IDEAS
Inspiring Ideas about Arts in America
Just a few short days ago, a new age of arts advocacy was abruptly and painfully ushered in when the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), under Elon Musk and the Trump administration, directed the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to lay off 70-80% of...
Imagine walking into your local library and finding the doors locked–not for renovation, not for a snow day–but permanently. Imagine your kids' school canceling the theater program, or your town's outdoor summer concert series shutting down for good. Imagine flipping...
A 2024 Podcast Roundup for Arts AdvocatesSome say we’ve reached “peak podcasting” and that the exponential growth of podcasts will slow significantly in the near future. But this signals that podcasts have become a regular staple in how we consume information, seek...
Dear Esteemed Candidates for president, Congratulations on securing the delegate support for your Presidential races and for earning the privilege to ask all Americans for their votes; now let's talk about art in the White House. As you catapult through the remaining...
Here at 4A Arts, we frequently emphasize the way art strengthens communities. It creates ties that bind, helps people push past vulnerabilities, cures loneliness, helps us demonstrate self-expression, dismantles facades, and (some might say most importantly)...
In September of 2022, President Biden announced his reinstatement of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH), an advisory committee focused on cultural issues, led by Executive Director Tsione Wolde-Michael, formerly the Director of the Center...
Here at 4A Arts, we count ourselves very lucky to be part of a vast ecosystem of arts, culture, design, and craft; an ecosystem that includes artists, teachers, and advocates across the country. But we also know that not everyone shares our values. After decades of...
We are excited to share our new video encapsulating our vision for American arts, culture, design, and craft. Here at 4A Arts, we know that in order to create an arts ecosystem that thrives instead of merely survives, we will have to develop and initiate new...
This is the second in a series about the role of arts advocacy in the age of artificial intelligence. To read the first part, head over here.In recent years, we in the arts advocacy space have spent immense amounts of time and resources defending the importance of the...