Americans for the Arts

Kiana Webb: Choose the Energy

Kiana Webb: Choose the Energy

Anything that brings us back into the center of ourselves, into the space that literally is your heart, the center of you and recalls the truth of who you are,…

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Erica Lauren Ortiz: Building Coalitions

Erica Lauren Ortiz: Building Coalitions

We are making sure that the arts remain independent, well-funded, and accessible for all. Anytime anything rears its ugly head to challenge that, we will be there fighting for you.…

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Anne Hamburger: Site-Specific Theater

Anne Hamburger: Site-Specific Theater

Episode 100! I don’t really produce plays. There are many other organizations that are wonderful at producing plays, and I’m not interested in someone coming in that’s completely done and…

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Jeffrey Sweet: Striking Back

Jeffrey Sweet: Striking Back

Here's the thing about AI. It doesn't have a soul, and it doesn't understand psychology, and it doesn't understand the quirks of human behavior. All it can do is strip-mine…

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Jeffrey Sweet: Striking Back

Jeffrey Sweet: Striking Back

Here's the thing about AI. It doesn't have a soul, and it doesn't understand psychology, and it doesn't understand the quirks of human behavior. All it can do is strip-mine…

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Coping with Covid-19: Just Get Messy!

Coping with Covid-19: Just Get Messy!

An interview with children’s author Rita Meade The impact of reading out loud books to kids is transformative in so many different ways.  Children respond differently to the “messy message”…

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There’s No Place Like Art!

There’s No Place Like Art!

First Online With Fran's First Podcast There's No Place Like Art... National Arts in Education Week is a way to recognize this impact and share the message with friends, family,…

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National Arts in Education Week

National Arts in Education Week

House Resolution 275 designates the week beginning with the second Sunday in September as Watch the video and join us in the celebration! Celebrate. Host a celebration in your community,…

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Presidential Proclamation — National Arts and Humanities Month, 2016

Presidential Proclamation — National Arts and Humanities Month, 2016

This month, we acknowledge all those who have proudly and passionately dedicated their lives to these diverse, beautiful, and often challenging forms of expression. In our increasingly global economy, we…

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Off-Broadway Review: ‘The Lady Liberty Theater Festival’ at Urban Stages

Off-Broadway Review: ‘The Lady Liberty Theater Festival’ at Urban Stages

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Lady Liberty Theater Festival 2016

Lady Liberty Theater Festival 2016

Theatre Educates:  New Festival Dedicated to Fighting Islamophobia The Lady Liberty Theater Festival presents a trio of exciting immigration short plays aimed at curing the disease of Islamophobia in America, tied…

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Continuing the Conversation with. . . Marisa Vitali: Part II

Continuing the Conversation with. . . Marisa Vitali: Part II

 Marisa Vitali returns home to Northport, LI to show the premier screening of her movie, GRACE at the John W. Engeman Theater.  To raise awareness of the plight of recovering…

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Memorial Day 2016

Memorial Day 2016

 

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VOTES! Whatever They Cost!

VOTES! Whatever They Cost!

There are two common ways to think of art: some consider it to be an expression of what is original and unusual in human thinking; Aristotle, on the other hand,…

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Georgia Stitt: Her Need to Tell. . . through Music

Georgia Stitt: Her Need to Tell. . . through Music

Her love of literature coupled with a flair for creating her own melodies as a child pianist coalesced into becoming the career choice for composer/lyricist Georgia Stitt.  “I have always…

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Making Music: The League of Professional Theatre Women Networking Event

Making Music: The League of Professional Theatre Women Networking Event

TAKE IT AWAY!  captures the passion and promise of this event to represent the mission of

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An interview with…Cheryl Navo, Playwright LIE OF OMISSION, World Premiere Play

An interview with…Cheryl Navo, Playwright LIE OF OMISSION, World Premiere Play

“As a female playwright I believe strongly that I need to concentrate on writing good, strong roles for women.  For each play I write, I've made a personal commitment to…

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The Power of Words…and Girls

The Power of Words…and Girls

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