At the 2016 Annual Convention and Public Art Preconference in Boston, the Public Art Network (PAN) Council announced the release of a set of best practices for public art projects. The project, led by PAN Council Chair Sarah Conley Odenkirk, is the culmunation of five years of information gathering, listening sessions, and coordination to develop…
and thanks… To all those arts organizations that attended The Alliance’s first grants workshop on April 25! Tons of questions, lots of information and just a little bit of anxiety about getting the new grants application done by the May 23 deadline. If you haven’t signed up to attend one of the next two…
Wichita Falls and The Alliance would like to thank Mr. Jim Bob McMillan for sharing his range of experience and knowledge at our April 14 Arts Networking session. Mr. McMillan is the Deputy Director at Texas Commission on the Arts. His lecture over the TCA grant programs and the grant application process was truly educational…
Noburu Nakamura is one of 11 Japanese artists who has traveled to Texas for an art exchange show at Midwestern State University.(Photo: Contributed) Texas, the wild West. Japan, the Far East. And the twain shall meet. In March 2015, eight Japanese artists hosted a group of 14 regional Texas artists and one California artist at the…
Recently, at an event held at the National Intrepid Center of Excellence (NICoE), part of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Department of Defense announced the expansion of their partnership into Creative Forces: NEA Military Healing Arts Network. The expanded Creative Forces program places…