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11/05/2008: Americans for the Arts Action Fund Statement on the 2008 Election
09/16/2008: 2008 Congressional Report Card Released
08/20/2008: ArtsVote2008 Advocates for Arts Support at National Political Conventions
08/07/2008: Baldessari Original Work for ArtsVote2008 will have Arts Advocates and Elected Officials “All Ears”
05/01/2008: Americans for the Arts Action Fund and musician John Legend Meet With Campaign Policy Directors on Arts Advocacy Day
01/04/2008: Arts Action Fund Applauds Iowa Caucus Winners
11/29/2007: ArtsVote2008 Launches at New Hampshire Forum
07/24/2007: ArtsVoteNH Reaching Out to Candidates
05/28/2007: Primary Project Focusing on the Arts Officially Launched
04/25/2007: ArtsVoteNH pre-release announcement

Other Press

11/22/2008: San Francisco Chronicle: "High hopes for arts-friendly president"
11/18/2008: St. Louis Post-Dispatch: "Arts stimulate economy, hope"
11/09/2008: Playbill: "Arts Action Fund Issues Statement on Election Results"
11/06/2008: Medill Reports: "Chicago arts organizations hold steady in uncertain economy"
11/01/2008: Huffington Post: "Obama, the Arts, and Soft Power"
10/31/2008: Bloomberg: "Obama Tapped Hal Prince, Michael Chabon to Craft Culture Plank"
10/31/2008: Michigan Radio: "McCain/Obama: the Arts Vote"
10/30/2008: Medill Reports: "How would an Obama or McCain presidency affect Chicago?"
10/26/2008: Lexington Herald-Leader: "The arts of politics"
10/24/2008: Huffington Post: "Hockey Moms, Make Room for the Art Mom"
10/24/2008: Rocky Mountain News: "Politicians weigh in on the arts"
10/24/2008: LA Times: "Obama, McCain and the arts"
10/19/2008: The Gainesville Sun: "Deborah Bucci: Bite your own tongue for a change"
10/12/2008: Birmingham News: "Arts come into focus as presidential race comes down to the wire"
10/12/2008: Newsday: "Trouble waiting in the wings on Broadway?"
10/07/2008: The Star-Ledger: "Presidential Debate and the question of arts"
10/06/2008: Orlando Sentinel: "Do McCain and Obama care about the arts? Find out here."
10/05/2008: The Salt Lake Tribune: "Advocacy group: Obama is more arts-friendly than McCain"
10/03/2008: The Salt Lake Tribune: "McCain's Anticipated Arts Platform Comes In At Four Sentences Long"
09/04/2008: Arizona Star: "Arts education helps create well-rounded students"
09/03/2008: Stateline.org: "You know, Republicans do like art, too"
09/02/2008: Fox 9 News: "Huckabee for the Arts"
09/02/2008: Minneapolis Star-Tribune: "Politique: High on life, politics and Palin"
08/27/2008: Denver Daily News: "Don’t forget about arts"
08/26/2008: CBS 4: "Legend in Denver to Promote Arts Funding" (video)
08/26/2008: NYPost.com: "John Legend Serenades DNC" (video)
08/26/2008: Air America: "Doing Time w/ Ron Kuby" - John Legend interview
08/26/2008: CNN: Soledad O'Brien interviews John Legend at the DNC convention
08/26/2008: NBC 9: Celebrities Perform for DNC Crowds (video)
08/26/2008: The Michael Baisden Show: interview with John Legend at the DNC convention
08/17/2008: Chicago Tribune: "Where the Candidates Stand on the Arts"
05/29/2008: Denver Post: "Obama Praises Successful Thornton School"
05/20/2008: WFPL radio: "Support for the Arts Detailed in Candidates’ Platforms"
04/15/2008: WHYY radio: "Arts Get a Little Play in the Presidential Race"
03/04/2008: LA Times: "The Arts of the Campaign Trail"
02/27/2008: WNYC radio: "Arts on the Campaign Trail"
02/05/2008: WLIU radio: "ArtsVote and Super Tuesday"
01/07/2008: SeascoastOnline (Portsmouth, NH): "Arts Forum Shines Spotlight on Obama"
01/04/2008: The Oregonian: "The Politics of Art"
12/31/2007: Newsweek: "Big Ideas from Boring Old Stump Speeches"
12/14/2007: Nashua Telegraph: "Obama Gets Arts Nod from State Commissioner"
12/09/2007: The Art Newspaper, Art Basel Miami Beach (Page 5): "The Art of Politics"
12/06/2007: The Hippo: "ArtsVoteNH holds Forum To Bring Presidential Race Attention to the Arts"
11/27/2007: U.S. Conference of Mayors: "Nation's Mayors to Join Arts Leaders in New Hampshire"
11/01/2007: New Hampshire Magazine: "The Art of Politics"
10/09/2007: Concord Monitor: Letter to the Editor: "Where Do Candidates Stand on the Arts?"
09/03/2007: NH Public Radio: "Presidential Candidates and the Arts"
09/01/2007: Drama Biz: "Getting Politicians to Listen"
09/01/2007: NH Writer: "ArtsVoteNH Makes the Arts a National Issue"
08/23/2007: Boston Globe: "The Sound of Music (and Arts)"
07/08/2007: New Hampshire Union Leader: "Gauging Their Stance on Theater and Dance"
06/10/2007: Foster's Online: "ArtsVoteNH: New State Arts Primary Project Calls Candidates to Action"
06/01/2007: New Hampshire Magazine: "Remarkable Women of the Arts" (featuring NHCFA President Marilyn Hoffman and ArtsVoteNH Campaign Coordinator Suzanne Delle Harrison)
05/20/2007: Nashua Telegraph: "Primary Mission: Promote the Arts"
05/17/2007: Concord Monitor: "Putting New Color Into the Primary"
05/10/2007: Hippo Press: "They're Artists And They Vote"