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National Arts Action Summit FREE REGISTRATION!
It's Your Turn to Speak Up!
If you ever wanted to attend the National Arts Action Summit this is your opportunity. The 2021 National Arts Summit is FREE and VIRTUAL.
Meet with your U.S. Congressional members from Michigan.
Once you register, your name and contact information will be shared with Deb Polich, (your State Captain) to schedule your legislative meetings.
The Agenda
Is full of informative training and general sessions. Check it out below.
If you have any questions, please contact your state captain, deb.polich@creativewashtenaw.org.
Creative Washtenaw's Deb Polich serves as the State Advocacy Captain for AFTA
Contact Deb if you have any questions. deb.polich@creativewashtenaw.org | 734-213-2733
The National Arts Action Summit is a multiday event giving grassroots advocates crucial advocacy training from experts in the field and then put that training into practice during Arts Advocacy Week in meetings with elected officials. Hosted by Americans for the Arts in collaboration with dozens of national, state, and local organizational Partners, the National Arts Action Summit and Arts Advocacy Week is the largest gathering of its kind, bringing together a broad cross section of America's cultural and civic organizations.
Grassroots advocates across the country will convene digitally April 5-9, 2021, to learn the latest in arts policy through issue-specific briefings, advocacy trainings and networking opportunities. Over these five days, you’ll gain a depth of knowledge from policy experts at Americans for the Arts and many of our Partners. You’ll also be able to watch a recording of these webinars whenever you like to refresh your understanding of the issues. Session topics will include: arts and culture agency funding, arts education, tax policy, COVID-19 relief and recovery, the creative economy and many more!
Register for Full Summit
Monday, Apr 5
- 1:00 p.m. EDT - The Latest in Tax Policy for Artists, Organizations, and Philanthropy | Training Session
- 3:00 p.m. EDT - Protecting the Arts in Higher Education | Training Session
Tuesday, Apr 6
- 1:00 p.m. EDT - Strengthening the National Endowment for the Arts | Training Session
- 3:00 p.m. EDT - Expanding Arts and Technology | Training Session
Wednesday, Apr 7
- 11:00 a.m. EDT - COVID-19 Relief and Recovery | Mainstage Session
- 1:00 p.m. EDT - Advancing Arts and Health Policy | Training Session
- 3:00 p.m. EDT - Supporting Our Military and Veterans Through the Arts | Training Session
Thursday, Apr 8
- 11:00 a.m. EDT - National Alignment for Equity in Federal Programs | Mainstage Session
- 1:00 p.m. EDT - Legislating the Creative Economy| Training Session
- 3:00 p.m. EDT - Strengthening Arts and Juvenile Justice | Training Session
Friday, Apr 9
- 11:00 a.m. EDT - Facts & Figures to Make the Case for the Arts | Mainstage Session
- 1:00 p.m. EDT - Arts Education for Every Child: K-12 Education Policy | Train
- 3:00 p.m. EDT - Supporting Cultural Exchange and Visas for International Artists | Training Session
- 3:00 p.m. EDT - Supporting Cultural Exchange and Visas for International Artists | Training Session
Join the Arts Action Fund to advance the arts and arts education in your community and across the country.
It's FREE and takes just a minute. Add your name and be counted so Congress know there are millions of arts and creative workers, businesses and citizens who insist that arts and creativity are critical to our country. Join here for updates and calls to action.
Annual membership is free and your online benefits include:
- Membership to vote on the legislative policy platforms
- Breaking news and legislative alerts from the E-Advocacy center
- Quarterly updates through Arts Action eNews
- Exclusive access to the member's only Arts Action Fund PAC
WEMU 89.1 FM - Local news coverage plus local arts + creative coverage including Art & Soul with Lisa Barry, Cinema Chat with the Michigan Theater's Russ Collins and creative:impact with The Arts Alliance's own Deb Polich.
Bridge Magazine - Michigan's nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that provides passionate and rooted Michigan readers with honest, fact-driven journalism on the state’s diverse people, politics and economy.
All About Ann Arbor - offers local news, feature stories, restaurant news, sports news, latest events in town and more for Ann Arbor residents.
Concentrate Magazine - tells the narrative of Washtenaw County’s narrative people and businesses, new development, cool places to live, and the best places to work and play. The weekly online magazine is published Wednesdays.
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The Arts Alliance’s COVID-19 Support Page
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The Arts + Creative Industries Guide
With links to creative members and businesses.
Featuring hundreds of artists, creative workers, businesses and ally members, this is your guide to what makes Creative Washtenaw, and the greater Ann Arbor area one of Michigan’s strongest and most vibrant arts + creative industry hubs.
Creative Washtenaw is the arts + creative industry authority in Washtenaw County. A regional agency, its mission is to support, assist, aid and act in the interest of artists, creative workers, organizations, businesses, educational and government entities to ensure that the greater Ann Arbor, Michigan, region remains a great place to create, live, work, learn, play and visit.
The intrinsic and aesthetic values of the arts and creativity are determining factors of success for Creative Washtenaw members. They include local artists and creative people – professionals, amateurs, students and industry experts leading the sector locally, nationally and internationally – those with creative practices, businesses and holding creative jobs in profit, nonprofit, educational and government entities. With deep connections to Washtenaw County, they make the greater Ann Arbor area one of Michigan's strongest and most vibrant arts + creative industry hubs.
Creative Washtenaw serves Ann Arbor, Chelsea, Dexter, Manchester, Milan, Saline, Whitmore Lake and Ypsilanti plus the 21 townships in the county. It is committed to, forever evolving and learning about diversity, equity and inclusion. This includes learning how its community defines the intrinsic and aesthetic qualities of art and creativity by the cultural expert, the credentialed scholar, the journeyed or self-taught master and/or the astute consumer of the form.
Creative Washtenaw is supported by its members, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs.
For more information, please go to Creative Washtenaw or contact info@creativewashtenaw.org or call or 734-213-2733.
