Advocacy
Archives
2008
- CAA at Arts Advocacy Day (May)
- Artists-Museum Partnership Act (April)
- Fisk Museum Barred from Selling Artworks (February)
- Dia Art Foundation Fights Proposed Oil Drilling Near Spiral Jetty (February)
- President's Budget Requests $271,246,000 for IMLS (February)
- Arts Advocacy Day and Humanities Advocacy Day (January)
- Supreme Court Declines to Hear Copyright Case (January)
- Participants Sought for March Hearings on Museum Funding (January)
2007
- Art Deaccessioning at Randolph College (November)
- Join Americans for the Arts' Cultural Policy Listserv (October)
- Proposed Randolph College Art Collection Sale (October)
- World Monuments Fund Watch List (September)
- Fair-Market-Value Tax Deduction (August)
- Capwiz E-Advocacy (August)
- Art Law Blogs (July)
- Oriental Institute of America Petition (July)
- Statement on Protecting Archaeological Sites, Monuments, and Museums (July)
- Vatican Library Closes for Renovation (July)
- Fair Market Value for Artists (July)
- Academic Freedom Opinion Survey (April)
- New National Council on the Arts Members (March)
- Historic Campus Architecture Project (March)
- AAUP Report on Nontenured Faculty (March)
- Iraq National Library and Archive Closings (March)
- British School of Archaeology in Iraq Appeal (March)
- NEH and IMLS Advancing Knowledge Grants (March)
- NEA Grants for 2007 (March)
- MLA Report on Evaluating Scholarship for Tenure and Promotion (March)
- Museum Ends Reproduction Fees (March)
- Senators Support NEA and NEH (March)
- Adjunct Professors Union Upheld in Court (March)
- South African Researcher Deported (January)
- Gioia Reappointed NEA Chairman (January)
- Boston Arts Groups Benefit from Wallace Foundation (January)
2006
- 2007 Arts Advocacy Day and Humanities Advocacy Day (December)
- November Elections Bode Well for Arts (December)
- National Medals of Arts Awarded (November)
- New Charity Awards $50,000 Artists' Grants (November)
- Philippines Joins Convention on Heritage Protection (November)
- Looted Sumerian Statue Returned to Iraq (November)
- WMF Solicits 2008 Nominations (November)
- New Sites on World Heritage List (November)
- UNESCO Assists Damage Assessment in Lebanon (November)
- National Museum and Library Services Board Nominations (November)
- Cultural Preservation Grants (November)
- Museums for America Grants (November)
- NEH Digital Humanities Initiative (November)
- RAND Study on State Arts Agencies (November)
- US State Legislative Districts (November)
- Legislative Update (November)
- San Fransisco State University professor stranded in Canada gets his visa (September)
- Professor's wait for visa continues (September)
- US Mayors Adopt Arts Resolutions (September)
- Mexico Ratifies Underwater Cultural Heritage Pact (September)
- Digital Database for Europe's Cultural Heritage (September)
- Ideological Exclusion Lawsuit Update (September)
- IMLS to Give $1.5 Million in Aid (September)
- IMLS Creates Grants Website (September)
- Visa Cap Is Hit for Foreign Workers With U.S. Graduate Degrees (July)
- Academic Caught in Web of U.S. Suspicion (July)
- House Hearing on Visa Policy (July)
- Mississippi Arts Commission Receives Warhol Foundation Grant (July)
- NEH Dear Colleague Letter (July)
- NEA Awards $700,000 in Hurricane Relief Grants (July)
- NEA Awards Over $63 Million in Grants (July)
- NEA and NEH Turn Forty (July)
- Anne-Imelda Radice Is New IMLS Director (July)
- Greek Professor Barred From U.S. (July)
- Judge Demands Decision on Visa (July)
- Greek Scholar Denied Entrance into U.S. (June)
- Scholars Sue to Force Bush Administration to End Restrictions on Travel to Cuba (June)
- Education Group Calls for National Foreign-Student Recruitment Strategy (June)
- Open Letter to Brooklyn Borough Commissioner (May)
- Action Alert (May)
- Uncle Sam doesn't want you (May)
- Resolution on Visas for Foreign Artists and Scholars (May)
- One Percent Rescissions for NEA and NEH (April)
- American Academy of Religion Sues to Prevent U.S. from Denying Foreigners Entry Solely for their Ideas (April)
- Academic Group Says It Won't Meet in U.S. (March)
