Protect Arts Education in Michigan Schools

Using data captured through the 2011 Michigan Arts Education Survey, we aim to work with the state legislature and education community to ensure that every Michigan student in grades pre-K through 12 has equitable access to a high-quality, consistent, sequential, standards-based arts education.

Click here (PDF: Arts Education Policy Agenda) to learn more about our Arts Education Policy Agenda

Rebuilding State Funding for Arts and Culture

We seek an $8.5 million appropriation in the FY 2013 budget for the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs (MCACA), including $400,000 for an administrative line to support related staff and operating costs. In Fiscal Year 2009, funding for the MCACA was cut 70% and the administrative line eliminated, with flat funding allocated in subsequent years to the $2,567,400 appropriation for FY 2012.

Click here (PDF: Increased Investment for Arts and Culture in MI) to learn more about our Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Request

Current Issues: Federal

Americans for the Arts (AFTA) is the nation's leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts in America.  Created in 1965, AFTA is dedicated to representing and serving local communities and creating opportunities for every American to participate in and appreciate all forms of the arts.

Below are the current position statements held by Americans for the Arts for each Congressional issue:

• National Endowment for the Arts
• Arts Education through the U.S. Department of Education
• Strengthen Arts Education in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
  • Unified Statement: Creating Student Success in School, Work, and Life
• Encouraging Charitable Gifts to Arts and Humanities in our Communities
• Tax Fairness for Artists and Writers
• Office of Museum Services within the Institute of Museum and Library Services
• Improving the Visa Process for Foreign Guest Artists
• Cultural Exchanges through the U.S. Department of State
• Musical Instruments as Carry-on Luggage
• Strengthening our Nation’s Healthcare Through the Arts
• Supporting National & Local Public Media

Statements of Concern

• Network Neutrality
• Safeguarding Performing Arts Wireless Microphone Technology
• The Save America’s Treasures Program
• National Service and the Arts

To keep up to date and take action on a variety of arts and arts education issues at the federal level, visit Americans for the Arts