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Highlights from NJ at National Arts Advocacy Day

Posted on April 10, 2013 by ArtPride in Category Advocacy, Americans for the Arts, Creativity and Innovation, Economy, Emerging Arts Leaders, funding, New Jersey Arts, Rally
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First off, I have been attending National Arts Advocacy Day since 1996.  To say this was the best one yet really means something considering I’ve heard amazing Nancy Hanks lectures by Wendy Wasserstein, Kevin Spacey, Frank Rich, Ken Burns, and Wynton Marsalis, to name a few.

New Jersey had an amazing group of arts advocates attending this year including representatives [ … ] Read more

Advocate Membership Has the Wow Factor!

Posted on October 25, 2012 by ArtPride in Category Advocacy, Americans for the Arts
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“I can honestly say that my Advocate Jersey Arts Membership has taken my passion for the arts to a new level . . . not only in regard to what I do and experience as an arts ”spectator” or participant, but also in regard to my understanding of the impact the arts can have on quality of life and educational [ … ] Read more

An Inspiring Call to Action from One of NJ’s Own

Posted on July 28, 2011 by ArtPride in Category Advocacy









Debate was completed yesterday on Representative Tim Walberg’s (MI) amendment to cut an additional $10.6 million from the National Endowment for the Arts in the House Interior Appropriations bill.  Several Members of Congress, coordinated by the Congressional Arts Caucus, spoke in support of opposing of this amendment and among them was Representative Rush Holt of New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District.   [ … ] Read more

Thank You to our NJ Arts Advocates!

Posted on April 14, 2011 by ArtPride in Category Advocacy









Thank you to all the arts advocates who contacted their legislators, and a special thanks to those who made the trip to Washington, D.C. with us last week.  Your efforts made an impact on the continuing resolution for FY2011 funding. 

Though the final 2011 Budget Bill does not include the $167.5 million we requested for the National Endowment for the [ … ] Read more

Ask your Senator to Vote Against Cuts to the NEA

Posted on February 23, 2011 by ArtPride in Category Advocacy









Last Thursday by 8 votes the House approved a $43 million cut to the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) FY2011 budget.  This decrease will mean a decrease in NEA grants to New Jersey of $440,340. 

This FY 2011 appropriations package will be presented to the Senate shortly, so please take two minutes to ask your Senator to vote [ … ] Read more

NEA Budget Cuts Will Affect You–Act Now

Posted on February 18, 2011 by ArtPride in Category Advocacy









GOP conservative freshmen spurred a revolt on Feb. 10 against House appropriators.  Insisting on slashing the current 2011 budget even deeper, they forced the bill to be re-written before it goes to the floor this week. The bill now proposes to reduce funding for arts programs across the country from $167.5 million to $145 million. This would be the biggest [ … ] Read more

Cuts to the NEA mean cuts to NJ

Posted on February 18, 2011 by ArtPride in Category Advocacy









Wednesday morning an amendment to cut the NEA by an additional $20.5 million offered by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI) passed in Congress.  This is in addition to the $22.5 million cut[ … ] Read more already included in the underlying legislation.  These funding reductions will mean:

A decrease in NEA grants to New Jersey of $440,340
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Rocco Says Hi!

Posted on August 18, 2009 by ArtPride in Category Community, Nonprofits









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NJ in DC on April 1

Posted on April 7, 2008 by ArtPride in Category Advocacy | Comments (1)









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Many many thanks to the New Jersey arts activists who joined over 500 others on Capitol Hill to advocate for increased federal funding for the arts on April 1. So many of us benefit from NEA funding and do not even realize it!

Thanks go to David Gray of the New Brunswick Cultural Center, John Devol of Arts Horizons, [ … ] Read more

NJ in DC

Posted on March 14, 2007 by ArtPride in Category Advocacy










There were 19 of us in Washington DC for National Arts Advocacy Day on March 12-13. We spent Monday learning about the issues–from funding for the National Endowment on the Arts to tax law affecting artists and charitable contributions, to the reauthorization of NCLB or ESEA (No Child Left Behind aka the Elementary & Secondary Education Act). Monday night we [ … ] Read more

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