Sculptor Bridgette Mongeon wrote a report on Best of Artists & Artisans about the great help that federal legislation called the Artist-Museum Partnership Act would give her as an artist. Sponsored by Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Robert Bennett (R-UT) the legislation would allow artists like Bridgette to receive a tax deduction at the fair-market rate for works of art she donates to museums to be shown. Currently artists can only received a tax deduction for the costs of the materials, while art collectors and others can receive the full sale price for their contributions.
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May 9th, 2008 at 10:16am
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The work of Americans for the Arts Artists Committee and renowned contemporary artist Jeff Koons is featured as today’s Google Doodle. It also marks the launch of the iGoogle Artists project, which allows users to customize their iGoogle homepages with original designs by artists from around the globe. Read more about the project here: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/where-art-thou.html.
Google’s webmaster, Dennis Hwang, is the artist behind the semi-regular designs that uses site’s logo to commemorate holidays, historic events, and famous birthdays. Business Week profiled Hwang in June: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_25/b4039088.htm.
Also coming up from Google is the announcement of the finalist in Doodle 4 Google design competition for K-12 students. Look for the winning design on May 22.
What would you choose as your Google doodle? Let us know in the comments.
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April 30th, 2008 at 10:46am
Liz Bartolomeo
Engaging the Arts for a Creative Workforce
Graduation season is now upon us and soon the job market will be replete with fresh eyed graduates, eager to apply the skills they learned in school to their first jobs. After listening to speeches that troll the smorgasbord of opportunities available to them after they leave their alma mater, they will depart their schools convinced that they have been adequately prepared for success.
But to what extent is this true? Both the art and business communities have been buzzing with the claim that the workforce in the United States is far from where it needs to be creatively. (more…)
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April 28th, 2008 at 09:00am
Tsion Lencho
WHYY radio in Philadelphia aired a report earlier this week on the arts and the upcoming Pennsylvania presidential primary. Included in the segment are interviews with the Americans for the Arts Action Fund about the ArtsVote initiative, as well as the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, local host of our annual convention this June.
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April 18th, 2008 at 09:09am
Liz Bartolomeo
“In his impassioned and witty keynote address, Americans for the Arts President and CEO Robert Lynch assessed the seemingly grim situation with optimism, pointing out that the arts are a growth economy.” Read more from the Santa Barbara Independent.
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April 17th, 2008 at 12:54pm
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