Americans for the Arts is the nation's leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts in America. With 45 years of service, we are dedicated to representing and serving local communities and creating opportunities for every American to participate in and appreciate all forms of the arts.
2008 National Arts Awards Young Artist Award for Artistic Excellence Los Angeles native and New York-based visual artist Kehinde Wiley has firmly situated himself within art history's portrait painting tradition. As a contemporary descendant of a long line of portraitists, Mr. Wiley engages the signs and visual rhetoric of the heroic, powerful, majestic, and the sublime in his representation of urban black and brown men found throughout the world.
2008 National Arts AwardsArts Advocacy Award http://www.artsusa.org/news/annual_awards/naa/2008/003.aspPhil Ramone is one of the most respected and prolific music producers in the recording industry, with 34 Grammy nominations; 14 Grammy Awards, including a Technical Grammy for his lifetime of innovative contributions to the recording industry; an Emmy; and numerous other honors and accolades to his credit. He has played an integral role in pioneering many of the technological developments in ...
Why Ask For More?Just like kids need to have good nutrition on a daily basis, kids need to have their daily serving of the arts. Chances are, though, that your kids are not getting enough art—in or out of school. The arts are much more than just fun "extra" activities for kids. Studies have shown the far-reaching benefits of an arts education.http://www.americansforthearts.org/public_awareness/
Why Ask For More?Just like kids need to have good nutrition on a daily basis, kids need to have their daily serving of the arts. Chances are, though, that your kids are not getting enough art—in or out of school. The arts are much more than just fun "extra" activities for kids. Studies have shown the far-reaching benefits of an arts education.http://www.americansforthearts.org/public_awareness/
Why Ask For More?Just like kids need to have good nutrition on a daily basis, kids need to have their daily serving of the arts. Chances are, though, that your kids are not getting enough art—in or out of school. The arts are much more than just fun "extra" activities for kids. Studies have shown the far-reaching benefits of an arts education.http://www.americansforthearts.org/public_awareness/
Why Ask For More?Just like kids need to have good nutrition on a daily basis, kids need to have their daily serving of the arts. Chances are, though, that your kids are not getting enough art—in or out of school. The arts are much more than just fun "extra" activities for kids. Studies have shown the far-reaching benefits of an arts education.http://www.americansforthearts.org/public_awareness/
We are very excited about our current television ads as well, which are part of the latest phase of "The Arts. Ask For More" PSA campaign! Created in partnership with the NAMM Foundation and the Ad Council, the advertising agency Leo Burnett has produced these incredibly informative and entertaining tongue-in-cheek commercials. By creating spoofs of "healthy arts food products" like "Raisin Brahms," featuring the composer Johannes Brahms, and "Van Goghgurt," featuring the artist Vincent van Go...
We are very excited about our current television ads as well, which are part of the latest phase of "The Arts. Ask For More" PSA campaign! Created in partnership with the NAMM Foundation and the Ad Council, the advertising agency Leo Burnett has produced these incredibly informative and entertaining tongue-in-cheek commercials. By creating spoofs of "healthy arts food products" like "Raisin Brahms," featuring the composer Johannes Brahms, and "Van Goghgurt," featuring the artist Vincent van Go...
Congressional Arts BreakfastTuesday, March 31, 2009Washington, DC http://artsusa.org/events/2009/aad/aad_round_up_2009.asp
Congressional Arts BreakfastTuesday, March 31, 2009Washington, DC http://artsusa.org/events/2009/aad/aad_round_up_2009.asp