Millions for Arts Offset Funding Cuts Elsewhere
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"Colorado is guaranteed a share of the $50 million set aside for the arts in the $787 billion federal stimulus package, but no one knows exactly how much or when the funds might start flowing.
The day after President Barack Obama signed the bill in Denver last week, representatives of more than 200 arts organizations nationwide took part in a "webinar" organized by Americans for the Arts. But details were scarce.
Victoria Hutter, a spokeswoman for the National Endowment for the Arts, which is responsible for distributing the $50 million, said the agency hopes to post funding guidelines in early or mid-March.
"It's a challenge for any of the agencies that are involved in this package, not just the NEA, to come up with funding guidelines that will allow money to be disbursed quickly and responsibly," said Bill Ivey, chairman of the NEA from 1998 to 2001.
What is known so far is that 40 percent of the stimulus money for the arts will go to state arts agencies and the country's six regional arts agencies, including the Western States Arts Federation. They will then redistribute those allocations via their existing funding channels.
Elaine Mariner, executive director of the Colorado Council on the Arts, estimates that it could receive at least $100,000 to $200,000.
But rather than boost the agency's budget, the added federal funds will likely just help make up for an expected cut to its state funding of 25 percent or more. This year, the council received $1.6 million in state appropriations and $733,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts.
The remaining 60 percent of the $50 million will go directly to organizations for the support of jobs in the arts industry."
The day after President Barack Obama signed the bill in Denver last week, representatives of more than 200 arts organizations nationwide took part in a "webinar" organized by Americans for the Arts. But details were scarce.
Victoria Hutter, a spokeswoman for the National Endowment for the Arts, which is responsible for distributing the $50 million, said the agency hopes to post funding guidelines in early or mid-March.
"It's a challenge for any of the agencies that are involved in this package, not just the NEA, to come up with funding guidelines that will allow money to be disbursed quickly and responsibly," said Bill Ivey, chairman of the NEA from 1998 to 2001.
What is known so far is that 40 percent of the stimulus money for the arts will go to state arts agencies and the country's six regional arts agencies, including the Western States Arts Federation. They will then redistribute those allocations via their existing funding channels.
Elaine Mariner, executive director of the Colorado Council on the Arts, estimates that it could receive at least $100,000 to $200,000.
But rather than boost the agency's budget, the added federal funds will likely just help make up for an expected cut to its state funding of 25 percent or more. This year, the council received $1.6 million in state appropriations and $733,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts.
The remaining 60 percent of the $50 million will go directly to organizations for the support of jobs in the arts industry."
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JasonUnbound
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Ok so this is off topic but what happened to the Art & Style section on the front page of current?
- 3 years ago
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JasonUnbound:
I don't know, but I wrote to feedback about it and complained. Nicely.
- 3 years ago
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