Join us for Arts & Heritage Day on February 1st in Olympia!
REGISTER now for the 20th Cultural Congress - next April 22 to 24 in Yakima!
Renew or become an Arts Alliance member today!
Join us for Arts & Heritage Day on February 1st in Olympia!
REGISTER now for the 20th Cultural Congress - next April 22 to 24 in Yakima!
Renew or become an Arts Alliance member today!
The arts create positive ripple effects throughout our communities. Our job is to help celebrate the intrinsic value of the arts and illuminate its instrumental effects on engagement, education, and the economy.
Come on down! For twenty-nine years the Washington State Arts Alliance has coordinated Arts Day, a gathering of arts advocates in Olympia. Again this year, we will partner with the Washington Museum Association to coordinate Arts & Heritage Day.
The purpose is to meet with legislators and talk about arts and heritage issues in the current legislative session and cultural concerns in our communities and schools. In the past years, we have advocated for issues such as increasing the number of days that non-profit facilities can be rented to for-profit organizations, extension of lodging taxes for the arts and culture, and inclusion of arts as a core subject in state education reform, and much more. Come and be apart of advocating for issues during the 2012 Legislative session!
In addition to the scheduled meetings with legislators there will be a reception the evening before (January 31) at the State Capitol Musuem, and a luncheon and reception in the afternoon during Arts & Heritage Day. The cost to attend the luncheon is $10 and can be paid via PayPal (you don't have to have a PayPal account to pay - just click the button below and then select the "Don't have a PayPal account?" link and fill in your information).
The Arts Alliance provides the tools for advocates to participate fully and effectively. We provide training, logistical support, and make sure there is entertainment and food! We divides the state into regions covering one to six legislative districts. Volunteers who take on the role of Area Team Captain coordinate the appointments so that the entire state is represented in Olympia on Arts & Heritage Day and all legislators are visited.
Bring any gifts and/or brochure information for legislators. Check in at the registration table in the Columbia Room to receive your attendee packet and name badge. It's important to attend the orientation/advocacy training session offered at 8:30 am or 9:30 am. Meet colleagues from across the state, discuss arts issues with legislators, and enjoy lunch buffet, speakers and performancse.
If you can't join us in Olympia, call, write or e-mail your legislator. Write about how arts and heritage will contribute to Washington's future and how your legislator can help.
Call, write, or e-mail your legislator to thank him or her for listening. Reiterate any important points and make sure they remember you. Keep up that relationship - it isn't easy to start but, through a collective effort you've engaged with them, so use it! Thank them when they make a decision or cast a vote you affirm. Keep in touch. Be amicable and assertive.
This will be a great year in our State’s Capitol! Come be a part of the team!
Add your voice - become a member today and join us at Arts Advocacy on Facebook.
