The pARTnership Movement, a program and platform of Americanss for the Arts, presents a three-part curriculum that will guide local arts leaders on how to build strong and lasting partnerships with their local chambers of commerce to achieve shared community and economic development goals.
Part 1 of this series will establish a foundational knowledge of local chambers of commerce, the networks in which they operate and that serve them, how to navigate a traditional business environment, and basic activations a local arts agency can undertake to establish a partnership.
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) issued additional guidance to assist states with their distribution of funds to non-entitlement units of local government (NEUs), which are local governments typically serving a population under 50,000.
The guidance sets forth a process by which the state can download a list of local governments from the Treasury website alongside a step-by-step guide to allocating and distributing funds to their NEUs.
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For people with disabilities, the fight for equal access to arts and culture is part of a broader struggle for access to both physical resources and intangible benefits in daily life.
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The following is a work in progress. This page will provide California resources for job seekers and employers to help reduce barriers to careers in the arts, and offer resources to arts organizations, schools, universities, and community arts education programs to be able to better serve people with disabilities seeking arts sector employment.
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This document details new guidance highpoints, general information on receiving funds, detailed information on reciving funds for Non-entitlement Units of Local Government (NEU), an extensive list of eligible uses, ineligibler uses, reporting requirements and resources.
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Below are our key takeaways, followed by technical notes, that touch on not just arts-related provisions, but also some key items that arts advocates should be made aware of that could impact local decisions. We’ll be referencing page numbers from the final guidance document dated May 10 (link here) throughout. We will update this page as guidance is tweaked and new information becomes available.
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This resource covers allowable uses of American Rescue Plan (ARP) recovery funds, non-allowable uses of ARP recover funds, how to make an ask for state/local funding from ARP, how to frame the creative economy for state/local asks, and related resources.
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For many jurisdictions, the funding provided under ARPA is substantial and could be transformational for states and local governments in their pandemic rescue and recovery efforts. Elected leaders will need to decide how to best use the additional funding consistent with the ARPA requirements, which are very broad. […] When considering how to best advise elected officials and plan for the prudent use of ARPA funds, we offer the following outline of Guiding Principles for the use of ARPA funds.
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This resource details how to be an effective an informed arts advocate. The deck offers basic facts and definitions, tips and techniques on building relationships, a guide on crafting your advocacy pitch, data points on the impact of the arts locally and statewide, current advocacy priorities, and ways to engage in Arts, Culture and Creativity Month 2021.
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The Advisory Brief for Local and Public Health Agencies and Organizations calls for local public health agencies and organizations to mobilize existing local arts and cultural assets to develop creative responses to this crisis. The advisory brief offers action steps, real-time examples and resources related to communication, connection, resilience, and recovery.
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Download CAA’s Local Advocacy template letter to present to your Board of Supervisors or City Council members to prioritize arts funding with Federal funds from ARP (American Rescue Plan)
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In a recent study conducted by Californians For The Arts (CFTA), of the 600 plus California creative businesses, 79% of respondents have eliminated and/or reduced programs, and 16% are not confident they will be able to survive if programs cannot resume before April 1. It is clear that unless we develop guidelines for the arts to reopen safely, it will be almost impossible for this sector to survive the crisis.
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Californians for the Arts has joined other cultural organizations and arts and culture workers across the country to propose a set of relief and recovery policy actions legislators can take today to put creative workers to work. They will activate the creative economy for the common good, energize our fellow citizens, re-imagine how our communities can thrive, spark economic growth, and improve the lives of us all.
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On this page, you will learn the difference between advocacy and lobbying, and how your nonprofit organization can advocate for the arts.
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Click to learn 3 things to keep in mind when crafting your advocacy pitch.
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This toolkit contains sample press release, talking points, social media posts and graphics for you to use for the first phase of the #RestartArtsCA campaign, which is focused on storytelling and data as a means to drive home the necessity of obtaining state guidelines to reopen the arts and culture sector.
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Letters should be brief and to the point with a very clear ask. Hit your top line talking points (arts are the first to close, last to re-open, etc.) and make a clear and uniform ask across all the letters. The ask we want is the state to issue reopening guidelines for the performing arts and live events sector.
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