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Description |
| Kennedy Center
Alliance for Arts Education Network |
Recognizing that the arts express the essence of civilization
and nurture the highest aspirations of the human spirit, the Kennedy
Center Alliance for Arts Education Network is dedicated to the support
of policies, practices and partnerships that ensure the arts are woven
into the very fabric of American education.
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| Lincoln Center
Institute for the Arts in Education |
Lincoln Center Institute, an arts center and an educational
institution, trains educators to explore the arts with their students
through an experiential approach that supports broader learning across
the curriculum.
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| Media Alliance |
Mission: Is a statewide membership organization of individuals
and groups working together in the independant media arts-video, film,
computers, audio, and electronic arts. The Alliance serves as an information
clearing house, and acts as an advocate on issues such as access to
media tools, free expression, and increased funding. |
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| Media
Consortium--Media Democracy in Action (see NAMAC) |
Mission: Media Democracy in Action is a national consortium
representing independant, minority and community media service organizations
and individuals. Its mission is to promote freedom of expression and
to advocate for equity and access in telecommunications and media
arts policy. |
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| Meet the Composer |
Meet The Composer was founded in 1974 as a project of
the New York State Council on the Arts. Led by the visionary composer
John Duffy, Meet The Composer sought to enable composers to make a
living writing music, and to increase their visible presence as creative
artists. In its first two decades, Meet The Composer has grown to
become a national organization, serving composers of every kind of
music throughout the United States. Through a range of commissioning,
residency, education, and audience interaction programs, Meet The
Composer has revolutionized the environment for composers in this
country, establishing broadly accepted standards of payment and opening
the doors for them to work in cultural institutions of all kinds.
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| National Academy of Recording
Arts and Sciences |
Musicares Foundation (subsidiary): to ensure that music
people have a place to turn in times of financial, medical or personal
crisis. Its primary purpose is to focus the attention and resources
of the music industry on human services issues that directly impact
the health and welfare of music people.
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| National Alliance for
Media Arts and Culture |
Mission: A national association of organizations and
individuals committed to further diversity and participation in all
forms of media arts, including film, video, audio and multi-media
production.
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| National Art Education Association |
NAEA exists to "promote art education through Professional
Development, Service, Advancement of Knowledge, and Leadership."
Over 17,000 art educators from every level of instruction: early childhood,
elementary, intermediate, secondary, college and university, administration,
museum education, lifelong learning . . . also publishers, manufacturers
and suppliers of art materials, parents, students, retired early childhood,
elementary, intermediate, secondary, college and university, administration,
museum education, lifelong learning. |
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| National Artists
Equity Association |
A non-profit, aesthetically non-partisan, national organization
for professional visual artists.Founded in 1947 as a means of working
collectively to address the concerns of the profession, it has been
the only national org. whose primary purposes are to work for improved
economic conditions for visual artists and for the expansion and protection
of artists' rights.Operates at federal, state and local levels through
headquarters in Washington DC, its chapter organizations and members-at-large. |
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| National Assembly of State
Arts Agencies (NASAA) |
The National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA)
is the membership organization of the nation's state and jurisdictional
arts agencies. NASAA's mission is to advance and promote a meaningful
role for the arts in the lives of individuals, families and communities
throughout the United States. We empower state arts agencies through
strategic assistance that fosters leadership, enhances planning and
decision making, and increases resources. |
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| National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People |
The primary focus of the NAACP continues to be the protection
and enhancement of the civil rights of African Americans and other
minorities.
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| National
Association of Music Education (MENC) |
The mission of MENC: The National Association for Music
Education is to advance music education by encouraging the study and
making of music by all.Music allows us to celebrate and preserve our
cultural heritages, and also to explore the realms of expression,
imagination, and creation resulting in new knowledge. Therefore, every
individual should be guaranteed the opportunity to learn music and
to share in musical experiences.
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| National
Association of Schools of Dance |
NASD is an organization of schools, colleges, and universities
that offer dance studies. Founded in 1981 it has 54 institutional
members. It established threshold standards for undergraduate and
graduate degrees and other credentials. Institutional membership is
obtained and continued through the peer-review process of accreditation.
NASD provides statistical information, professional development, and
policy analysis services. It also makes available for purchase many
helpful publications, including a list of accredited institutions.
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| National
Association of Schools of Theater |
NAST is an organization of schools, colleges, and universities
that offer theatre studies. Founded in 1969, it has 128 institutional
members. Its established threshold standards or undergraduate and
graduate degrees and other credentials. Institutional membership is
obtained and continued through the peer-review process of accreditation,
NAST provides statistical information, professional development, and
policy analysis services. It also makes available for purchase many
helpful publications, including a listing of accredited institutions.
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| National Dance
Association |
NDA exists to "promote the development and implementation
of sound philosophies and policies in all forms of dance and in dance
education at all levels." The National Dance Association is the
leader of artistic and educationally effective dance programs as they
impact the lives of all people. The mission of the National Dance
Association is to increase knowledge, improve skills, and encourage
sound professional practices in dance education while promoting and
supporting creative and healthy lifestyles through high quality dance
programs.
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| National Dance Education Association |
As a non-profit organization, NDEO is dedicated to promoting
standards of excellence in dance education through the development
of quality education in the art of dance through professional development,
service and leadership. We hold public discussions, sponsor institutes,
workshops, conferences and programs. We develop guidelines, promote
standards, and design curricula.
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| National Dance
Institute |
National Dance Institute was founded in the belief that
the arts have a unique power to engage children and motivate them
toward excellence. Each year, the programs of NDI inspire thousands
of children, reaching across social, ethnic, and economic boundaries
and including children facing physical and emotional challenges.
