Georgians for the Arts GEORGIA ARTS ACTION SUMMIT March 20-21, 2022
Georgians for the Arts, Inc. P. O. Box 5291 Savannah, GA 31414 georgiansforthearts.org ● advocates@georgiansforthearts.org (718) 689-0620
About Georgians for the Arts Georgians for the Arts, a 501(c)4 established in 2019, has the mission to provide vision, leadership, and resources that ensure the growth, prosperity, and sustainability of arts and culture in Georgia. Georgians for the Arts is the state’s leading arts and culture advocacy membership-driven organization and Georgia’s representative to Americans for the Arts’ State Arts Advocacy Network and its National Arts Action Summit. Georgians for the Arts advances its mission through year-round arts and culture advocacy activities, year-round programs for artists, and the networking of artists, arts educators, local arts organizations, and civic and business leaders all working towards a better Georgia. It assumed advocacy activities started and supported by ArtsGeorgia since 2013. georgiansforthearts.org
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About ArtsGeorgia ArtsGeorgia, a not-for-profit arts service and advocacy organization founded in 2010, is dedicated to advocating and providing resources for the arts with vision, innovation, consistency, and leadership. ArtsGeorgia implements its mission by providing essential advocacy resources; publishing newsletters and the ArtsGeorgia Official Arts Advocacy Handbook; creating the Georgians for the Arts initiative; and producing the annual Arts Advocacy Roundtable. ArtsGeorgia participates in local, regional, and national arts advocacy organizations, including 7 years as a National Partner of Americans for the Arts' Arts Advocacy Summit. Other programs include expanding SpaceFinder Georgia, the development of ArtsGeorgia PLACES as a statewide arts directory and collaboration with Etchster to provide the Find Georgia Public Art app. artsgeorgia.net
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Georgians for the Arts GEORGIA ARTS ACTION SUMMIT March 20-21, 2022 Welcome ....................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Day 1 Schedule............................................................................................................................................................. 6 Day 2 Schedule ............................................................................................................................................................ 8 Speakers ....................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Board of Directors.....................................................................................................................................................17 Arts Service Organizations ......................................................................................................................................21 National Arts Action Summit ..................................................................................................................................22 ArtsGeorgia Places ....................................................................................................................................................23 Georgia Public Art Finder ........................................................................................................................................24 Why the Arts Matter in Georgia .............................................................................................................................. 25 Georgia’s Creative Economy ....................................................................................................................................27 State Funding Data ...................................................................................................................................................30 The Creative Industries in Georgia ......................................................................................................................... 33 COVID Impact on the Arts.......................................................................................................................................35 Arts and Economic Prosperity Study ..................................................................................................................... 36 Tracked legislation ....................................................................................................................................................37
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WELCOME On behalf of the Georgians for the Arts Board of Directors, we are thrilled that you are attending the 2022 Georgia Arts Action Summit. Often, we hear the question of why we have to advocate for arts and culture. It takes no convincing artists a demonstration of creativity in any discipline ranging from education, military, health, and economy can have enormous rewards and benefits. However, it is more challenging to convince non-artists. Nearly every other industry has advocates speaking to policymakers to get their positions heard on tax relief, investment funds, and job creation. These advocates are representatives from national trade associations and paid lobbyists most of the time. Arts and culture have what few other industries can enjoy. Not only are there national organizations to help deliver the message, but we have every voter available to remind our leaders that the arts are just good business. Whether you are an individual artist that enjoys being creative as a hobby, a full-time professional artist, a small business owner selling art, a restauranteur by a theater, or a major arts organization, you have a voice. When we repeatedly speak en masse, we will no doubt be heard. In Georgia, arts advocates have been whispering, but now is the time, more than ever, to speak loudly and confidently so that Georgia can reach its full creative potential.
