Links to Arts-Related Websites
Keystone Arts Network-designed to resources to dance, humanities, music, theatre and visual arts educators in Pennsylvania
Community Arts Center of Cambria County - a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization is to support, promote, strengthen, and nurture the creative, performing and visual arts through education programs, exhibits, scholarships and special events.
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News and Information
The Internal Revenue Service has redesigned a draft of the Form 990, which many 501(c)(3) organizations file annually with the IRS. The new draft proposes significant changes to how finances, fundraising activities, governance, and compensation will be reported. Americans for the Arts is gathering feedback on the proposed changes to submit them to the IRS. If you have some comments or concerns about the proposed changes, please contact Narric Rome, Americans for the Arts, at nrome@artsusa.org .
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Legislative Updates - August is recess month for both the Pennsylvania General Assembly and the U.S. Congress. The U.S. House of Representatives passed their appropriations bills for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and Arts in Education programs through the U.S. Dept. of Education. The House version of the NEA appropriation includes a $35 million increase over the current fiscal year. The Senate will consider their appropriation bills after the August recess. Citizens for the Arts in Pennsylvania will keep you posted as to the status of the NEA and Education appropriations.
Amazon.com has reached an agreement with the National Archives and Records Administration to allow Amazon to reproduce and sell copies of historic films and videotapes in the Archives' holdings. For more information
The National Arts Journalism Program, which ceased operation in 2005, has found a new life as a membership organization. For more information
ArtsQuest and PBS 39 in Bethlehem, PA have unveiled a new design and Cultural Enhancement Plan for Steel Stax, the 21st century town square for broadcasting, performing arts, education and the community that the two nonprofits are developing in south Bethlehem. For more information about this project
Charles Simic, a retired professor of American literature and creative writing at the University of New Hampshire, has been named the United States' 15th poet laureate by the Library of Congress. To read more about Simic
A new study that used music to demonstrate mental processes was released recently by researchers at Stanford and McGill Universities. For more information
Sir Elton John has written an op-ed piece where he calls for the elimination of the Internet. He says that the Internet is destroying the ability to make good music. To read his piece
A new study suggests that arts education should be "championed for its own sake" not because it helps increase scores in math and English. For more information
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