More than 1,200 colleagues at the local, state, and national levels united to create a national arts action agenda detailing strategies on how organizations can use the arts to engage individuals in building communities. Participants included arts administrators, board members, commissioners, educators, artists, funders, public officials, and advocates dedicated to using the arts as a community-building tool. We all joined together because we know the arts are essential to creating more livable communities. Now, we must excite the public to join our effort!

We invite you to review what took place during the convention and what is happening now that it is over. Our convention wrap up includes summaries of breakout sessions and a draft of the convention report (available now for comment), information on the Americans for the Arts and the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies annual awards, the provocative Animating Democracy Civic Dialogue sessions, a review of Arts on the Hill Day, view the photo gallery, and so much more!

We hope you find this information valuable as you return to your communities and work to make them vibrant, inclusive, and economically prosperous!