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| National
Endowment for the Arts |
The National Endowment for the Arts provides national
recognition and support to significant projects of artistic excellence,
thus preserving and enhancing our nation's diverse cultural heritage.
The Endowment was created by Congress and established in 1965 as an
independent agency of the federal government. This public investment
in the nation's cultural life has resulted in both new and classic
works of art reaching every corner of America.
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| National Foundation for Advancement
in the Arts |
NFAA's mission is to identify emerging artists and assist
them at critical junctures in their educational and professional developments,
and to raise appreciation for, and support of, the arts in American
society. Headquartered in Miami, Florida, the NFAA is supported nationally
by a broad base of individuals, corporations, foundations and philanthropic
institutions. NFAA's national ARTS corporate sponsorship initiative
offers measurable marketing and advertising benefits. Beyond underwriting
individual ARTS awards, supporters sponsor ARTS participation and
awards in specific states and in particular arts disciplines.
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| National Gallery of Art |
The mission of the National Gallery of Art is to serve
the United States of America in a national role by preserving, collecting,
exhibiting, and fostering the understanding of works of art, at the
highest possible museum and scholarly standards.
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| National Indigenous Arts Advocacy
Association |
The National Indigenous Arts Advocacy Association is
an organisation that advocates for the greater recognition and acceptance
of the legal and cultural rights of Indigenous artists. NIAAA is a
national Indigenous arts and cultural service and advocacy association
which advocates for the continued and increased recognition and protection
of the rights of Indigenous artists. NIAAA also provides culturally
appropriate advice, information, referrals and support services to
Indigenous artists and organisations.
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| NP Action |
An online resource for nonprofit advocacy with the goal
to encourage greater participation by nonprofits in the policy arena,
and to strengthen their ability to advocate for their causes. NPAction
serves as a "hub" for organization and sector resources
regarding policy participation and civic engagement. It is designed
to break down knowledge barriers, helping organizations to quickly
and effectively locate the information they need.
Through NPAction, organizations can learn the basics of nonprofit
advocacy; connect to policymakers and the media; discuss and voice
opinions on advocacy issues; test advocacy knowledge; and access one
of the largest online directories of advocacy resources-- focused
on, and edited by, the nonprofit sector itself. |
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| National Task Force for Folk Arts
in Education |
CARTS is a project of City Lore, a cultural organization
whose mission is to document, preserve and present the living cultural
heritage of New York and other cities. As a group of folklorists,
writers, anthropologists, historians, artists, and educators, we have
found that acknowledging and linking the various places where learning
occurs—home, community, and classroom—exponentially increases
analytic skills, cultural understanding, and literacy for students.
It also provides a strong link between the humanities and sciences,
enabling students to engage their studies in a relevant, experiential
manner.
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| New York
Foundation for the Arts |
For thirty years, the New York Foundation for the Arts
(NYFA) has served individual artists, promoted their freedom to develop
and create and provided the broader public with opportunities to experience
and understand their work. Follow one of the pathways to the right
to see how NYFA can assist you.
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| President's Committee on Arts and
the Humanities |
The President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities
plays a key role within each Administration in identifying issues
and developing initiatives in the arts and the humanities of critical
importance to the nation. Established by Executive Order in 1982 to
help restore and incorporate the arts and humanities in government
objectives, the Committee serves the Administration by advising on
the effectiveness of these endeavors, providing a mechanism for interagency
collaboration, and undertaking projects extending the reach and quality
of national arts and the humanities programs. It carries out research
and recognition programs that underscore the civic, social and educational
value of the arts and humanities, and it works to stimulate increased
private investment.Because of its unique public/private structure,
the Committee provides a valuable forum for strategic thinking about
culturally significant issues.
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| Public Broadcasting Service |
PBS, headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, is a private,
non-profit media enterprise owned and operated by the nation's 349
public television stations. A trusted community resource, PBS uses
the power of noncommercial television, the Internet and other media
to enrich the lives of all Americans through quality programs and
education services that inform, inspire and delight. Available to
99 percent of American homes with televisions and to an increasing
number of digital multimedia households, PBS serves nearly 100 million
people each week.
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| Public
Policy and Arts Administration |
It is the purpose of Public Policy and Arts Administration
(PPAA) to provide for an informal yet focused exchange of ideas about
research and inquiry in the field of arts administration. PPAA provides
an opportunity for those concerned with policy issues to come together
to learn of each other's activities, discuss work in the field, and
further policy and research efforts.
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| Smithsonian Institution,
Education and Outreach |
The Smithsonian Institution is as an independent trust
instrumentality of the United States holding more than 140 million
artifacts and specimens in its trust for "the increase and diffusion
of knowledge". The Institution is also a center for research
dedicated to public education, national service, and scholarship in
the arts, sciences, and history.
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| Theatre Communications Group |
Theatre Communications Group (TCG) is a national service
organization that exists to strengthen, nurture and promote the not-for-profit
American theatre. TCG serves over 425 member theatres and 17,000
individual members. Our programs and services include: American
Theatre magazine, the ArtSEARCH employment bulletin, plays, translations
and theatre reference books; grants to theatres and theatre artists
($4.4 million in 2001-2002); workshops, conferences, forums and publications
for theatre professionals and trustees; research on not-for-profit
theatre finances and practices; arts advocacy; and the U.S. Center
of the International Theatre Institute.
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| U.S. Copyright Office |
As title implies. |
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| U.S. Department
of Education |
As title implies. |
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| Young Audiences |
Since 1952, Young Audiences has been presenting performing
and visual artists to children. The Young Audiences National Organization
certifies YA chapters for program quality, provides a wide range of
services, and advocates quality arts education for all children.
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