Arts administration consultant and blogger Arlene Goldbard has released two new books, The Wave and The Culture of Possibility.

Recently, several members of the Presidents Committee on the Arts and Humanities have made public appearances in support of STEAM and the Turnaround Arts program.

Reasons for Longy’s decision to discontinue Preparatory and Continuing Studies effective August 31, 2013, and its possible implications for the community arts education field.

Join the Nonprofit Finance Fund for a webinar and learn all about Pay for Success, what the federal budget proposes, and why it matters.

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has announced $350,000 in support for 17 new research grants that measure different characteristics and contributions of the arts.

April is National Poetry Month and the National Student Poets are celebrating by spreading the word through visits to diverse communities across the United States.

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) will present a Challenge America Fast-Track Guidelines webinar on April 3, 3:00PM-4:00PM EDT.

Art21's Access 100 Artists is a global campaign providing access to contemporary art and artists through hundreds of public screenings and events.

Since the 2008 recession, everyone in the nonprofit world has been searching for creative ways to raise more money. Juilliard has found the answer in distance learning, partnerships, and international expansion.

The National Endowment for the Arts will host a live public webinar on the role of collective impact in advancing arts education on Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 3:00PM EDT.

This February, Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) and Congressman Aaron Schock (R-IL)  announced the formation of the Congressional STEAM Caucus.

Southern Methodist University has announced that its Meadows School of the Arts and Cox School of Business are leading a collaboration to create a National Center for Arts Research.

Education Week will host a free webinar entitled Art and the Common Core on Tuesday, February 19, 2:00PM - 3:00PM ET.

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Interagency Task Force will host a public webinar about research on the arts and aging Wednesday, February 20, 2013, 2:00PM - 3:00PM ET.

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) will present a webinar on grants for arts education projects on Tuesday, February 12, 1:00PM - 2:00PM ET.

Arts integration closes the achievement gap while supporting academic excellence, according to a recent four-year study by Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE).

The National Coalition for Core Arts Standards (NCCAS) has released a narrative framework document that details the rationale, goals, and strategy of the new National Standards for Arts Education.

This week Congress passed a tax deal as a short term fix to the fiscal cliff with varied implications for the nonprofit sector and the community arts education field.

This week the New York City Children's Chorus performed on SNL in memory of the children lost in the Newtown, CT tragedy.

Recently arts education's relationship to the common core rose to the top of conversation in several of the nation's most trusted online publications for educators.

The U.S. Department of Education announced last week that 16 applicants - representing 55 school districts across 11 states and D.C. - have won the 2012 Race to the Top District competition.

The President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities is now accepting applications for the 2013 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards, the highest honor for youth arts programs in the country.

National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Rocco Landesman has confirmed his plans to step down at the end of this year.  Deputy Chairman Joan Shigekawa will serve as acting head of the agency until a successor is confirmed.

Today, November 8, 2012, NAMM Foundation launched the 2013 Best Communities for Music Education survey.

For the first time the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, will measure the contribution of the arts to the Gross Domestic Product.

The Best Communities for Music Education (BCME) survey will be available to schools and communities seeking recognition for their school music programs for the 14th consecutive year.

The Social Action Through Music Symposium will take place in Philadelphia, December 3-5, 2012. The symposium is designed as a resource for anyone in nonprofit arts, educational, or social organizations.

Guidelines and application materials for Our Town, the National Endowment for the Arts' primary creative placemaking grants program, are now posted online.

It's election season at Americans for the Arts. Nominate yourself or your colleague to become a member of the Arts Education Advisory Council.

The L.A. Unified school board unanimously passed a measure Tuesday that makes arts education a "core subject" throughout L.A. country.

President Obama kicked off National Arts and Humanities Month with a proclamation re-affirming his commitment to strengthening arts and humanities programs in communities across the country.

The National Endowment for the Arts is celebrating National Arts and Humanities Month by inviting the public to nominate an arts/culture organization in their community to be highlighted on the NEA Facebook page.

TRUST: Second Acts in Young Lives, a documentary film which brings to light the incredible transformative capacity of the arts and arts education, will air on PBS this October.

The Nonprofit Finance Fund will host a free fall webinar series entitled "How Change is Strengthening Arts Organizations."

