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Stand for the Arts: Laura Bush & Mike Huckabee

Little Rock, Arkansas

People from all walks of life and from both sides of the political aisle support access to the arts as an enriching part of our culture and our lives.

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Stand For The Arts: Women in Film and TV

Los Angeles, California

Ovation speaks to women creators in the film and television industries about how arts education has changed their lives and why it’s important to support arts education.

Stand For The Arts: PEN America Los Angeles

Beverly Hills, California

PEN America Los Angeles’s Emerging Voices Fellowship provides new writers with mentorship and skills development that are essential to launching their professional artistic careers.

Stand For The Arts: Creative Action Network

San Francisco, California

The Creative Action Network is a global community of artists who create art with purpose. They run crowdsourced campaigns and invite everyone to make original designs.

Stand For the Arts: WriteGirl's Jeanine Daniels

Los Angeles, California

Jeanine Daniels’s life changed when she joined WriteGirl: today she’s a professional writer represented by an agency for work that is now her passion and her career.

Stand For The Arts: Infinite Flow

Los Angeles, California

When dancer Marisa Hamamoto suffered a rare form of stroke, she defied odds and walked out of the hospital. Now she empowers dancers of all abilities at Infinite Flow.

Stand For The Arts: Voices: Veterans Storytelling Project

Irvine, California

The Voices: Veterans Storytelling Project presented by Arts Orange County empowers veterans to use theatre to talk about their traumatic and uplifting experiences.

Stand For the Arts: Project H Design

Berkeley, California

Project H Design uses the power of creativity, design and hands-on building to create socially transformative construction projects.

Stand For The Arts: Streetlights

Los Angeles, California

Streetlights promotes inclusion in the entertainment industry by advocating for ethnic diversity in television, film, and commercial sets.

Stand For The Arts: LA Stage Alliance

Los Angeles, California

The LA Stage Alliance is dedicated to supporting the performing arts in Los Angeles, reaching over 350 theaters in the county.

Stand For The Arts: American Film Institute (AFI) Directing Workshop for Women

Los Angeles, California

The American Film Institute (AFI) Directing Workshop for Women is a tuition-free program that provides resources for female filmmakers to create groundbreaking projects.

Stand For The Arts: Angels Gate

San Pedro, California

With their Open Studios Day and educational efforts, Angels Gate Cultural Center helps artists work and engage the community in San Pedro, CA.

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Arts Across The Heartland Organization Coming Soon

Colorado

We are working with local arts leaders and advocates to identify the key arts programs that are making a difference in their communities. Come back soon to watch new videos and learn more!

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Stand For The Arts: Education

Washington, District of Columbia

Young people who consistently engage in the arts score almost 100 points higher on their SATs. Employers also rate creativity and innovation among the top 5 skills that will increase in importance over the next 5 years.

Stand For The Arts: National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)

Washington, District of Columbia

Many people believe that the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) only supports large institutions. The NEA also offers arts funding to schools and local communities. Please let your elected officials know about the importance of the NEA.

Stand For The Arts: Hope in Art

Washington, District of Columbia

Art can create hope and change in people’s lives. Let’s stand together to protect access to arts education for young people.

Stand For The Arts: Matching Dollars by National Assembly of State Arts Agencies

Washington, District of Columbia

Research by the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies shows that public arts funding creates hundreds of millions in matching dollars for arts programs.

Stand For The Arts: National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts

Washington, District of Columbia

The National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts works to increase diversity both in front of and behind the camera in the film, TV and media industries.

Stand For The Arts: Student Success by National Assembly of State Arts Agencies

Washington, District of Columbia

The arts provides students critical skills for success. Arts education enhances academic achievement in subjects like math, reading, and science.

Stand For The Arts: American Ingenuity by National Assembly of State Arts Agencies

Washington, District of Columbia

More than half of business leaders name creativity as the top skill they seek when hiring. Arts education provides the critical thinking, communication, and innovation skills essential to a productive workforce.

Stand For The Arts: Arts Advocacy Day

Washington, District of Columbia

Americans for the Arts focuses on advancing the arts in the United States. Every year, they host “Arts Advocacy Day,” the largest gathering of arts advocates in the country held every March in Washington, D.C.

