Let us put our minds together and see what kind of life we can make for our children.”
~ Sitting Bull

2010 is a very important election year in Wisconsin, and therefore it is an important year for envisioning the future.

This is the moment – to make sure that Wisconsin’s [...]

The Wisconsin State Legislature has ended its 2010 session as of Thursday, April 22 (with two all-nighters during the final week to finish up their business).  There are several work sessions scheduled for May, but the Legislature will next officially meet, with newly-elected and returning members, on January 3, 2011.

All [...]

Coordinated by Americans for the Arts in partnership with a long list of national arts, business, education and civic organizations, National Arts Advocacy Day brought together a broad cross-section of America’s cultural and civic organizations, along with hundreds of grassroots advocates from across the country, to underscore [...]

Securing private funding for the arts and arts education is more competitive than ever given the ongoing recession. So, how do we make the case for supporting the arts and how do we maintain a vital relationship with the private sector in spite of the funding downturn? How do we define the relevance of the [...]

At the end of the year, it’s my job (and my pleasure) as Executive Director of Arts Wisconsin, Wisconsin’s independent voice for the arts, to look back on the year in the arts across the state, and review and preview the exciting advocacy, service and development work we’ve done this year and are looking forward [...]

The National Endowment for the Arts hosted a very interesting forum on the Cultural Workforce on November 20.  The archive version is now available on the NEA’s Art Works site.
Click here for the archive.  The video and PowerPoint slides for each presentation can be viewed in the same format as the live webcast. Links are [...]

According to The Business Journal of Milwaukee, these arts and culture critics have taken the latest buyout proposed by the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: broadcast media columnist Tim Cuprisin, theater critic Damien Jaques, books editor Geeta Sharma-Jensen, education reporter Alan Borsuk, pop music writer Dave Tianen, and music/dance writer Tom Strini.
The Business Journal says, “Monday night was [...]

A recent New York Times article on Rocco Landesman, nominated to be Chair of the National Endowment for the Arts, noted the tumultuous years for the National Endowment for the Arts when the “national conversation” about the arts in our society focused more on defining art than on ensuring access to the arts for all [...]

Americans for the Arts Annual Convention
Philadelphia, PA | June 20-22, 2008
American Evolution: Arts in the New Civic Life was the theme of the 2008 annual national convention presented by Americans for the Arts this past weekend in Philadelphia.
Wisconsin was well-represented at the convention with a contingent of 10 arts leaders, all of whom [...]

One of the most important issues in the global arts and creative economy world these days is the awareness that “attention must be paid” to the next generation of arts leaders. The arts world is changing, as the world is changing, and the forces that are shaping emerging leaders today and into the future [...]