The NEA's new report, How Art Works, is designed to help answer the complex question "How do you measure how art works -- on people, on communities, or on society?"

The Berklee City Music Network (BCMN) has announced their second annual Network conference, which will be held October 29-31 in Memphis, TN.

ArtPlace has just launched its third round of grant applications to support creative placemaking in communities across America.

In season 43 of Sesame Street, the show remains on top of the educational and social needs of its preschool audience by continuing its focus on STEM education, but this year they'll be adding the “arts” to the equation.

The Wallace Foundation announces a free webinar series entitled "Strengthening Citywide After-School Opportunities: New Insights, New Tools on bolstering after-school programming."

The National Endowment for the Arts will host a workshop on Research Gaps and Opportunities for Exploring the Relationship between the Arts and Health and Well-Being in Older Adults.

Reynold Levy, President of Lincoln Center, announced earlier this month the appointment of Russell Granet as Executive Director, Lincoln Center Institute, succeeding Scott Noppe-Brandon who is stepping down after 17 years.

Pennsylvania Council on the Arts executive director and National Guild Honoree Philip Horn has been appointed to the National PTA® board of directors by its national president.

Syracuse University and Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life (IA) announce the appointments of Timothy K. Eatman and Scott J. Peters as IA co-directors, effective Aug. 1.

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Federal Interagency Task Force on the Arts and Human Development will host a free webinar on Wednesday, August 1, 2:00PM - 3:00PM EST.

Today the New Teacher Project released "The Irreplaceables," a report to help us better understand the "real retention crisis in America's urban schools."

Throughout July, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) will host three webinars to talk with experts in creative placemaking about current trends, challenges, and policies in the field.

October is National Arts & Humanities Month, the largest annual celebration of the arts and humanities in the nation, but arts advocates all over the country are gearing up now!

The Boston Foundation and Barr Foundation have announced that twelve organizations will share $650,000 in grants to begin a new phase of Culture for Change, a unique approach to out-of-school time youth development.

August 9 is the deadline to apply for the National Endowment for the Arts' next round of  Arts Education: Art Works grants. This round is for School-Based Projects only.

Today the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee passed its FY 2013 funding legislation, proposing a $14 million cut to the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).

The National Coalition for Core Arts Standards (NCCAS) writing teams representing dance, media, arts, music, theatre, and visual arts will meet for the first time, June 19-22, to draft the Next Generation Arts Standards.

During the 80th annual U.S. Conference for Mayors, the mayors of the United States called for six arts and culture resolutions.

Arts & Economic Prosperity IV, a new report from Americans for the Arts, was released on June 8th at the Americans for the Arts Annual Convention in San Antonio, TX.

The National Endowment for the Arts awards grants for arts research, which will add to the mounting documentation supporting the value of the arts & arts education in the United States.

The Arts Education Partnership will hold its 2012 Forum in Chattanooga, TN, September 13-14, 2012, during National Arts in Education Week. The forum will focus on the topic of integrative thinking.

President Obama has nominated Maria Lopez De Leon and Emil J. Kang to become members of the National Council on the Arts.

National Corporate Theatre Fund has launched its "Impact Creativity" campaign - a $5 million fundraising effort to support theatre education programs across the country.

The arts are an essential pillar of early childhood education, according to a new set of standards released by the United Kingdom's Department of Education.

Has an elected official made a difference in your arts community? Show your gratitude with a National Public Leadership in the Arts Award nomination.

ArtsEdSearch.org is the nation's first online research and policy clearinghouse that documents the educational outcomes of arts learning for students and teachers.

Through the Turnaround Arts Initiative, The Presidents' Committee on the Arts and Humanities plans to turnaround some of the lowest performing schools across the country and prove the arts can make a difference.

The NAMM Foundation announced today the results of their 13th annual Best Communities for Music Education Survey, honoring 176 programs accross the country.

The SupportMusic Coalition will host their next teleconference on Tuesday, April 24 at 9:00AM PT/12:00PM ET.

A new film documents how one social worker is using music to reawaken Alzeimer's patients "lost" to dementia.

The arts industry has finally begun to recover from the effects of the Great Recession, indicates Americans for the Arts' 2012 Arts Index.

