A Call to Action: Please don't starve the Arts! #savetheNEA #savetheNAC
- Eat More Art Vegas
- Apr 20, 2017
- 2 min read
Updated: Mar 15, 2023
Art is for everyone, and the Nevada Arts Council
needs everyone's help!
For 50 years, the Nevada Arts Council has successfully served it's mission to "Enrich the lives of Nevadans, enhance livability of our communities, and contribute to both the state's economy and our educational system." In order to ensure Arts Learning, Community Arts Development, Folklife, and Artist Services the NAC:
Provides grant funding
Offers professional assistance to the state’s creative industry (artists, educators cultural organizations and schools)
Coordinates statewide outreach programming, initiatives and activities for Nevada’s residents and visitors
The National Endowment for the Arts faces elimination, and the NAC is facing major grant cuts.
The Nevada Assembly is holding hearings now, and it's up to YOU to get in on the act, and tell your representatives why you want the art in schools, affordable entertainment, and community events you rely on now to remain, and thrive in the years to come!
Send an email, letter or postcard to these elected officials now, before 4/21, when the committees debate in Carson City, or give them a call!
Joyce Woodhouse
SENATE FINANCE CHAIR
246 Garfield Drive
Henderson, NV 89074-1027
702-896-1453
David Parks
SENATE FINANCE VICE CHAIR
P.O. Box 71887
Las Vegas, NV 89170-1887
702-736-6929
Aaron Ford
SENATE MAJORITY FLOOR LEADER
702-772-5544
Moises Denis
SENATE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE
3204 Osage Avenue
Las Vegas, NV 89101-1838
702-657-6857
Heidi Swank
CHAIR, SUB-COMMITTEE ON GENERAL GOVERNMENT
546 Barbara Way
Las Vegas, NV 89104-2858
702-371-6217
Maggie Carlton
ASSEMBLY WEIGHS & MEANS CHAIR
5540 East Cartwright Avenue
Las Vegas, NV 89110-3802
702-236-5401
Jason Frierson
ASSEMBLY SPEAKER, VICE CHAIR
7925 West Russell Road, No. 400187
Las Vegas, NV 89140-8009
702-280-2981
Teresa Benitez-Thompson
ASSEMBLYWOMAN
775-247-7665
Olivia Diaz
ASSEMBLYWOMAN
702-501-8994
Ellen Speigel
ASSEMBLYWOMAN
702-577-2167
Chris Edwards
ASSEMBLYMAN
702-715-4308
John Hambrick
ASSEMBLYMAN
702-242-8580
$1 of public funding helps local artists and organizations leverage $7 to $9 in private donations and corporate partnerships - A great return on investment, serving Nevadans from all walks of life!
Take a moment to contact your Federal officials, and ask them to #SaveTheNEA using this great tool from the Americans for the Arts Action Fund. All you need is your zip code, and a minute of your time.
You are what you eat, so let's EAT MORE ART!
Thank you so much for your support!
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