Last month a group of roughly 100 members of arts organizations from across the state boarded a shuttle headed to the Georgia Capitol with a sense of urgency. They were coming from a two-day arts advocacy summit hosted by Georgians for the Arts, the statewide nonprofit arts advocacy organization that operates in partnership with the national advocacy group Americans for the Arts. The summit laid out the stark facts about arts funding.
Jay Dick, senior director of advocacy and partnerships for Americans for the Arts, which lobbies federal lawmakers at the U.S. Capitol, flew in from D.C. to help. Waduda Muhammad, executive director of Georgians for the Arts, and Patrick Kelsey, volunteer president and CEO of Georgians for the Arts, were also on board, coaching the crowd.
