establish a Creative...
03 Feb Update on HB8: Creative Industries Bill
Amendments have been submitted to clarify that the Creative Industries Division applies to all creative industries except film, and to ensure that there is no confusion between the purpose of the Creative Industries Division and the NM Tourism Department. The bill will be heard again by...