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“…arts are not disconnected from job creation.” – Alex Fischer, CEO of the Columbus Partnership, an economic-development group Last week, NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman gave the opening remarks at the International Economic Development 2010 Annual Conference, New Paradigms: the Practice of Economic Development in a Changed Landscape (it seems the arts aren’t alone in reevaluating… Read more »

October is National Arts and Humanities Month (NAHM), a nation-wide celebration of arts and culture in our country. Americans for the Arts coordinates this, the largest annual celebration of the arts and humanities, every October. Below is the White House proclamation issued from President Obama to recognize the role the arts play, “in both shaping… Read more »

If Ben Cameron, Program Director for the Arts at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, is right, then we in the arts and the performing arts in particular, must address some staggering facts.   Video games now out sell music and movie recordings combined. An entering college freshman has spent 20,000 hours online, plus 10,000 hours playing video… Read more »

By now you might have heard – Arizona is turning 100! To commemorate the occasion, a variety of events and celebrations are taking place across the state between now and February 2012. We’re getting in on the party and we hope you will, too. Join us as we paint the state, literally, with arts-related commemorative… Read more »

Arts in Education week may be over, but the work to support and improve access to arts education in our state is ongoing. In the spring of 2009, Quadrant Arts Education Research, on behalf of the Arizona Arts Education Research Institute, began to study the level of arts education in Arizona public schools. Arizona K-12… Read more »

Last night I caught the end of the PBS special, Ask a Child Trauma Expert, where experts in a variety of areas of childhood trauma responded to questions from callers. In a response to a caller question, one of the experts discussed the value of play in a child’s life and, more specifically, the value… Read more »

Last night I caught the end of the PBS special, Ask a Child Trauma Expert, where experts in a variety of areas of childhood trauma responded to questions from callers. In a response to a caller question, one of the experts discussed the value of play in a child’s life and, more specifically, the value… Read more »

Last night I caught the end of the PBS special, Ask a Child Trauma Expert, where experts in a variety of areas of childhood trauma responded to questions from callers. In a response to a caller question, one of the experts discussed the value of play in a child’s life and, more specifically, the value… Read more »

Last night I caught the end of the PBS special, Ask a Child Trauma Expert, where experts in a variety of areas of childhood trauma responded to questions from callers. In a response to a caller question, one of the experts discussed the value of play in a child’s life and, more specifically, the value… Read more »

As the state arts agency of Arizona, we are committed to making the arts fundamental to education, particularly in programs that serve PreK-12 students, classroom teachers, arts specialists, teaching artists and administrators in school, after-school and out-of-school programs. We believe that an education in the arts builds a foundation for student success. The Arts Commission… Read more »