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How do one account for the significance, or benefits, that the community experiences from arts engagement? And how can organisations identify arts engagement practices which bring about the most significance and impact for particularistic communities? In this article, Dr Felicia Low explores the topic. Read the article here: https://lnkd.in/gDZZUzkd NUS Communications and New Media

**NEW REPORT** The National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA) serves on the Grantmakers in the Arts board and is introducing this report that is the culmination of more than 18 months of dialogue with Indigenous artists, elders, culture bearers, tribal liaisons, leaders of Native organizations, and individuals working inside the tribal relations offices of U.S. state and federal government agencies. All artists face challenges, but Indigenous artists face extra hurdles from the effects of fraud and cultural appropriation. Support to Native organizations and artists represents only about 0.4% of state arts agency grant funding, and many tribes are not aware that state arts agencies even exist. Read the full report here: https://bit.ly/4d879XA

Now available for pre-order: "Interpreting Christmas at Museums and Historic Sites," edited by Max van Balgooy and Ken Turnio, and published by Rowman & Littlefield for AASLH. I wrote a chapter for the book, "Not Everyone Celebrates Christmas: Expanding Your Holiday Horizons," which discusses not only Hanukkah, but other faith traditions as well as Christian faith traditions that do not celebrate Christmas as it has come to be observed in the U.S. and Canada. From the back of the book: "Interpreting Christmas at Museums and Historic Sites offers a wide range of perspectives on Christmas and practical guidance for planning, research, interpretation, and programming by board members, staff, and volunteers involved in the management, research, and interpretation at house museums, historic sites, history museums, and historical societies across the United States. Packed with fresh ideas and approaches by nearly two dozen scholars and leaders in this specialized topic, as well as Hanukkah and Kwanzaa, they can easily be adapted for the unique needs of organizations of various budgets and capacities. An extensive bibliography of books and articles published in the last twenty years provides additional resources for research and exploration." https://lnkd.in/e7wHsDQY

In our March issue: FEMA reducing barriers for artists experiencing disasters; how Illinois Arts Council, South Carolina Arts Commission, Oklahoma Arts Council, Virginia Commission for the Arts, ArtsWA / Washington State Arts Commission and others are supporting their states' communities; top-line data from NASAA's annual State Arts Agency Revenues report; new resources about arts councils, arts and economic resiliency, the federal-state partnership in the arts ... and more! https://shorturl.at/cquX2

Here's a resource that is much needed in our field! A book on Evaluating Accessibility in Museums. Speaking of which - if you are interested in accessibility in exhibit design, you should also check out OMSI's new Design Challenge Resource collection which includes a chapter on accessibility: https://lnkd.in/gM9Piw3c

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Learn more about Arts Hooky Day for Arts of Culture Workers of the Global Majority, which is Thursday, October 10th. On this day, embrace the radical act of rest as a tool for our survival and liberation. Check out the website and learn 30 activities you can take part in instead of work. National Hooky Day was inspired the works of Tricia Hersey & the Nap Ministry, adrienne marie brown, Audre Lorde and any scholars who push us to be liberated through rest and care. https://bit.ly/3NhCuN0

How can we create the best environment and conditions to be ourselves? This months blog looks at how those in the Arts create a sense of home that appeals to us and invites us in, whist staying true to who they are, what they do and why they do it. https://lnkd.in/eAabnm23

Is it so radical to consider the arts as a vital part of our national infrastructure? Historical precedents exist… https://lnkd.in/erpGMVCH