Action Center


Urge Support for the Arts During the COVID-19 Outbreak
Current Status: With the CARES Act running out of funding (for a second time), Congress has begun consideration of another relief package that is expected to be debated through June.  On May 15th, the House approved the "HEROES Act" - a Democratic-led $3 trillion bill...
Urge Congress to Cosponsor Two Creative Economy Bills
On Arts Advocacy Day, Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM) announced new legislation to strengthen the creative economy to a crowd of over 500 arts advocates. Entitled Comprehensive Resources for Entrepreneurs in the Arts to Transform the Economy (CREATE) Act (S.2648), the comprehensive...
Support a Universal Charitable Deduction to Encourage Charitable Giving
Current Ask: Request your representative restore the full value and scope of the charitable deduction by supporting one or more of the bills in the 116th Congress that would create a Universal Charitable Deduction to incentivize all taxpayers to give to charities,...
The Arts in Juvenile Justice
For Fiscal Year (FY) 2021, we urge Congress to:  Appropriate $61.5 million for Title V Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Incentive Grants at the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP).  Include report language...
Increase NEA Funding!
Current Ask: Request your members of Congress sign onto the letters asking the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities be funded at a level of $170 million for fiscal year (FY) 2021. Background: In January 2020, the second...
Increase Support for Arts Therapies for Servicemembers and Veterans
The arts are essential for the health and well-being of our active duty service members, veterans, their families, and caregivers across the military continuum. The arts promote readiness and resilience from pre-deployment to deployment and provide viable employment...
Urge Congress to Cosponsor the STAR Act
On June 24, 2019, Rep. Alma Adams (D-NC) introduced H.R. 3437, the Saving Transit Art Resources (STAR) Act, which would reinstate flexibility and allow local transit authorities to incorporate art into federally-funded transit projects and facilities. It removes a recent,...