Stand for The Arts: Americans For The Arts

Washington, District of Columbia

Americans For the Arts builds recognition and support for the extraordinary and dynamic value that is the arts.

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Stand For The Arts: 3Arts

Chicago, Illinois

3Arts works to promote diversity of voices and vision in the arts in the Chicago area.

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Arts Across The Heartland Organization Coming Soon

Kansas

We are working with local arts leaders and advocates to identify the key arts programs that are making a difference in their communities. Come back soon to watch new videos and learn more!

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Stand For The Arts: Appalshop

Whitesburg, Kentucky

Appalshop is a nonprofit organization that documents and archives the history of the Appalachian Mountains. The life, culture and concerns of Appalachia and rural America deserve to be recorded and documented.

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Stand For the Arts: New Orleans Video Access Center (NOVAC)

New Orleans, Louisiana

New Orleans Video Access Center (NOVAC) believes storytellers empower communities, so they empower storytellers with creative, educational and economic opportunities.

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Stand For The Arts: National Dance Education Organization (NDEO)

Silver Springs, Maryland

The National Dance Educational Organization (NDEO) advances dance education through a network of resources and support for arts educators across the nation.

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Stand For The Arts: Juxtaposition Arts (JXTA)

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Juxtaposition (JXTA) transforms students’ perception of art from an aesthetic exercise into a tool for problem solving. Their programs nurture the next generation of innovators and artists.

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Arts Across the Heartland: Ballet Mississippi

Jackson, Mississippi

Through Ballet Mississippi’s free after-school ballet classes, children gain an appreciation of classical music, dance and increased self-esteem.

Arts Across The Heartland: Mississippi Museum of Art

Jackson, Mississippi

The Mississippi Museum of Art offers programs for Alzheimer’s patients to utilize art to express themselves, connect with their world, and nurture their memories.

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Arts Across the Heartland: Jazz St. Louis

St. Louis, Missouri

Jazz St. Louis’s educational music programs have reached more than 160,000 students. Their Jazz Academy initiative offers free music classes to middle school students in St. Louis.

Arts Across the Heartland: Kansas City Ballet

Kansas City, Missouri

The Kansas City Ballet’s “Reach Out and Dance” program teaches dance skills to 700 elementary school students. In the program, kids develop love of music, movement, and self-expression.

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Stand For The Arts: Creative Startups

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Through their 8-week accelerator program, Creative Startups provides enterprises with the tools they need to succeed in today’s economy.

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Stand For The Arts: Sharnika Power

Brooklyn, New York

Sharnika Power is a poet inspired by Brooklyn street art and hip-hop. She considers her spoken word poetry as a form of social activism and uses this art form to effect social change.

Stand For The Arts: LeRone Wilson

Harlem, New York

Harlem-based scuptor and painter LeRone Wilson brings this ancient form of painting using beeswax to life!

Stand For The Arts: Nicole Watson

Bronx , New York

Nicole Watson, a Bronx-based spoken word artist known as Artist Up, has appeared on many stages, including as an opener for comedians such as JP Justice, Rob Stapleton and Ray Dejon.

Stand For The Arts: Steve Cas

Brooklyn, New York

Steve Cas is an award-winning illustrator based in Brooklyn. He started out with just a pen, paper, and his imagination. For over 20 years now, he has drawn characters on paper and created objects in 3D.

Stand For The Arts: Miracle Robinson

Bronx, New York

Miracle Robinson is not your average eight year old. Her fashion company, Style by Miracle, supports hungry and homeless children in the Bronx.

Stand For The Arts: The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance (BAAD!)

Bronx, New York

Charles Rice-Gonzalez and Arthur Aviles, co-founders of The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance (BAAD!), started the organization to give a voice to works of art that are empowering to women, people of color, and the LGBTQ community.

Stand For The Arts: Kim "Good Look" Seabrook

Bronx , New York

Kim “Good Look” Seabrook is a spoken-word artist. In her art, she explores themes like abuse to lift up her community. She also started “Creative Soul Concepts,” a workshop program combining writing skills, poetry lessons, healing, and meditation methods.

