Tuesday, November 10, 2015
(Photo of Everett Cox at the 2015 TCG National Conference by Roger Mastronianni.) Earlier this year, I was introduced to a Vietnam Veteran who works with an organization called Lucid Body w…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 05:30PMTuesday, May 19, 2015
Energy & Commerce Committee, United States House of Representatives Individual Members – We Need Your Activism Now! The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) may soon rule on severa…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 01:23PMTuesday, March 25, 2014
(Photo credit below*. Leading up to Arts Advocacy Day on March 24-25, TCG is sharing reflections from our board and National Council for the American Theatre on our February visits to C…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 11:24AMMonday, March 24, 2014
(Photo credit below*. Leading up to Arts Advocacy Day on March 24-25, TCG is sharing reflections from our board and National Council for the American Theatre on our February visits to C…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 11:48AMFriday, March 21, 2014
(*Photo credit below. Leading up to Arts Advocacy Day on March 24-25, TCG is sharing reflections from our board and National Council for the American Theatre on our February visits to C…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 02:24PMFriday, February 14, 2014
There is an arts education opportunity that the field should know about. The National Coalition for Core Arts Standards (NCCAS) is a coalition of national arts and education organizations an…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 05:10PMWednesday, January 22, 2014
Funding for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the Arts in Education Programs of the U.S. Department of Education have been restored to 2012 levels in the Omnibus spending bill�…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 05:36PMThursday, January 2, 2014
The NEA has announced the first round of funding for Fiscal Year 2014 with 1,083 grants totaling $25.8 million. These grants will be awarded to organizations and individuals across the count…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 01:10PMThursday, December 12, 2013
Workshops and classes in schools are the most common form of arts education programming, with nearly half of all programming targeting ages 12-18. These findings reflect the over 100 theatre…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 12:59PMTuesday, November 19, 2013
On Wednesday, November 20th, Ginny Louloudes, Executive Director of the Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York and I will join over 200 nonprofit leaders representing the arts, social servic…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 01:47PMTuesday, October 1, 2013
As you know, because the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives were unable to reach a deal on funding federal government operations as the new fiscal year started today, the federal g…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 01:41PMThursday, August 15, 2013
(The following remarks were delivered by Laurie Baskin at the “Pardon the Interruption” Capitol Hill Briefing on Monday, July 29.) Good afternoon. Thank you all for being here …
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 05:04PMMonday, August 12, 2013
(from left to right: Knapp, Baskin, Pope, Libin, Fierstein and Bunyan) As you may know, TCG has been advocating with the FCC and on Capitol Hill to protect wireless microphones for the past …
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 12:09PMMonday, April 1, 2013
Are you a young professional or student looking to start a career in not-for-profit theatre? Check out past TCG intern testimonials on our website! As the national service organization for t…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 01:50PMMonday, February 18, 2013
The NEA has announced the first round of funding for Fiscal Year 2013 totaling $23.3 million awarded through 832 Art Works grants to not-for-profit arts organizations nationwide. In addition…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 12:43PMThursday, January 3, 2013
Short-Term Cliff Deal Reinstates IRA Rollover and “Pease” Provision and Estate Tax Extended The tax deal passed by Congress on Tuesday has encouraging but mixed results for chari…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 05:49PMFriday, November 16, 2012
FEMA included performing arts organizations as eligible for disaster relief at the time of the San Francisco earthquake (1989) and American Conservatory Theater was able to access relief fun…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 04:36PMFriday, October 5, 2012
Registration Launched on East Coast for Geo-location Database News To provide interference protection for wireless microphones, the FCC has spent the last two years developing a national geo…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 11:20AMTuesday, October 2, 2012
(Photo credit: Alissa Moore. Pictured:Mark Smith, executive director, Blue Star Families; Teresa Eyring, executive director, TCG.) On Friday, September 28, a press conference was held at Tri…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 01:37PMThursday, July 19, 2012
Last Friday I wrote that South Carolina Governor Nikki R. Haley had issued line-item vetoes to the South Carolina budget and had, thereby, eliminated state funding for the arts. I am pleased…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 12:00PMFriday, July 13, 2012
As you’ve probably heard by now, South Carolina Governor Nikki R. Haley has issued line-item vetoes to the South Carolina budget and has, thereby, eliminated state funding for the arts. TC…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 04:46PMWednesday, May 23, 2012
The League of American Orchestras and Association of Performing Arts Presenters announce the relaunch of Artists from Abroad — the most complete and up-to-date online resource for en…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 02:00PMMonday, May 7, 2012
Three new stories from the world of Arts Education: NEA Announces New Director of Arts Education Beginning on July 2, the Arts Education Program at the NEA will be guided by Ayanna Hudson. H…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 03:14PMFriday, May 4, 2012
The NEA has announced the second round of funding for FY12 totaling $77.17 million to support 928 grants to not-for-profit organizations nationwide. These grants support exemplary projects i…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 02:14PMThursday, April 19, 2012
Arts Advocacy Day 2012 was a great day for the arts on Capitol Hill. TCG participated as a National Co-Sponsor as we have for many years. Joining TCG staff for Hill visits was a seasoned and…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 02:22PMWednesday, April 4, 2012
On Monday, the U.S. Department of Education released the results of the Fast Response Statistical Survey’s (FRSS) Report on Arts Education, based on data gathered in the 2009-2010 school y…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 10:37AMThursday, March 29, 2012
As we move into this year’s appropriations cycle and gear up for Arts Advocacy Day, April 16 & 17, it is important to note some immediate policy challenges in Washington. There are a n…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 10:46AMTuesday, February 14, 2012
In addition to last week’s announcement of the NEA Roundtable, I wanted to share three newsworthy items concerning arts education: 1) NYU Forum on Theatre for Young Audiences, Future D…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 10:37AMWednesday, February 8, 2012
The National Endowment for the Arts will host a webcast, Improving Arts Learning through Standards & Assessment: A National Endowment for the Arts Research Roundtable on Tuesday, Februar…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 12:29PMThursday, February 2, 2012
The NEA recently posted its FY13 Grants for Arts Projects guidelines. As first reported in November, the NEA has confirmed that it will no longer be accepting consortium applications for FY1…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 05:16PMThursday, December 29, 2011
The State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) has launched Cultural Crossroads, an online network that will provide arts practitioners and managers a venue fo…
SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 12:28PM 