~ Patrick Kelsey President & CEO
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DAY 1 SCHEDULE Sunday, March 20, 4 - 6 p.m. 4:00 p.m. Georgians for the Arts ................................................................................ Patrick Kelsey Welcome 4:05 p.m. Georgians for the Arts ................................................................................ Patrick Kelsey State of Georgia Arts and Culture & Arts Action Center Walkthrough 4:20 p.m. Douglasville Arts ...................................................................................... Emily Lightner Making the Case for Public Art 4:35 p.m. Georgia Music Partners ............................................................................. Mala Sharma Advocacy Activities & Best Practices 4:50 p.m. Georgia Humanities ................................................................................. Laura McCarty Advocacy Activities & Best Practices 5:05 p.m. Bigger Pie ..................................................................................................... Rob Hessler Candidate Platforms and Voter Education 5:20 p.m. Art Works ATL ....................................................................................... Jessyca Holland Political Action Committees 5:35 p.m. Georgians for the Arts ........................................................ Priscilla Smith, Vanya Foote Reflections and Closing Remarks
Prior Page Credit: Cultural Arts Council Douglasville/Douglas County Following Page Credit: Macon Arts Alliance Georgians For The Arts
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DAY 2 SCHEDULE Monday, March 21, 3 - 5 p.m. 3:00 p.m. Georgians for the Arts .................................................................... Waduda Muhammad Welcome 3:05 p.m. Georgia Council for the Arts ..............................................................................Tina Lilly The State of Georgia and Arts and Culture Report 3:25 p.m. South Arts .............................................................................................. Charles Phaneuf Arts and Arts and Culture Report in the Southeast 3:45 p.m. Georgians for the Arts ............................................................................... Patrick Kelsey Congressional Meeting Video Example 4:10 p.m. Georgians for the Arts ........................................ Waduda Muhammad & Priscilla Smith Arts Advocacy Boot Camp 4:30 p.m. Keynote Speaker ..................................................................................... Gabrielle Mertz 4:50 p.m. Georgians for the Arts ................................................................................ Patrick Kelsey Reflections and Closing Remarks
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SPEAKERS Rob Hessler is an artist, executive director of arts advocacy organization Bigger Pie, and host of Art on the Air on WRUU 107.5 FM. He is also a freelance arts and culture writer for the Savannah Morning News, and currently writes two columns: Art off the Air on Thursdays, and Savannah Art Scene on Sundays. Bigger Pie is a visual arts advocacy organization founded by community activists and artists Gretchen Hilmers and Rob Hessler. Our mission is to lobby local public and private organizations on behalf of the larger Savannah and Low country arts community for financial resources, infrastructure, and publicity. Jessyca Holland (Founder, Art Works ATL). Jessyca has over twenty years working in the arts and culture field. In 2010, Jessyca co-founded C4 Atlanta, a nationally recognized non-profit arts service organization. During her tenure at C4, Jessyca built and managed programs that reached thousands of artists each year. In addition to her non-profit work, Jessyca advocates for artists, the arts field, and community development that spurs economic resilience, nurture healthy communities and promotes equity. Jessyca holds a BA in Theatre, A Masters of Library Media, and is currently a Master of Public Administration (focus area: Planning & Economic Development) graduate candidate. In 2021, Jessyca founded Art Works ATL, Inc, a political action committee. Art Works ATL, Inc is a Political Action Committee (PAC). The goal of this PAC is to educate the public, elected officials, and voters about the positive impact of the arts on the fabric of American society. We support, endorse, and promote those people who work towards equitable policies that lift up today's creative worker, and we support the rights of ALL workers as they are the backbone of a healthy and vibrant society.
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Emily Lightner (Executive Director Cultural Arts Council, Douglasville/ Douglas County). After graduating from Lithia Springs High School, Emily relocated to Alabama to attend Jacksonville State University where she was awarded a Bachelor’s Degree in Management and Human Resources. She subsequently returned to Douglasville where she provided management support for her family’s business, The Red Cockerill Gallery in Austell. In 2015, she joined the Cultural Arts Council as the Office Manager and was later promoted to Executive Director. During her tenure, Emily has successfully led popular CAC programs such as the Taste of Douglasville, Chili Cook Off, and its Annual Fund-raising Gala. Emily has over 20 years of arts education, gallery, and management experience. In addition to being a board member for WellStar Health Systems, Emily is also involved in the DC Gamechangers, Leadership Douglas, Atlanta Regional Commission’s Arts Leaders of Metro Atlanta and Regional Leadership Institute, Convention & Visitors Bureau Board for the City of Douglasville, City of Douglasville Public Arts Commission, Partners in Education Board of Directors, ARC’s Regional Leadership Institute Program, and the Douglasville Community Theatre Board of Directors. Emily was voted by the Douglas County Chamber’s Young Professionals Connection (YPC) as one of the top 10 young professionals in Douglas County of 2017, 2019, 2021, top 40 under 40 for West Georgia in 2019 & 2020, and she has also been selected as one of the top Women Trailblazers in West Georgia by West Georgia Living Magazine. Emily enjoys serving her community and in her spare time enjoys traveling with her husband, Andrew, and their two daughters. Cultural Arts Council Douglasville/Douglas County has the mission to nurture, guide and stimulate the enjoyment of and participation in the arts among Douglas County residents and visitors by providing an atmosphere conducive to the arts, broadening the spectrum of quality exhibits and performances available to the community, and fostering individual interactions with the arts through a wide range of satellite groups.
