Americans for the Arts, the nation's leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts, announced the National Arts Index on January 20 at a press conference held at the National Press Club and kicking-off its 50th anniversary year. The...
More Advocacy Resources
The Creative Advocacy Network is our partner in advocating for more local public funding of arts and culture.
The Cultural Advocacy Coalition, The Oregon Arts Commission, and the Oregon Cultural Trust are our partners in advocating for arts and culture at the state level.
RACC partners with Americans for the Arts and the Arts Action Fund for arts advocacy at the federal level.
Art. Ask for More is a national campaign to support arts education in the schools.
The Oregon Art PAC is non-partisan political action committee that supports local candidates who are committed to increasing public funding for arts and culture.
Act for Art, published in 2009, is a five-year action plan for arts and culture in the region.
National Issues
Advocacy efforts at the national level include monitoring and informing the efforts by Congress and the Executive Branch in Washington, D.C. to adequately recognize and fund arts and culture. Our advocacy partner, American for the Arts (AFTA) , and our national funder, National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), often promote national advocacy campaigns for the arts. RACC has also been a partner in AFTA's national arts education campaign — Art. Ask for More, encouraging our local community to support more arts education in the schools. For current national legislative alerts and updates concerning the arts, click here.
Below are a current listing of National Issues:
Obama drops cautious arts policy
12/15/09
12/15/09
Despite Occasional Stumbles, Arts Policy Advancing under Obama (Associated Press, 12/7/09)
In his first year, President Barack Obama has marshaled the largest infusion of cultural funding in decades—despite a few stumbles....
President Obama Signs $12.5 Millsion Boost for NEA
11/24/09
11/24/09
On October 30, 2009, President Barack Obama signed the FY 2010 budget for the Department of the Interior into law, which resulted in a $12.5 million funding increase (from 2009’s budget of $155 million) for both the National Endowment for...
Obama Names President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities Appointees
11/11/09
11/12/09
Ronald Reagan picked Frank Sinatra and Bill Blass. Bill Clinton appointed Quincy Jones, Rita Moreno, and violinist Isaac Stern. The Bushes, father and son, chose a whole bunch of people you probably never heard of. But when it comes to sheer...
Rocco Landesman Announces "Art Works" Tour at the 2009 Grantmakers in the Arts National Conference
10/23/09
11/4/09
National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Rocco Landesman delivered a keynote addresson October 21, 2009 to close the 2009 national Grantmakers in the Arts conference: Navigating the Art of Change. In his remarks, Chairman Landesman laid out...
New Chairman for the National Endowments for the Arts Confirmed
9/24/09
10/8/09
Rocco Landesman, nominated by President Barack Obama as the tenth chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, was confirmed today by the U.S. Senate. Upon his confirmation Mr. Landesman said: "I am honored to receive the Senate's vote...
