President Obama’s budget proposal for the coming fiscal year would boost federal arts spending 10 percent above where it stands at the moment, lifting it to $1.58 billion for the 2013–14 budget year that begins October 1 and more than...
More Advocacy Resources
The Creative Advocacy Network is our partner in advocating for more local public funding of arts and culture.
The Cultural Advocacy Coalition, The Oregon Arts Commission, and the Oregon Cultural Trust are our partners in advocating for arts and culture at the state level.
RACC partners with Americans for the Arts and the Arts Action Fund for arts advocacy at the federal level.
Art. Ask for More is a national campaign to support arts education in the schools.
The Oregon Art PAC is non-partisan political action committee that supports local candidates who are committed to increasing public funding for arts and culture.
Act for Art, published in 2009, is a five-year action plan for arts and culture in the region.
National Issues
On the national level, RACC partners with Americans for the Arts and the Arts Action Fund and the National Endowment for the Arts to fight for federal arts funding and other legislative issues of importance to artists and arts organizations.
Below is a listing of current National Issues:
President Proposes moderate increases for Arts & Humanities Budgets (2013-14)
4/24/13
4/24/13
4/9 National Arts Advocacy Day
4/4/13
4/4/13
Issued 4/2/13 by Americans for the Arts (AFTA)
National Arts Advocacy Day is on Tuesday, April 9. Americans for the Arts (AFTA) will be welcoming more than 500 arts advocates to Capitol Hill. Now here’s...
The pARTnership Movement
1/12/12
1/12/12
On January 10, 2012, Americans for the Arts launched the pARTnership Movement, a new campaign designed to reach business leaders with the message that partnering with the arts will advance their bottom-line goals and build their competitive...