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Tina Lilly (Executive Director, Georgia Council for the Arts). Tina Lilly is the Executive Director of Georgia Council for the Arts (GCA). She has served GCA for 14 years, most recently as the Grants Program Director. In that role, she managed all aspects of a $2 million grant program, including the distribution of federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funds in response to COVID-19, and the creation of both the Vibrant Communities and Cultural Facilities Grant programs. While at GCA, she also served as a member of the Tourism Resource Team with Explore Georgia and advised communities across the state on utilizing the arts for community and economic development. Prior to her work with Georgia Council for the Arts, Lilly served as Executive Director of the Madison-Morgan Cultural Center in Madison, Georgia, as Administrative Director at 7 Stages Theatre in Atlanta, and as Managing Director at Live Bait Theatre in Chicago. She also worked as an Adjunct Professor at The Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago, and a Freelance Director at various theatres in Chicago, Atlanta, and New York. Lilly holds a Master’s in Fine Arts degree in directing from The Theatre School at DePaul University (formerly the Goodman School of Drama) and a bachelor’s degree in theatre from Birmingham-Southern College. Georgia Council for the Arts (GCA) is a division of the Georgia Department of Economic Development whose mission is to cultivate the growth of vibrant, thriving Georgia communities through the arts. GCA provides grant funding, programs, and services statewide that support the vital arts industry, preserve the state's cultural heritage, increase tourism, and nurture strong communities. Funding for Georgia Council for the Arts is provided by appropriations from the Georgia General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Laura T. McCarty (President, Georgia Humanities Council). Laura McCarty became President of Georgia Humanities in 2018. She joined the GH team as Program Assistant in 1994 and, during her career, led the grant program and National History Day Georgia. Laura also served as deputy to the former President Jamil Zainaldin, with responsibilities for planning, fundraising, cultivation of partnerships, and advocacy. Laura McCarty is a past president of the Georgia Council for the Social Studies and the Georgia Association of Historians, as well as a Board member for the Kiwanis Club and Board of Selections member for Georgia Women of Achievement. In 2021, Governor Brian Kemp appointed Laura to the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Council. A native of South Carolina, Laura McCarty holds the MA in Comparative Literature from the University of Georgia and the BA in English and French from Wofford College, where she also was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. She is author of Coretta Scott King: a Biography (Greenwood/ABC-Clio, 2009), as well as over 30 articles for the New Georgia Encyclopedia. Laura lives in Decatur. Georgia Humanities is a 501(c)3 non-profit, founded in 1971, which connects people and communities to encourage understanding and inspire hope. Georgia's affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, we conduct and support programming that engages all ages and backgrounds to explore what shapes us as individuals and binds us together as Georgians. We work with people and organizations in rural, suburban, and rural communities. Programs that analyze and interpret historical artworks or traditions are within the scope of humanities content and methodology. GH has made grants and partnered with organizations with arts missions, however, we do not support the creation or performance of new works.
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Gabrielle Mertz is an artist and cultural policy strategist. She is the Director of Drawing Out The Vote, the voter education campaign that mobilizes turnout through collaboration across the creative community. Her work on cultural policy, voter mobilization, and creative sector/NGO issues with campaigns, non-profit organizations, and international institutions includes Obama for America, The John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Arts for AIDS, The Carter Center, Institute for Global Policy, Coalition for the International Criminal Court, and International Rescue Committee, among others. She serves as an advisor and on the Leadership Council for Stacey Abrams and Fair Fight. She has served as a board/advisory member of the Emory University Women’s Center, Brooklyn Arts Council, Bronx Council on the Arts, and Fulton County Arts Council, among others. She has taught/lectured at New York University, Emory University, and Image Film & Video Center, and she is the recipient of awards from the Rauschenberg Foundation, Center for Artistic Activism, Open Society Foundation, City of Atlanta, Georgia Council for the Arts, NetherlandsAmerica Foundation, and The Cultural Olympiad, among others. As a visual artist and choreographer, she has created exhibitions, performances, and sitespecific installations in museums, on stages, and on screen. Her work has been exhibited and performed in the United States and Europe at the Cultural Center of Krakow, High Museum of Art, New Museum Ideas City, Artists Alliance, Susquehanna Museum of Art, International Dance Festival, Rialto Center for the Performing Arts, American Dance Festival, 7Stages, King Plow Arts Center, Clemente Soto Vélez Center, Center for Puppetry Arts, and The Performance Space, among many others.
