Tag: SAA
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2016 Arts Advocacy Day Reflection
By Blaire Townshend It has been quite the busy month for Student Advocates for the Arts. Those of us in our first year with the group have gone through a graduation of sorts—we have been transformed from arts enthusiasts to true arts advocates with practical experience under our belts. When we hosted a lobbying workshop…
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Alumni Event: Mentoring as Advocacy
This February, the ARAD Alumni Committee launched a mentorship program for 2nd-year students. The goal is to build personal and professional connections that give ARAD students an advantage as they leave the program and enter the world of arts administration. Co-presented by the ARAD Alumni Committee, the ARAD Program, and Student Advocates for the Arts,…
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ARAD Works: Student Elizabeth Metts writes on Individual Artist Grants and the National Endowment for the Arts
The State of the American Artist: Foundations Respond to the Congressional Elimination of NEA Individual Artist Fellowships by Elizabeth Metts, Teachers College, Columbia University “…An NEA grant holds national importance and gives artists national significance. But will the NEA ever renew its fellowship program? Can it? Should it?” ABSTRACT: In 1995, the 104th Congress mandated that the National…
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SAA Members Go To Washington
By Alyssa Foster Current ARAD Student, Arts & Humanities Writer On March 24th and 25th this semester five Arts Administration representatives from the Students for Arts Advocacy (SAA) group traveled together to Washington D.C. to attend the annual conference on arts rights and regulations. Hosted by Americans for the Arts, the conference known as…
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