National Arts and Humanities Month
Adopted at the 86th Annual Meeting in 2018
WHEREAS, the arts and humanities affect every aspect of life in America today including the economy, social problem solving, job creation, education, creativity, and community livability; and
WHEREAS, cities and states "? through their local and state arts agencies and representing thousands of cultural organizations "? have celebrated the value and importance of culture in the lives of Americans and the health of thriving communities during National Arts and Humanities Month for several years; and
WHEREAS, the United States Conference of Mayors has actively participated in National Arts and Humanities Month since 1984; and
WHEREAS, the United States Conference of Mayors' national arts partner, Americans for the Arts, will again coordinate this year a national awareness campaign of activities for National Arts and Humanities Month; and
WHEREAS, the nation's 95,000 nonprofit arts organizations, the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the nation's 5,000 local arts agencies, the arts and humanities councils of the 50 states and the six U.S. jurisdictions, and previously, the White House have all regularly issued official proclamations on an annual basis designating October as National Arts and Humanities Month; and
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that The United States Conference of Mayors encourages mayors to designate the month of October 2018 as National Arts and Humanities Month; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that The United States Conference of Mayors urges mayors to build partnerships with their local arts agencies and other members of the arts and humanities community in their cities to participate in, and to celebrate the month of October as National Arts and Humanities Month and #ShowYourArt.