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Charles Phaneuf (Vice President of Strategy, South Arts). Charles Phaneuf is an arts leader who has helped grow a variety of organizations, small and large, with a particular emphasis on community engagement, inclusion, and financial sustainability. He currently serves as VP of Strategy for South Arts. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, South Arts is a non-profit regional arts organization empowering artists, organizations, and communities and increasing access to arts and culture. His career started at UNC-Chapel Hill where he served as president of the student union and activities board. While living in Washington, DC, he served as Associate Managing Director of Shakespeare Theatre Company during its expansion into the Harman Center for the Arts, and also helped found the Capital Fringe Festival and the Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra. Charles returned to Raleigh, NC to become Executive Director of Raleigh Little Theatre, where he led a revitalization of the organization culminating in a successful capital campaign. Under his leadership as President, the United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County launched the first-ever Triangle-wide fundraiser for the arts (Big Night In for the Arts) with WRAL/WRAL.com, and partnered with Wake County on the $1 million Wake County Nonprofit Arts Relief Fund. Charles has been named Tar Heel of the Week by the News and Observer (2018) and 40 Under 40 by the Triangle Business Journal (2014). He was selected as one of 19 People for 2019 by the Independent Weekly. He currently serves on the board of directors of Arts North Carolina, on the community committee of Dix Park, and is a past chair of the Friends of the Gregg Museum at NC State. He enjoys biking, golf and playing music, often with his wife Emily, who is also a musician and teacher. South Arts advances Southern vitality through the arts. The non-profit regional arts organization was founded in 1975 to build on the South’s unique heritage and enhance the public value of the arts. South Arts’ work responds to the arts environment and cultural trends with a regional perspective. South Arts offers an annual portfolio of activities designed to support the success of artists and arts providers in the South, address the needs of Southern communities through impactful arts-based programs, and celebrate the excellence, innovation, value and power of the arts of the South.
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Mala Sharma (President, Georgia Music Partners). Mala Sharma is a creative thinker with financial skills and a proven leader of high-performing, collaborative, crossfunctional teams. Sharma's broad-based experience in the entertainment industry includes business development, management and strategic partnerships in music production and digital entertainment. Sharma has been consulting In the creative industries since 2015, working with clients in all aspects of the entertainment industry clients include Wabi Sabi Sound, Avatar Events Group, Sound Diplomacy, Dekalb Entertainment Commission. With 20+ years in the music & entertainment industry, Sharma has collaborated on some of the most successful albums of our time. Her work with GRAMMY-winning music producers Rick Rubin and Brendan O’Brien has resulted in timeless, multi-platinum recordings by artists such as Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam, Johnny Cash, Tom Petty, and more. Sharma also established City National Bank’s presence in Atlanta as VP by building and fostering successful relationships with high-profile entertainment clients. Sharma oversaw marketing and sponsorship for the bank’s flagship Atlanta office. Sharma’s career also includes tenures at Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Def American Records, and Fifty Seven Records (a Sony label). In 2019, Sharma was appointed to the Georgia Film, Music and Digital Entertainment Commission by Governor Kemp. Her service also includes Napster Creative Advisory Board, Showrunner Backstage Pass Board and US IP Alliance, Georgia IP Association Entertainment, Arts and Sports Committee, the Board of Governors for The Recording Academy Atlanta Chapter, and the advisory board for the UGA's Music Business Program. A recognized leader in entertainment advocacy, she frequently brings her industry expertise to speaking engagements to conferences, meetings, and summits.
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Georgia Music Partners (a Georgia not-for-profit 501(c)(6) corporation) exists because we believe that music matters to the people of Georgia – in our communities, in our schools, and in our economy. Our mission is to help Georgia’s music industry grow to become one of the country’s biggest and best, which promotes both job growth and culture in our state.GMP has been instrumental in leading efforts at local, city and state levels from conducting economic impact studies, white papers, to passing the Georgia Music Investment Act in 2017. Georgia Music Partners continues to work proactively with city, county and state leaders to advance policy and legislative initiatives to protect, grow and market opportunities for the 45,000 music industry professionals around the state.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS Myrna Fuller worked as an executive with Eastern Airlines for 21 years serving in various positions including Manager of Inflight Services, Senior Instructor-Management Training and Development, and Area Manager for the Atlanta City Ticket Offices. After Eastern closed she directed her focus to the commercial and fine arts arena. While maintaining a freelance graphic design career she worked as Chief of Staff for Fulton County Commissioner Michael Hightower, Executive Director of the Atlanta Branch NAACP, interim Managing Director of the National Black Arts Festival, Art Director for the design firm Acuity, Inc. and Executive Director of Hammonds House Museum. In 2017, after 13 years of service, Fuller retired from Hammonds House Museum. Her retirement was commemorated by articles in the Atlanta news media and a radio interview with NPR's Lois Reitzes. Academically, Fuller received a BA degree from Talladega College and an Associate Degree in Applied Arts from the Art Institute of Atlanta. She is a graduate of Leadership Atlanta and the Arts Leaders of Metro Atlanta. She recently received the Hall of Fame Community Leaders Award from the Atlanta Tribune Magazine, the coveted Joan P. Gardner Outstanding Service to the Arts, Luminary Award from ArtsAtl, Hammonds House Museum's Leadership Award and the Keystone Award from the Atlanta Preservation Center. As a community leader Fuller served with numerous Art and civic organizations, including Arts Festival of Atlanta board, Fulton County Arts Council where she was Vice President for two of six years, Atlanta Branch NAACP, and Visual Arts Network of the National Performance Network. Present affiliations include: Illien Adoptions International, Arts Georgia, West End Merchants Coalition, as a fellow for the City of Atlanta Main Street representing the West End, and most recently was the first to be appointed to the City of South Fulton's Public Arts Commission.
