What's New!

• Coming Soon: File O & P Petitions Up to One Year in Advance
• ARTS Act Introduced: Improved Visa Processing Times!
• USCIS Announces Location Changes for Filing Visa Petitions
• IRA Rollover

Arts Presenters is the foremost advocate for the presenting and touring field on Capitol Hill. Through our own efforts, in coalition partnerships with the American Arts Alliance (AAA) and other arts advocacy organizations, as well as business and cultural affairs organizations, we are working to ensure your voice is heard with policy-makers. Arts Presenters is advocating for the development of national policies that recognize and strengthen the contributions of the work your arts organizations make to America. We've accomplished many goals with your support, including:

Congress Passes Bill making Performing Arts Centers Eligible for FEMA Relief
Congress approves a new Federal Emergency and Management Agency (FEMA) funding policy for performing arts centers in times of national disaster.

Arts Presenters Testifies on Capitol Hill
The U.S. House of Representatives Government Reform Committee hears about the negative impact of visa processing delays on the presenting and touring industry.

Fighting for Federal Funding for the National Endowment for the Arts
Congress continues to incrementally restore the NEA budget, which was cut from a high of $176 million in 1992 to $97.6 million in 2000. Arts Presenters is committed to restoring the agency's budget.

Ensuring Federal Funding for Arts Education through the U.S. Department of Education
We advocate to ensure Congress funds the Department of Education's Arts in Education programs traditionally zeroed out of the President's budget requests.

We need your help! To continue fighting for these issues, we need your voice to weigh in with your representatives. You can also join the Arts Presenters Advocacy listserv where you'll receive the latest information on important legislation and activities occurring in Congress, the White House and other federal agencies affecting the presenting field.

Please contact the Government Affairs department by phone at 202.833.2787, fax 202.833.1543.

Visit the American Arts Alliance for additional resources: www.americanartsalliance.org.

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