UPDATE:  On September 24, the U.S. Senate Interior Appropriations Subcommittee recommended a $2 million increase in funding for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for FY 2020 at a level of $157 million. While we are appreciative of the additional funding for...

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...