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Patrick A. Kelsey (President/CEO) is a Professor of Business at the Savannah College of Art and Design. He has worked as Managing Director and Development Director for Off-Broadway’s Irish Repertory Theatre, General Manager of Broadway’s Lyric Theatre, and Director of Operations for Broadway Across America. Patrick has served as a grant panelist for the Nancy Quinn Grant for ART/NY, Georgia Council for the Arts, South Arts, and the City of Savannah. He holds a BS in Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management and Technical Theatre from Ball State University, an MFA in Theatre Management & Producing from Columbia University, and an MBA from Nyack College. Patrick is an avid arts advocate. He leads the Arts and Culture Alliance of Chatham County and Georgians for the Arts, the state’s leading arts and culture advocacy organization and Georgia’s representative to the State Arts Advocacy Network. He currently serves as Georgia’s state captain for American for the Arts’ National Arts Action Summit and Chair for the City of Savannah Cultural Affairs Commission. Also, he is on the Council for Americans for the Arts’ State Arts Action Network. Patrick lives in Savannah with his wife, Tara, and his artistically talented daughter, Eliza, and two cats, Klang and Cocoa. Abbey M. Matye (Secretary) has cared deeply about the arts and arts education since childhood. She carried that through her formative years and into her time studying Theatre Management at Kent State University. After graduating, Abbey moved to Savannah, where she obtained her Master’s degree from Savannah College of Art and Design. It was there that she developed her passion for lobbying for the Arts Industry at both the state and federal levels. These days, you can find her working as a Programming Associate for Savannah Music Festival, working to bring artists and the Savannah community together.
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Waduda Muhammad (Treasurer) is a visual Arts Administrator in Atlanta GA. She received her Master’s of Science degree in Arts Administration from Drexel University in Pennsylvania and received her Bachelors of Arts degree in Art History from Georgia State University. She is the former Interim Director of the Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design Gallery at Georgia State University (20082010). Muhammad is the owner of Dennis Ayres Fine Arts LLC, a Fine Arts Administration company that specializes in the advancement and promotion of visual arts to underserved communities. She is a recipient of the Americorps National Community Service Award 2007 & 2020, Campus Community Partner Award at Georgia State University 2010, a graduate of the “Ignite” Art Entrepreneurship program 2012 from C-4 Atlanta Fuse Art Center, and received an award for Civic Leadership 2013 from Hands on Atlanta. She served on the board of Georgia Arts Network and was a State Captain representing GA for National Arts Advocacy Day 2016 & 2017 on behalf of Americans for the Arts in DC, was appointed to the Governance Council of State Arts Action Networks 2017, is an active member of the Emerging Arts Leaders of Atlanta organization, The Young Non-profit Professionals Network, The Ladies Board charitable organization and currently serves as a Chair of Art Table Metro Atlanta & a board member of the South Fulton Public Art Committee. Priscilla Smith has worked in the arts in Atlanta for four decades. She is currently the proprietor of No Tomorrow, a gallery and performance venue in the reviving Underground Atlanta. Some of her experiences include being executive director of Eyedrum Art and Music Gallery from 2009-2016, was director of theater arts at Horizons School for 18 years, and produced and performed with ACME Theater for more than a decade. She’s been an activist in the streets and the state house and ran for the Georgia House of Representatives in the general election of 2020 and again in a special election in 2021.
