$560K NEA Grant Restored to Kansas
THE TOPEKA CAPITAL-JOURNAL
By Andy Marso
KANSAS---A group of state arts advocates says the National Endowment for the Arts has agreed to restore $560,000 in arts grants to Kansas after pulling its funding when Gov. Sam Brownback de-funded the state arts commission two years ago. After intense lobbying from pro-public arts groups, Brownback formed the Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission, a division of the Department of Commerce intended to provide a vehicle for state arts funding with a more pointed focus on job creation. That commission has begun distributing state money and the group Kansas Citizens for the Arts told members in an email Wednesday that the NEA has agreed to start funneling funds to Kansas again. [link]
By Andy Marso
KANSAS---A group of state arts advocates says the National Endowment for the Arts has agreed to restore $560,000 in arts grants to Kansas after pulling its funding when Gov. Sam Brownback de-funded the state arts commission two years ago. After intense lobbying from pro-public arts groups, Brownback formed the Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission, a division of the Department of Commerce intended to provide a vehicle for state arts funding with a more pointed focus on job creation. That commission has begun distributing state money and the group Kansas Citizens for the Arts told members in an email Wednesday that the NEA has agreed to start funneling funds to Kansas again. [link]
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