Stand For The Arts: Genesis Tramaine

Brooklyn, New York

Genesis Tramaine describes herself as an urban evangelist painter. She uses mixed media and daring colors in her paintings. American Black cultural influences have a deep impact on the shape, structure, and depth of her works.

Stand For The Arts: Urban Arts Partnership

New York, New York

Urban Arts Partnership has inspired over 250,000 public school students with an arts-integrated approach to learning that has closed achievement gaps.

Stand For The Arts: Groundswell

Brooklyn, New York

Groundswell uses the transformative power of art to help young people ignite personal and societal change.

Stand For the Arts: Miss America 2019 Nia Imani Franklin

Brooklyn, New York

Miss America 2019 Nia Franklin trains students in opera singing in her master classes.

Stand for the Arts: Brooklyn Arts Council

Brooklyn, New York

The Brooklyn Roots Festival celebrates the unique and diverse immigrant culture of the borough through music and dance.

Stand for the Arts: PS 38 and Council Member Donovan Richards

Queens, New York

Ovation and NYC Council Member Donovan Richards team up to present PS 38 a $5,000 grant to fund their jazz program.

Stand for the Arts: CS 55 and Senator Rivera

Bronx, New York

Ovation and Senator Gustavo Rivera are giving CS 55 in the Bronx a $5,000 grant to fund their step program.

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Stand For The Arts: The National Humanities Center

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

The National Humanities Center advances the studies of the humanities, furthering our understanding of all forms of cultural expression, social interaction, and human thought.

Stand For The Arts: Center for Creative Economy

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

The Center for Creative Economy supports creative enterprises and start-ups through the long haul with their world-class accelerator program.

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Arts Across the Heartland: Tulsa Ballet

Tulsa, Oklahoma

The teachers of the Tulsa Ballet pour their hearts into introducing children in their community to dance.

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Arts Across the Heartland: BendFilm Festival

Bend, Oregon

The BendFilm Festival in Oregon showcases some of the best independent films and meet-and-greet access to participating filmmakers.

Arts Across the Heartland: Rogue Valley Symphony

Ashland, Oregon

The Rogue Valley Symphony brings live classical music performances to Southern Oregon. The Symphony also provides free music classes and concerts to schools with no music programs.

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Arts Across the Heartland: Community Arts Center

Williamsport, Pennsylvania

The Community Arts Center gives students the rare opportunity to put on professional live shows. Through its Student Summer Stock program, students work with experienced designers and directors on real productions.

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Arts Across the Heartland: South Dakota Arts Council

Pierre, South Dakota

The South Dakota Arts Council brings the arts to the local community. The Council will grant more than $1.36 million to arts programs, arts organizations and individual artists throughout the state in 2018.

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Arts Across The Heartland: Nashville Symphony

Nashville, Tennessee

The Nashville Symphony’s Accelerando initiative is designed to prepare gifted young students of diverse ethnic backgrounds to pursue music at the collegiate level and beyond.

Arts Across the Heartland: Nashville Ballet

Nasville, Tennessee

The Nashville Ballet strives to connect with every member of its audience. They present a wide range of performances from the widely recognized to those with local roots.

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Stand For The Arts: Creative Action

Austin, Texas

Creative Action provides teens artistic outlets in theatre, public arts, and film, so they can explore issues of identity, community, and social change.

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Arts Across the Heartland: Utah Opera

Salt Lake City, Utah

Each year, Utah Opera’s outreach program reaches 65,000 students, providing many of them the opportunity to experience and hear opera for the first time.

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Stand For the Arts: Riverviews Artspace

Lynchburg, Virginia

Riverviews Artspace is an urban mix of living, studio, and gallery space that cultivates inclusivity and understanding through contemporary art exhibitions.

Arts Across the Heartland: Frontier Culture Museum

Staunton, Virginia

The Frontier Culture Museum tells the story of the people who migrated to colonial America. Guests experience “living history” through costumed performers and hands-on activities.

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Arts Across The Heartland Organization Coming Soon

Wisconsin

We are working with local arts leaders and advocates to identify the key arts programs that are making a difference in their communities. Come back soon to watch new videos and learn more!

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