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Julie Young Wilkerson (Vice-President) was born in Honolulu, Hawaii where her father, a Macon native, was stationed with the Navy. Julie has three children – two sons who live and work in Macon, and a daughter who lives in New York City. Julie graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in English and earned her master’s degree from Mercer University. She earned her Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE) designation in 2013. Her career in non-profit management began at Macon Volunteer Clinic where she was the organization’s first Development Director. She has also served as the Executive Director of the Capitol Theatre, Development Director at Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Georgia, and is the current Executive Director of Macon Arts Alliance. Throughout her life, Julie has been an active volunteer, especially for arts organizations. She is a Past President of the Junior League of Macon, Past President of Middle Georgia Youth Ballet, and Past President of the Macon Film Festival. She currently serves in an advisory capacity on the Boards of Nutcracker of Middle Georgia and Macon Film Festival. She is Vice-President of Georgians For the Arts, a 501 (c) (4) organization devoted to advocating for arts funding and arts friendly legislation in Georgia. Julie co-chaired the 2020 Cultural Plan for Macon, a collaborative initiative funded by Knight Foundation to create a community-driven road map for how arts and culture can best serve the community. The plan was made public in July 2020, and Macon Arts Alliance is charged with implementing the plan through 2025. Macon Arts Alliance has also just hired Sound Diplomacy to study and make recommendations for capacity building and pandemic recovery of the music industry in Macon-Bibb County.
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ARTS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS
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NATIONAL ARTS ACTION SUMMIT This year, for the first time, there will be no registration fee to attend. It is free for both individuals and partner organizations The National Arts Action Summit is a multi-day event that gives grassroots advocates crucial advocacy training from experts in the field and empowers them to put that training into practice in meetings with elected officials. Hosted by Americans for the Arts in collaboration with dozens of national, state, and local organizational partners, the National Arts Action Summit is the largest gathering of its kind, bringing together a broad crosssection of America’s cultural and civic organizations. Grassroots advocates across the country will convene digitally from March 28-30, 2022, to learn the latest in arts policy through issue-specific briefings and advocacy training. Over these three days, you’ll gain a depth of knowledge from policy experts at Americans for the Arts and many of our partners. You’ll also be able to watch a recording of these webinars whenever you like to refresh your understanding of the issues. Session topics will include arts and culture agency funding, arts education, the creative economy, and more! In the weeks following these briefings, advocates are invited to join state arts leaders to meet with their members of Congress to garner support for pro-arts issues. Led by Federal Arts Advocacy Captains, advocates will meet with their own US Senators and US Representatives to share compelling stories and data about the impact and transformative power that the arts have in their communities. Why should I attend the National Arts Action Summit?
Learn the latest research facts and figures on the arts to help make your case. Strategize with experienced advocates on how to make a case for the arts and arts education. Connect with your members of Congress and build a relationship that will lead to better representation for the arts at the federal level. Network with fellow arts advocates from across the country and get connected with your Federal Arts Advocacy Captain to learn about year-round advocacy opportunities.
For more information Americans for the Arts 2022 National Arts Action Summit
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ARTSGEORGIA PLACES
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GEORGIA PUBLIC ART FINDER Combining advocacy and a free compendium of all the amazing public art and artists in Georgia. What’s this all about? If you are in Georgia (ETChster’s home), you may have seen the buzz around the internet about the GA Public Art Finder, an app for finding public art in your surroundings and learning more about each piece and its creator. The project is a collaboration between ArtsGeorgia, an advocacy group, and ETChster, who provided the tools. In addition to providing a real-time map of public art in Georgia, the app will always contain an activity that the general public can complete to support the arts in Georgia. The hashtag for this initiative is #gapublicartfinder Who can include work in the app? The app is available to all artists, collectors and curators for the inclusion of public work. Work may be on display in any public location including murals, parks, galleries, museums, coffee shops, restaurants and more. Arts-oriented entities may also wish to include their building/facility.