The arts opportunity gap is widest for children in high-poverty schools, according to a National Center for Education Statistic's report on the status of arts education in America—the first of its kind in a decade.

At-risk students who have access to the arts in or out of school also tend to have better academic results, better workforce opportunities, and more civic engagement, a new NEA study reports.

The 175th meeting of the National Council on the Arts, the advisory body to the National Endowment for the Arts, will take place on Friday, March 30, 2012, from 9:00-11:30AM ET.

The next AEP National Forum, "Are We There Yet? Arts Evidence and the Road to Student Success," will take place Thursday and Friday, April 12-13, 2012, in Washington, D.C.

The Kennedy Center will host the National Seminar for Teaching Artists, August 12-15, 2012, in Washington, D.C.

On Tuesday, March 20, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice appeared on PBS News Hour and discussed why she supports arts education in schools.

SupportMusic.com will host the SupportMusic Coaltion Teleconference live from the National Association of School Music Dealers Conference on Thursday, March 22, 2012, 1:00PM ET.

The National Symposium on Arts/Culture/Entertainment Districts comes to Baltimore, MD, April 4 and 5, 2012.

On Monday, April 2, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and National Center for Education Statistics Commissioner Jack Buckley will release "Arts Education in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools: 1999-2000 and 2009-10."

The Nonprofit Finance Fund has been awarded a $40 million New Markets Tax Credit allocation to support community development projects in low-income areas throughout the U.S.

The National Art Education Association (NAEA) has announced plans to establish a Research Commission to identify a comprehensive agenda for visual arts education research.

This summer, the Lincoln Center Institute will host a 5-day International Educator Workshop, presented in NYC and locations across the country.

On Wednesday, February 29, the National Endowment for the Arts will host the first of four free public webinars to extend the conversation of the Interagency Task Force on the Arts and Human Development.

Eric Delli Bovi has been announed executive director of Urban Gateways.

On February 13, 2012, President Obama released his FY 2013 budget request, covering both the National Endowment for the Arts and the U.S. Department of Education.

The College Board, in partnership with the National Coalition for Core Arts Standards (NCCAS), has released two new research reports designed to support the revision of the National Arts Education Standards.

The Wallace Foundation has just released a series of "Online Extras" (sample brochures, performances, websites, etc.) to supplement case studies of major arts groups who have built and more deeply engaged their audiences. 

On Feb 14, The National Endowment for the Arts will be hosting a live webcast, Improving Arts Learning through Standards & Assessment: A National Endowment for the Arts Research Roundtable.

WolfBrown Associates, commissioned by the Carnegie Hall Weill Music Institute, has released Music and Health Care, a paper intended as a scan of the key research in the field about the relationships of these two topics.

For the first time, Americans for the Arts (AFTA) is producing a yearlong series of webinars about arts education. The seven part series is based on AFTA's new toolkit, The Arts Education Field Guide.

Participate in the NAMM Foundation's 13th annual Best Communities for Music Education Survey, a nationwide search for communities whose programs exemplify a strong commitment to music education.

Eric G. Pryor has been named executive director of the Center for Arts Education in New York City.

On Friday, December 23, President Obama signed into effect a consolidated bill to finalize FY2012 federal funding. The bill includes cuts to both NEA and Arts in Education program funding.

The European Union has proposed the world's largest ever cultural funding program, with €1.8 billion allocated for visual and performing arts, film, music, literature, and architecture.

On December 17, Congress passed the final budget agreement for FY 2012, which includes $9 million is cuts to the NEA and NEH.

On Thursday, December 8, 2011, the National Center on Caregiving will host a free webinar, "Creativity, Communication and Dementia."

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has announced a new federal Interagency Task Force to promote research on the arts and human development.

Two new resources explore strategies for building and retaining vibrant young staff within the nonprofit sector.

The President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities is now accepting applications for the 2012 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards.

On Wednesday, November 30, 10:00AM-11:00AM eastern time, the National Endowment for the Arts will host a free webinar that will feature representatives from more than a dozen federal agencies.

On Monday, November 21, The President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanitites announced the launch of a new program to encourage high school poets and promote the benefits of arts education for all children.

