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Congress Finalizes Arts Education, Museum Programs Increase
Final Year-End Appropriations Expected
President Obama Makes Appointments to President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities
President Obama appointed 25 members to the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities (PCAH), which works to initiate and support key programs of the federal cultural agencies and to recognize excellence in the fields of arts and humanities. To see the full list of appointments and find more information about PCAH, visit the website. […]
Travel Promotion Bill Passes House
NEA Budget to Receive $12.5 Million Boost
Last week, Congress passed a $12.5 million funding increase as part of the FY 2010 Interior Appropriations bill for both the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The nation's two federal grantmaking cultural agencies will now each have budgets of $167.5 million, their highest funding levels in 16 yea […]
Interior Appropriations Conference Report Expected
Senate Finance Committee Includes Healthcare Reform Help for Artists and Nonprofits
After weeks of intense negotiations and a lengthy amendment process, the U.S. Senate Finance Committee completed work on the fifth and final congressional committee-level healthcare reform legislation. The bill, now awaiting consideration for passage on the Senate floor, contains good news for small nonprofits. These organizations will be able to apply a tax […]

Big (whinge) in Japan
Hot off the press: Tokyo is to get its first "Complaints Choir", an intriguing (code: bizarre) ...
Wonga for your Warhol
Biting satire wings itself to us this weekend courtesy of artist Geoff Hargadon who is set to show ...
Art is App(ening)
It had to happenthe iPhone is set to be turned into a mobile gallery with a new series of ...
National Trust takes control of Seaton Delaval Hall
Seaton Delaval Hall, near Blyth in Northumberland, has been acquired by the National Trust, along ...
Prince of Liechtenstein cancels Royal Academy show over impounded Coello masterpiece
london. Hans-Adam II, the Prince of Liechtenstein, has cancelled an exhibition of art treasures at ...

Lily Tomlin tour travels to Southern California in January December 23, 2009
The actress will bring out some of her famous stage personae in this one-woman show.
Claremont Museum of Art to close doors on Dec. 27 December 22, 2009
The fledgling museum has been struggling for survival since October and recently fell short of a fundraising goal.