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WHY THE ARTS MATTER IN
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GEORGIA’S CREATIVE ECONOMY The Arts and Cultural Production Satellite Account (ACPSA) was developed through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). Explore state-level ACPSA data through figures, including: value added to state economies through arts and cultural production, as well as employment and compensation figures for the creative workforce. For more information: NASAA
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National Association of State Arts Agencies Definitions Arts and Cultural Production Satellite Account (ACPSA) is a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA.) Office of Research & Analysis and the US Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). ACPSA is part of BEA's satellite accounts series that complements the bureau's core economic accounts with detailed data on key industries. Comparison industries are selected industry categories using the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), drawn from BEA's 2015 state level data for employment (full-time and part-time workers), compensation and value added by industry. Some industries displayed on the comparison charts produce arts and cultural commodities, though such commodities may not always account for a large share of that industry's total output. Comparison industries were selected within a range of NAICS industries with similar total value-added figures. For other industry comparisons, contact NASAA. Compensation consists of the remuneration (including wages and salaries, as well as benefits such as employer contributions to pension and health funds) payable to employees in return for their work during a given year. Core arts and cultural production industries are originators of ideas and content associated with the creation of arts and culture. Employment consists of all wage-and-salary jobs where the workers are engaged in the production of goods and services. Gross state product is the market value of goods and services produced by the labor and property located in a state. Gross state product is the state counterpart of the nation's gross domestic product, BEA's primary and most comprehensive measure of US economic activity. Regions, for the purpose of this dashboard, are defined by the geography groupings for the nation's six regional arts organizations (RAOs). RAOs are nonprofit organizations that partner with their constituent state arts agencies and with the National Endowment for the Arts on planning and program delivery. Supporting arts and cultural production industries produce and disseminate arts and cultural commodities. Value added is an industry's total market value of goods and services as a contribution to gross state product. Value added is industry output minus intermediate inputs (e.g., energy, raw materials, semifinished goods, purchased services). Georgians For The Arts
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STATE FUNDING DATA
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Georgia Council for the Arts Impact Study
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THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES IN GEORGIA
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COVID IMPACT ON THE ARTS
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ARTS AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY STUDY The Arts & Economic Prosperity 6 study has begun. Visit georgiansforthearts.org/aep6 to see how you can participate or americansforthearts.org/aep5. About Arts & Economic Prosperity 5 (AEP5). AEP5 is Americans for the Arts’ fifth study of the non-profit arts and culture industry's impact on the economy. It documents the economic contributions of the arts in 341 diverse communities and regions across the country, representing all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Nationally, the nonprofit arts and culture industry generated $166.3 billion of economic activity during 2015—$63.8 billion in spending by arts and cultural organizations and an additional $102.5 billion in event-related expenditures by their audiences. This activity supported 4.6 million jobs and generated $27.5 billion in revenue to local, state, and federal governments (a yield well beyond their collective $5 billion in arts allocations). By every measure, the results are impressive. This study puts to rest a misconception that communities support arts and culture at the expense of local economic development. In fact, communities are investing in an industry that supports jobs, generates government revenue, and is the cornerstone of tourism. Arts & Economic Prosperity 5 shows conclusively that, locally as well as nationally, the arts mean business! Georgians For The Arts
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TRACKED LEGISLATION
GA HB508 - Commerce and trade; commercial recordings, musical performances, and audiovisual works; provide protections AN ACT To amend Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to selling and other trade practices, so as to provide protections for commercial recordings, musical performances, and audiovisual works; to prohibit... 03/18/2022: Senate Committee Favorably Reported
GA HR1038 - State of Georgia's film industry and associated businesses; commend A RESOLUTION Recognizing and commending the State of Georgia's film industry and associated businesses; and for other purposes... 03/17/2022: House Read and Adopted
GA HB1053 - Income tax; certain expenditures made by postproduction companies; extend tax credit AN ACT To amend Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to income taxes, so as to revise the definition and taxation of income of taxable nonresidents with respect to the Georgia Entertainment Industry Investment... 03/16/2022: Senate Read and Referred
GA HB1330 - Georgia Music and Theatre Jobs Recovery Act; enact AN ACT To amend Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to income taxes, so as to revise the definition and taxation of income of taxable nonresidents with respect to the Georgia Music and Theatre Jobs Recovery... 03/16/2022: Senate Read and Referred
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GA HB1278 - Sales and use tax; sales of tangible personal property used for renovation or expansion of certain museums; exempt AN ACT To amend Code Section 48-8-3 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to exemptions from sales and use tax, so as to exempt sales of tangible personal property to or used in or for the renovation or expansion of certain museums; ... 03/15/2022: House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute
