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LA County Supervisors Want More Diversity In LA Arts
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From Sarah Favot, at the Los Angeles Daily News:

The Los Angeles Board of Supervisors unanimously approved an arts diversity motion that directs the Arts Commission to establish an advisory group of arts and community leaders to develop recommendations for ways to enhance the participation and leadership of individuals from underrepresented communities in the arts.

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New from the GIA Reader: An Exploratory Study of Demographic Diversity in the Arts Management Workforce
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An Exploratory Study of Demographic Diversity in the Arts Management Workforce, authored by Antonio C. Cuyler, assistant professor of arts administration, Department of Art Education, Florida State University, outlines the results of a study of demographic diversity in the arts management.

Residents Of Western States See Benefits In An Arts Tax
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From Donna Bryson, at The Christian Science Monitor:

After voters in Denver and surrounding counties approved a tax to support the arts in 1989, several Western states are following Denver’s lead, and the small arts tax is yielding big results.

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Report Says Art Education in New York City Public Schools Paying Off
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From Lisa L. Colangelo, Ben Chapman from the New York Daily News:

The study, completed earlier this month by New York State Controller Thomas P. DiNapoli's office, examined city Education Department data showing 95% of surveyed 2014 city high school grads completed mandatory arts lessons, up from roughly half of students who completed the lessons in a similar 2011 audit.
New from the GIA Reader: State of the Sector 2015: Arts and Culture Focus
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State of the Sector 2015: Arts and Culture Focus, authored by Angela Francis, Claire Knowlton, and Sandi Clement McKinley, of Nonprofit Finance Fund, provides an analysis of the most recent data from the annual State of the Sector Survey.

NEA Expands Military Healing Arts Partnership
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Today, the National Endowment for the Arts announces expansion of the NEA Military Healing Arts Partnership, a collaboration with the Department of Defense that supports music, writing, and visual art therapy at military care facilities including the National Intrepid Center of Excellence at Walter Reed Bethesda and the Fort Belvoir Community Hospital Brain Wellness Center in Virginia.