- Urge Your Representatives to Sign "Dear Colleague" Letters (March)
- U.S. Again Bars Cuban Scholars (March)
- Congress Votes to Renew Patriot Act, With Revisions to Permit Legal Challenges (March)
- After Visa Delay, Prominent Indian Scientist Spurns U.S. Invitation (March)
- Getty Grants to Assist New Orleans Cultural Institutions (March)
- U.S. Colonel to Lead Antiquities Antitheft Unit (March)
- Center for Arts and Culture Closes (March)
- Hurricane Katrina Federal Funding Update (March)
- U.S. Withholds Visa From Bolivian Scholar Hired to Teach at U. of Nebraska (March)
- Scientist's Visa Denial Sparks Outrage in India (February)
- ACLU Challenges Patriot Act Provision Used to Bar Foreign Scholar (February)
- American Historical Association Protests Visa Denial (February)
- PEN Goes to Court to Challenge Patriot Act Exclusions of Foreign Scholars (January)
- Arts Advocacy Day and Humanities Advocacy Day (January)
- Twenty-Four Sites Added to World Heritage List (January)
- FBI Announces Top Ten Art Crimes (January)
- NGA Report on Rural Economic Development and the Arts (January)
- National Medal Of Arts Awarded (January)
- New Comparative State Policy Database on Arts Education (January)
- Senate Passes Artist Donation Bill (January)
- 2005 Election Impact on the Arts (January)
- Report on Fair Use and Copyright Control (January)
2005
- NEH FY 2006 Budget (November)
- UNESCO Blog (November)
- Visual Artists and the Millennium Development Goals (November)
- PCAH Holds Summit on Cultural Tourism (October)
- White House Names Nominees to NEH Council (October)
- HEA-Title VI International Education Programs (October)
- Library of Congress FY 2006 Budget (October)
- Museums Hit by Hurricanes Encouraged to File FEMA Claims (October)
- Action Alert - Final Push for FY 2006 Appropriations (October)
- Growth In Funding For Arts Education Surpasses Arts Giving Overall (October)
- Action Alert - Artist Deduction Bill Advances In Senate (October)
- Katrina Tax Legislation Affects all Charitable Gifts Through 2005 (October)
- Katrina Relief Funding Update (October)
- Action Alert: Please contact your Congress Representatives (October)
- Hurricane Katrina Resources and Links (October)
- Arts Funding Is Threatened: Take Action Now! (September)
- Contact Your Member of Congress (September)
- Letter on Cultural Exchanges (September)
- Letter on the World Trade Center's Cultural Center (September)
- Letter on the World Trade Center's Cultural Center (September)
- U.S. National Commission for UNESCO (September)
- 2006 Watch List of Most Endangered Sites (September)
- CAA Takes Stand on Noncash Charitable Contributions (September)
- Letter on Noncash Charitable Contributions (July)
- CAA Board Resolution (July)
- Michael Heizer's City in Danger (July)
- Orphan Copyright Update (July)
- Senate Cultural Caucus Formed (July)
- New Executive Director at the National Humanities Alliance (July)
- Report From Washington: Humanities Advocacy Day and Arts Advocacy Day (July)
- The International Union of Academies’ statement on the protection of monuments in the Balkan and Cyprus. (May)
- Scholars at Risk Network (May)
- New Art Advocacy Group (May)
- International Biennial Committee Reinstated (May)
- Michael Heizer's City Threatened by Rail Line (May)
- Treasury Department Lifts Ban on Foreign Letters (May)
- Budget Requests for Federal Arts Agencies (May)
- NEA/NEH Funding Update (March)
- CAA Needs Your Copyright Anecdotes! (March)
- Open Letter to the New York City Parks Department (March)
- Join CAA for Arts Advocacy Day and Humanities Advocacy Day (March)
- Endangered Cultural-Heritage Sites in Southern Asia (March)
- The Forgotten Era: Modern Art in Iraq (January)
2004
- Caa Statement Regarding The Patriot Act and Threats to Civil Liberties and Artistic Freedom (October)
- UNESCO and CAA: A Natural Partnership (September)
- Rescue Public Murals (September)
- Advocacy Update (September)
- Report from Washington: Humanities Advocacy Day and Arts Advocacy Day (July)
- Know Your Rights: What to do if You're Stopped by the Police (July)
- Support Emergency Protection for Iraq Cultural Antiquities Act (March)