GA SR477 - Joint Georgia Music Heritage Study Committee; create A RESOLUTION Creating the Joint Georgia Music Heritage Study Committee; and for other purposes... 03/11/2022: House Committee Favorably Reported
GA SB495 - Ticket Brokers; sale of nontransferable tickets to athletic contests, concerts, or other entertainment events to which the public is admitted; place certain conditions AN ACT To amend Article 3 of Chapter 4B of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to ticket brokers, so as to place certain conditions on the sale of nontransferable tickets to athletic contests, concerts, theatre performances...03/07/2022: Senate Regulated Industries And Utilities Committee (10:00 3/7/2022 450 CAP)
GA SR450 - Senate Study Committee on Georgia Music Heritage; create A RESOLUTION Creating the Senate Study Committee on Georgia Music Heritage; and for other purposes...02/08/2022: Senate Read and Referred
GA SB157 - "Fair Business Practices Act of 1975"; deceptive practice of musical performance groups advertising; prohibit AN ACT To amend Part 2 of Article 15 of Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the "Fair Business Practices Act of 1975," so as to prohibit the deceptive practice of musical performance groups advertising...02/03/2022: House Committee Favorably Reported
GA HR625 - State of Georgia; establish Georgia Gullah Geechee Heritage Society; encourage A RESOLUTION Encouraging the State of Georgia to establish a Georgia Gullah Geechee Heritage Society; and for other purposes...02/01/2022: House Second Readers
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GA HB998 - Georgia Athletic and Entertainment Commission; sale of nontransferable tickets; place certain conditions AN ACT To amend Article 3 of Chapter 4B of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to ticket brockers, so as to place certain conditions on the sale of nontransferable tickets to athletic contests, concerts, theatre performances,...01/27/2022: House Second Readers
GA HB821 - Income tax; Georgia taxpayers to make certain voluntary contributions to Georgia Council for the Arts; authorize AN ACT To amend Article 3 of Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to tax returns and furnishing of information, so as to authorize Georgia taxpayers to make certain voluntary contributions through the income...03/29/2021: House Second Readers
GA SB90 - Georgia Commission on African American History and Culture; create AN ACT To amend Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to state government, so as to create the Georgia Commission on African American History and Culture; to provide for duties and objectives; to provide for membership...03/10/2021: House Second Readers
GA HB718 - Income tax; all expenditures of a production company's state certified productions may be combined to meet spending thresholds; provide AN ACT To amend Article 2 of Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to imposition, rate, computation, and exemptions from state income tax, so as to provide that all expenditures of a production company's state...03/08/2021: House Second Readers
GA HB486 - Income tax; expenditures for certain purchases of licenses to use certain musical compositions shall be eligible for tax credit; provide AN ACT To amend Code Section 48-7-40.26 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to an income tax credit for film, gaming, video, or digital production in Georgia, so as to provide that expenditures for certain purchases of licenses...02/22/2021: House Second Readers
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GA HB441 - Income tax credit; film, gaming, video, or digital production in Georgia; repeal AN ACT To amend Chapter 7 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to income taxes, so as to repeal an income tax credit for film, gaming, video, or digital production in Georgia; to provide for related matters; to repeal...02/17/2021: House Second Readers
GA HB226 - Sales and use tax; certain sales of tickets, fees, or charges for admission to fine arts performances or exhibitions; exempt AN ACT To amend Chapter 8 of Title 48 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to sales and use taxes, so as to exempt certain sales of tickets, fees, or charges for admission to fine arts performances or exhibitions from taxation;...02/03/2021: House Second Readers
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Georgia Senate Committees
Administrative Affairs Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Appropriations Assignments Banking and Financial Institutions Economic Development and Tourism Education and Youth Ethics Finance Government Oversight Health and Human Services Higher Education Insurance and Labor Interstate Cooperation Judiciary and Homeland Security
MARTOC Natural Resources and the Environment Public Safety Reapportionment and Redistricting Regulated Industries and Utilities Retirement Rules Science and Technology Special Judiciary State and Local Governmental Operations State Institutions and Property Transportation Urban Affairs Veterans, Military
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Georgia House Committees
Agriculture & Consumer Affairs Appropriations Banks & Banking Budget and Fiscal Affairs Oversight Code Revision Creative Arts & Entertainment Defense & Veterans Affairs Economic Development & Tourism Education Energy, Utilities & Telecommunications Ethics Game, Fish & Parks Governmental Affairs Health & Human Services Higher Education Human Relations & Aging Industry and Labor Information and Audits Insurance Interstate Cooperation Intragovernmental Coordination Judiciary
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Judiciary Non-Civil Juvenile Justice Legislative & Congressional Reapportionment MARTOC Motor Vehicles Natural Resources & Environment Public Safety and Homeland Security Regulated Industries Retirement Rules Science and Technology Small Business Development Special Committee On Access to Quality Health Care Special Committee on Election Integrity Special Rules State Planning & Community Affairs State Properties Transportation Ways & Means
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Creative Arts & Entertainment History & Duties The Creative Arts and Entertainment Committee is responsible for measures affecting Georgia’s entertainment industries and the jobs they create.
Committee Members
Kasey Carpenter Josh Bonner Teri Anulewicz Timothy Barr Dave Belton Park Cannon Mike Cheokas Winfred Dukes Spencer Frye Carl Gilliard Chuck Martin Angela Moore Randy Nix Steven Sainz Devan Seabaugh Lynn Smith Ron Stephens Al Williams
4th Chairman 72nd Vice Chairman 42nd Secretary 103rd Member 112th Member 58th Member 138th Member 154th Member 118th Member 162nd Member 49th Member 90th Member 69th Member 180th Member 34th Member 70th Member 164th Member 168th Member
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