SENATE AND HOUSE RELEASE FIRST OFFERINGS ON ARTS AND CULTURE GRANT FUNIDNG

IMAGES FROM ADVOCACY DAYS IN TALLAHASSEE!

NO STATEWIDE CALL MONDAY - HERE'S THE RECORDING OF OUR "RALLY IN TALLY"

Recording of 2023

Arts & Culture Advocacy Rally

WE ARE OFF TO A GREAT START!

Dear Arts Advocates;

My apologies for waiting so late to send this. I wanted it to be perfectly accurate, but the day is almost over. Below are the recommendations for funding the Department of State Division of Arts and Culture Grants released Tuesday. I am still working on getting some clarity on the Senate's recommendation for Cultural Facilities, but really don't want to wait any longer to share the news.

Congratulations on being such effective advocates and have a great weekend.

More to come,

Jennifer Jones

President/CEO

Florida Cultural Alliance

Regarding Cultural Facilities: We're still interpreting the numbers as there are a few local funding initiatives listed that cause us to think that some of this appropriation applies to them, but the last $111 of their recommendation seems to imply that the ranked list is being considered around application #13. We will ABSOLUTELY let you now when we have clarity.

Here is a link to the source document. Senate Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development

Here is a link to the source document. HOUSE Infrastructure & Tourism Appropriations Subcommittee 

SO MANY SMILES!



To the right, you'll see just a few of the happy faces from our days in Tallahassee. Brand new and sure to be lasting friendships were made. It is impossible to tell the all the week's stories, we'd like you to try.

Here's one mine: I met Ben Fox, a film-maker based in Tallahassee. On Wednesday afternoon, he took us on a walking tour of the Railroad Square arts district. Ben is presenting a film festival in two weeks at Mickee Faust Clubhouse called Blind Can: White Canes*, Camera, Action. You can see him in the photo to the right with everyone's new best friend and designer of entomologically adorned attire, Stephen Shooster!

Please follow this link to see these and more candid shots captured by our photographer Bob O'Lary. They're already formatted for social media. If you post them, please credit Mr. O'Lary and tag your colleagues, legislators and us.

We'd love to see the photos you captured as well - please upload to this shared folder.

Thank you:

Mickee Faust Clubhouse for being our Arts Day Eve host again

Challenger Learning Center for hosting our debrief

COCA, our host city LAA and presenter of the Chalk Walk

Creative Clay for your portraiture studio on the 3rd floor.

Go Pegasus, United Arts of Central Florida and Orange County Arts and Cultural Affairs for another magic bus!

Orlando Philharmonic for introducing us to Shawn Welcome, the City of Orlando's Poet Laureate

INTERESTING NEW DATA

• New Data from US Bureau of Economic Analysis and National Endowment for the Arts Show Economic Activity of the U.S. Arts & Cultural Sector in 2021

• Colleen Dilinschneider releases new data on audience dissatisfaction

SEE YOU IN JACKSONVILLE NEXT WEEKEND for the Florida Alliance for Arts Education 2023 Annual Summit 

Florida Cultural Alliance is also supported in part by grant funding from 

South Arts in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. 

Learn more www.southarts.org.

Florida Cultural Alliance is

supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Learn more about how National Endowment for the Arts grants impact individuals and communities

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