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This page contains tools and resources to help make the case for the arts and arts education as a part of a vital community.
National Guild's Open Letter to the NEA
The National Guild has presented an Open Letter to the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) on behalf of our 400+ members, Board of Directors, and diverse constituency of staff, teaching artists, parents, students and volunteers. The letter outlines some of the specific interests and needs of community arts education providers and asks the NEA to partner with us to ensure high quality arts education is accessible to all Americans throughout their lifetimes.
Guild Signs National Arts Healthcare Statement
On August 12, 2009, the National Guild joined 19 other national arts organizations in signing a healthcare reform statement that was sent to members of Congress and the press. The statement calls on Congress to pass a healthcare reform bill that delivers high quality and affordable healthcare to non-profit arts organizations and individual artists. Download the joint statement.
Related efforts of interest:
Independent Sector: ensures that any health care reform measures provide incentives to nonprofit employers that are equivalent to those provided to for-profit employers. http://independentsector.org/programs/gr/HealthcareReform_EmployerIncentives.htm
Artists United for Healthcare: a joint effort to offer state-based healthcare coverage information and advocacy talking points on national healthcare reform
http://artistsunitedforhealthcare.org/
Arts Policy Recommendations for the New Administration
The National Guild has signed on with other leading arts organizations to present Arts Policy in the New Administration, recommendations to the Office of Presidential Transition.
Economic Recovery and the Arts
Americans for the Arts officially proposed Nine Recommendations for Economic Recovery & the Arts to help nonprofit and governmental arts groups as well as individual artists during this economic downturn.
Secretary Duncan's Arts Education Letter
Read U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan's letter to school and education community leaders about the vital role arts education plays in every student's life. (August 2009).
The Arts Education Partnership, a partnership of more than 140 organizations (including the National Guild) that are national in scope and impact. AEP Publishes research and advocacy materials supporting the role of arts education in schools. Downloadable .pdf files include “Champions of Change: The Impact of the Arts on Learning,” “Transforming Education Through the Arts Challenge,” “Gaining the Arts Advantage: Lessons from School Districts that Value Arts Education,” and others. aep-arts.org
Americans for the Arts which provides facts and figures that help in promoting the value of arts education, as well as “Arts Education 101: Getting Started in Marketing and Advocacy” www.artsusa.org
National Assembly of State Arts Agencies, which provides tools and information as well as links to all 50 state arts agencies. www.nasaa-arts.org
Arts Funding Response and Readiness Kit
Information, key messaging, communication and advocacy strategies and research by Americans for the Arts
Sample Arts Education Advocacy Messages
From "Creating a Positve Future for Music Advocacy" by National Association of Schools of Music
"Advocacy:
Embracing a Cause!"
by George Schermerhorn
"Arts Advocacy 101:
An Inventory of 101 Arts Advocacy Considerations"
by Lamoine MacLaughlin
