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Advocating for the arts. (Arts Awareness and Advocacy).
"Arts Awareness and Advocacy" is the new name for the national Community Outreach and Education Committee. Part of the committee's job is keeping MTNA members informed or aware of what is happening; the other job is providing advocacy tools. In the August/September issue of AMT, we listed websites that can be tools in the arts advocacy process. This issue continues with more websites and information supporting the arts and music/arts education for children.
Some strong evidence for the arts is found on the Americans for the Arts website, www.americansforthearts.org. Executive Director Robert Lynch spoke at the 2001 MTNA National Conference in Washington, D.C. Here are some facts from the study "Arts & Economic Prosperity: The Economic Impact of Nonprofit Arts Organizations and Their Audiences" (including MTNA, of course), released June 10, 2002:
1) $134 billion a year is generated by the American nonprofit arts industry; and $24.4 billion are tax revenues (local, state, federal).
2) $53.2 billion currently is spent by arts organizations, higher than the 1992 Americans for the Arts study of $36.8 billion.
3) $80.8 billion of the above total is spent by audiences of arts events on restaurants, parking, souvenirs, refreshments, hotels and other related costs.
Don't you agree these figures indicate the significant economic impact of the arts? You can read more about this study at www.americansforthearts.org/EconomicImpact.
Also on this website is the very informative "Art: Ask for More" section (www.americansforthearts.org/ public_awareness). The following are speaking points from www.americansforthearts.org/common/ contenta.asp?id=210 to use when addressing local school boards, civic clubs, community leaders and legislators:
- Arts education and the transition to work.
- Magazine article from: Arts Education Policy Review Hanna, Judith Lynne November 1, 1994 700+ words
...appreciate the arts, * gain proficiency in an art form, * comprehend artistic methodologies, and * understand culture in depth. Arts education also prepares people for arts careers, art-related careers, and careers that draw upon...
- Arts education research: a reassessment: overview and introduction to the...
- Magazine article from: Arts Education Policy Review Pankratz, David B. May 1, 1998 700+ words
The May/June 1987 issue of Arts Education Policy Review (then named Design...noted an array of problems in arts education research: * limited areas of...national study on the state of arts education in a century, appeared.(2...
- Arts education advocacy and research: to what end?
- Magazine article from: Arts Education Policy Review Brewer, Thomas M. May 1, 1998 700+ words
...the work of art and substantive...agreement among arts education supporters...The need for arts education research is...the National Art Education Association...Creating a Visual Arts Research Agenda...Century. The Arts Education Research Agenda...
- Arts Education in Wonderland.(arts education in 2099)
- Magazine article from: Arts Education Policy Review HOPE, SAMUEL November 1, 2000 700+ words
...the 2040 election. New slickies such as "Arts Education Is Life," "Art Is Life Education," "Life Through Arts Education," and "An Art's Life Is Education" were suggested. A...
- Arts education resources.
- Magazine article from: School Administrator Kisch, Marian March 1, 2008 700+ words
...Community Audit for Arts Education, allowing districts...the state of their arts education program. NATIONAL ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION...sustained in-school arts education programs and after-school youth art initiatives. NAMM...
- Collecting arts education data under NCLB.
- Magazine article from: School Administrator Rome, Narric W. March 1, 2008 700+ words
...designation qualifying arts instruction for...other support. Art educators were...authorization of the Arts in Education...to study model arts education programs and...adequate emphasis to art and music...research exists on arts education. In 1999, the...
- Symposium on Arts Education in the Twentieth Century.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Arts Education Policy Review January 1, 2000 700+ words
...various settings. Arts education policy has also been...same challenges as art itself. The juggernaut...one or more of the art forms in terms of the art form itself? Questions...from the history of arts education in the twentieth century...
- Achievements or Disasters?(arts education)
- Magazine article from: Arts Education Policy Review GOODWIN, MACARTHUR January 1, 2000 700+ words
...in education programs sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA); and (h) the efforts of the Arts Partnership to broaden the arts education network. Music and art education were introduced into schools because influential, powerful...