Arts North Carolina

Empower the Arts in North Carolina – Join a Statewide Advocacy Network! As leaders and professionals in the arts, you know how critical advocacy is to the future of our sector. By joining Arts North Carolina, you align with a powerful network of organizations and arts professionals dedicated to ensuring that the arts remain a thriving part of our North Carolina communities. Your support drives our mission forward. Invest in the future of the arts. Join at a membership level that reflects your commitment and become a voice for lasting change in North Carolina’s creative sector. Join Our Arts Advocacy Network! #Arts4AllNC To get started, head to https://lnkd.in/e32bWUZQ

We need your help by 5 pm TODAY!! 📢 Write your NC Reps TODAY for $3 Million in Arts Relief for WNC. Arts North Carolina is requesting that the NC General Assembly immediately allocate at least $3 million to the NC Arts Council to be invested in the ArtsAVL Emergency Relief Fund which is already providing financial assistance to artists of all types across all 26 counties impacted by the storm. Please take 2️⃣ minutes to sign and send an email to your NC state representatives to restart the cultural and economic engine in our mountains. Go here to get started: https://lnkd.in/eKG_j2fK If you feel led after sending your message, like and share this post with your network. 💙 Thank you for your support!

CALL TO ACTION 📢 North Carolinians, Western NC creative communities need your help! Write your NC Reps TODAY for $3 Million in Arts Relief for WNC. Arts North Carolina is requesting that the NC General Assembly immediately allocate at least $3 million to the NC Arts Council to be invested in the Arts AVL Emergency Relief Fund, which is already providing financial assistance to artists of all types across all 26 counties impacted by the storm. Take 2️⃣ minutes to write to your NC state representatives to restart the cultural and economic engine that exists in our mountains. Go here: https://lnkd.in/eKG_j2fK Thank you for your support!

Empower the Arts in North Carolina – Join a Statewide Advocacy Network! As leaders and professionals in the arts, you know how critical advocacy is to the future of our sector. By joining Arts North Carolina, you align with a powerful network of organizations and arts professionals dedicated to ensuring that the arts remain a thriving part of our North Carolina communities. Your support drives our mission forward. Invest in the future of the arts. Join at a membership level that reflects your commitment and become a voice for lasting change in North Carolina’s creative sector. Join Our Arts Advocacy Network! #Arts4AllNC To get started, head to https://lnkd.in/e32bWUZQ

It is always a pleasure to see Arts North Carolina Board Members share their talents and passion for the arts in their communities. 💙 Featured here: Antonio Alanís at Wilson County Schools, leading the children in a drawing exercise and sharing his artistic journey for Hispanic Heritage Month.

Over the past two weeks, we have been in awe of North Carolinians' generosity, especially the NC creative community. THANK YOU to every artist, performer, arts organization, non-profit, creative, and individual who has hosted a fundraiser to support the NC Arts Disaster Relief Fund. Your support will make a lasting impact on the lives and businesses of North Carolina creators in Western NC. There is still more to do! If you are interested in helping Western NC creators, consider hosting your own fundraising event. We are here to support your efforts! We have QR codes and graphics available to help you promote your fundraising activity. Tag us on our social media channels, or you can contact Arts NC Marketing Manager Tabitha Sosdian at tabitha@artsnc.org to share the details of your event. To donate to the fund: https://lnkd.in/e2MV6zC7 To learn more about NC Arts Disaster Relief Resources: https://lnkd.in/edme_JYv

Happening TODAY ⤵️ Please tag and share this post with artists and arts organizations in your network that would benefit from this call. The National Coalition for Arts Preparedness and Emergency Response (NCAPER) is hosting its first Disaster Response Call TODAY at 5:00 pm for arts and culture organizations and artists/creatives/culture bearers’ relief. Those who were impacted and those who wish to help are welcome. Zoom link: https://lnkd.in/d_i3x-6B 📞 +1 309 205 3325 - US Meeting ID: 869 3976 2302 Passcode: 889210

Charlie Flynn-McIver, Artistic Director and Co-Founder of the North Carolina Stage Company, in Asheville, NC, shares an interview with American Theatre. “Though physically we are okay, we are concerned about the financial losses for us and the community as a whole. I know you know this, but a lot of people don’t: We’re not recovered yet from the pandemic.” https://lnkd.in/e4bJKv7u

Arts NC Executive Director, Nate McGaha sends a message of gratitude to all of the individual artists and organizations that have decided to host a fundraiser and/or donate funds to the NC Arts Disaster Relief Fund. To the creative community of western NC, we’ve got your back! 💙 For more information on arts disaster relief resources: https://lnkd.in/edme_JYv To donate to the NC Arts Disaster Relief Fund: https://lnkd.in/eiiUnUji

The outpouring of support from around the country for our western creatives communities continues to be truly moving. 💙 Thank you to Grantmakers in the Arts, in Chicago, for inviting Katie Cornell and Rebecca Lynch from ArtsAVL, along with Jeff Bell from North Carolina Arts Council, to share the situation for those artists and art organizations that have been affected by Hurricane Helene with other creative leaders in our nation.