- Join CAA in Washington for Humanities Advocacy Day and Arts Advocacy Day (March)
- Join CAA for Advocacy Days in Washington, D.C., in March (March)
- Support Academic Freedom in Foreign Language and International Studies (March)
- NEA and NEH Receive Budget Increases (January)
- U.S. Rejoins UNESCO (January)
2003
- Update on State Arts Funding (November)
- Student Arts-Advocacy Group Launched (September)
- U.S. Reentry to UNESCO Still Not Final (September)
- NEH and NEA Funding Update (September)
- Support State Arts Agencies and Libraries! (September)
- Baghdad Report: Status of the Museums and Ancient Sites (September)
- Focus on Iraq (July)
- Board supports U.S. Reentry into UNESCO (July)
- Report From Washington: Humanities Advocacy Day and Arts Advocacy Day (May)
- CAA Statement on Iraq looting (May)
- NEA/NEH Funding Update (March)
- Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Copyright Extension (March)
- House Reauthorizes IMLS (March)
- Make Your Voice Heard! It's Easier Than Ever (March)
- Congress Passes TEACH Act (January)
- NEA and NEH Funding Still Delayed (January)
- President Bush to Nominate California Poet to Chair the NEA (January)
- Participate in Arts and Humanities Advocacy Events (January)
2002
- Artists Fair Value Market Deductions Bill Stalled (November)
- IMLS Reauthorization Measure (November)
- NEA and NEH Funding Delayed (November)
- House Passes Amendment to Increase Fiscal Year 2003 Funding for NEA and NEH (September)
- U.S. to Rejoin UNESCO (September)
- Senate Finance Committee Approves Care Act (September)
- Art Now (March)
- Report from Washington: Arts Advocacy Day and Jefferson Day (March)
- Arts-Education PSA Campaign Launches (March)
- Federal Budget Update (February)
- The Future of Arts Funding (January)
- AAM Issues Business Support Guidelines (January)
- Heritage Preservation Receives Chairman's Emergency Grant from the NEH (January)
- Lower Manhattan Emergency Preservation Fund (January)
- New York Arts Recovery Fund (January)
- Center for Materials Research and Education Saved (January)
- Special Advocacy Conference Session on the Role of Private Donors at Public Institutions (January)
- Tips For Conducting A Successful Meeting With Your Legislator (January)
- Sample Letter to a Member of the U.S. House or Senate (January)
- House & Senate Appropriations Committees (January)
2001
- Bruce Cole Sworn In as Chairman of the NEH (December)
- Congressional Update (November)
- Henry Moran Appointed Executive Director of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities (November)
- Michael Hammond Nominated to Chair NEA (November)
- Bruce Cole Confirmed as Chairman of NEH (November)
- Susan Ball elected Vice President of NHA (November)
- Artists and Arts Organizations Respond to Terrorist Attacks (November)
- Federal Cultural Agencies Receive an Increase in Funds in Fiscal Year 2002 (November)
- Fair-Market-Value Tax Deduction for Artists (September)
- CAA Joins the Network for Education and Academic Rights (September)
- New Leadership at the Federal Cultural Agencies (September)
- Smithsonian Institution's Center for Materials Research and Education Closing (July)
- Fair-Market-Value Tax Deduction for Artists (July)
- Changes at the NEH and NEA (May)
- World War II Memorial Update (May)
- WWII Memorial Update (May)
- Report from Washington: Arts Advocacy Day and Jefferson Day (March)
- Construction of the WWII Memorial Still Not Final (March)
- CAA to Cosponsor Arts Advocacy Day and Jefferson Day (March)
- 107th Congress (March)
- Art, Culture, and the National Agenda (January)
- Election 2000 (January)
2000
- White House Conference on Culture and Diplomacy (November)
- World War II Memorial Update (November)
- NEA, NEH, and IMLS Budget Increases Approved for FY-2001 (October)
- Protection for Nonprofit Postal Rates (October)
- World War II Memorial (September)
- MoMA Strike Ended (September)
- The NEH's Jefferson Day (May)
- Status Quo Reigns in Washington on Arts Advocacy Day (May)
- Planning Almost Completed for World War II Memorial (May)
1998
- Coalition on the Academic Work Force (November)