Tucked away amongst a pocket of restaurants and small businesses on 18th street in Washington, DC sits a charming 3-story brick building vibrating with culture. As you walk past, you hear the sounds of nations spilling out onto 18th street — a guitarist playing an elongated solo in tribute to…

It is time for us to start getting smarter about the evidence we use to evaluate and advocate for the arts. What can we as community members, a government, a business, a society who cares about the arts, do to advance the state of the arts? From the neighbor down…

The NEA Gave Me Life. Please, Don’t Take it Away. “Art is a nation’s most precious heritage. For it is in our works of art that we reveal to ourselves, and to others, the inner vision which guides us as a Nation. And where there is no vision, the people…