New report released by National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy asks arts grantmakers to reconsider their funding strategies to create a more dynamic cultural sector.

On Oct. 28, The National Council on the Arts, the advisory body for the National Endowment for the Arts, will convene in a public session. Thevent is free and open to the public to attend in person or to watch live via webscast.

A new study, "Getting In On the Act: How Arts Groups are Creating Opportunities for Active Participation" introduces new model for understanding participatory arts practices.

The first major book on Venezuela's renowned arts education program will be released in January.

Ovation's Arts Ed Toolkit has been updated with new, free educational materials, including streaming program clips and downloadable, standards-based lessons.

The National Coalition for Core Arts Standards (NCCAS) is seeking teams of 10 content experts in the areas of dance, media/digital arts, music, theatre and visual arts to help develop the next generation of Arts Standards.

Lifetime Arts, Inc. announced on Monday their receipt of a grant supporting Creative Aging in New York State Public Libraries: A Regional Model with National Applicability.

On Monday, October 3, President Obama kicked off National Arts & Humanities Month with a White House proclamation.

On September 29th, the House Appropriations Subcommittee proposed a bill that could mean a $27.2 million cut to federal arts education funding.

Evidence-based studies suggest that high quality music education has benefits that transcend the musical domain, reports The Arts Education Partnership (AEP).

NBC hosted their annual "Education Nation" Summit.. An arts education blog section has been included in a online series of blogs designed to further the discussion.

Four Americans for the Arts Leadership Councils - the Arts Education Council, Emerging Leader Council, Private Sector Council, and the Public Art Network Council - are currently seeking nominations for new council members.

Teaching artists are critical to the future of arts education and to improving the quality of schools, suggests a new study released by NORC at the University of Chicago.

Eleven of America's top foundations and seven federal agencies have established ArtPlace, a national initiative to drive the revitalization of cities and towns through the arts.

At the end of September, over 300,000 arts graduates across the U.S. and Canada will be eligible to complete the 2011 Strategic National Arts Alumni Project (SNAAP) Survey.

Eric Booth and Tricia Tunstall's newly released essay, "Batuta: The Colombian 'Sistema,'" explores the pair's marvelous discoveries visiting this publicly funded South American music education program.

Crayola launches creativity initiative with the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP), the National Art Education Association (NAEA) and the Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21).

The College Board, in partnership with the National Coalition for Core Arts Standards (NCCAS), has released two new research reports designed to support the revision of the National Arts Education Standards.

Doug Borwick has launched a new blog discussing the why, what, and how of community engagement with the arts.

This is the final week of a month long Arts Education forum on "Barry's Blog," a service of the Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF).

The second annual National Arts in Education Week will take place September 11-17, 2011.

Alliance for the Arts has announced they will be closing their doors and splitting their programming and assets between the Municipal Arts Society and WNET.

On August 1, the New York Time reported that thirty-one states have cut their arts budgets for the 2012 fiscal year.

Teresa Eyring has compiled a summary of key points made by congressman debating in opposition to the proposed NEA funding cuts, which were defeated on July 25.

Last night, during consideration of the House Appropriations Interior funding bill, Rep. Tim Walberg introduced an amendment that would cut an additional $10.6 million from NEA funding.

"Drawing on data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, Arts and the GDP: Value Added by Selected Cultural Industries is a new NEA research note that examines the value added by three selected cultural industries..."

On July 7, the House appropriations subcommittee began the funding cycle for FY2012 by voting to cut funding to the NEA by 13%.

"For the first time, the National Endowment for the Arts looks at future job prospects for a variety of artist occupations through 2018..."

On June 24th, a group of dutch artists called upon supporters of the arts throughout the world to express the value of culture through an international performance piece entitled "Artbomb."

On May 26, the House Education and Workforce Committee voted to approve the "Setting New Priorities in Educational Spending Act."

The National Coalition for Core Arts Standards (NCCAS), a newly formed partnership of organizations and states, will lead the revision of the 1994 National Standards for Arts Education.

Reinvesting in Arts Education: Winning America's Future Through Creative Schools, a new report from the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, is an in-depth review of the current condition of arts education,

A new study by the American Psychological Association suggests that childhood music lessons may provide a cognitive boost, keeping adults sharper as they age