Upcoming NEA Roundtable and Webcast by Laurie Baskin

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 12:29pm on February 8, 2012☆⚑

NEA Posts FY13 Grant Guidelines by Laurie Baskin

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 5:16pm on February 2, 2012☆⚑

State Department Launches Online Portal by Laurie Baskin

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 on December 29, 2011☆⚑

NORC Releases Final Report on Teaching Artists by Laurie Baskin

The National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago has released a landmark report on a three-year study of teaching artists (TAs) " artists who make teaching a part of …

SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 5:53pm on December 21, 2011☆⚑

NEA Announces New Research on Artists in the Workforce by Laurie Baskin

This fall, the NEA announced new research regarding the status of artists in the American workforce.  Artists and Arts Workers in the United States offers the first combined analysis of a…

SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 10:46am on December 20, 2011☆⚑

Congress Approves NEA and Arts Education FY12 Funding by Laurie Baskin

On Friday, December 16, 2011, Congress approved a $146.255 million appropriation for the National Endowment for the Arts for FY12. The FY11 NEA appropriation was $155 million and this $9 mil…

SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 5:03pm on December 16, 2011☆⚑

NEA Announces First Round of FY12 Art Works and Challenge America Grants by Laurie Baskin

The NEA has announced the first round of funding for FY12 totaling $22.543 million to support 863 grants to organizations and individual writers across the country. This round of funding is …

SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 10:47am on December 14, 2011☆⚑

The Stop Online Piracy Act by Laurie Baskin

The Internet and Intellectual Property House Bill: Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)/ Senate Bill: Protect IP Act (PIPA) A pair of bills intended to prevent online piracy " theft of intellect…

SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 3:08pm on November 30, 2011☆⚑

2011 Education Centerpiece (back to dreaming big) by Laurie Baskin

"But the overwhelming fact"the thing that just colors me happy"is that education directors, theatre artists involved in arts learning and artistic directors convened and discussed and argued…

SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 6:24pm on November 10, 2011☆⚑

Learn More About Our Interns by Laurie Baskin

(Click here to watch the videos above) TCG has administered an Internship Program for many years, and this year it falls under our Education Department. We’ve worked to educate and inv…

SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 5:30pm on October 31, 2011☆⚑

The President's Jobs Bill and Nonprofits by Laurie Baskin

The good news: President Obama's new jobs bill, released Monday, includes nonprofits in its tax credits that go to companies that hire veterans and long-term unemployed people. The tax credi…

SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 1:23pm on September 16, 2011☆⚑

Prevent Further Cuts to the NEA and Elimination of Arts Education! by Laurie Baskin

No More Cuts! We need to stand up as a theatre community and let our voices be heard in Washington. I believe that it is vitally important that the federal government support the arts " that…

SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 10:35am on July 11, 2011☆⚑