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Month: July 2024
DeSantis Guts Arts Funding
With a stroke of his pen, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has eliminated all state arts funding for the 2025 fiscal year. The legislature had proposed $32 million in funding for 663 organizations, including $3.1 million for 51 organizations in Palm Beach County, $3.3 million for 54 organizations in Broward County, and $6.5 million for 123 READ MORE
Last Month at the Local
Last month the Palm Beach Opera audition committees participated in auditions for violin, viola, and cello. The auditions were observed by Secretary-Treasurer Apana and VP Fuller to make sure everything went smoothly and all rules were followed. We are happy to report that there will be three new member of the Palm Beach Opera Orchestra: READ MORE
Member Benefits
Learn About the AFM-EPF Pension Fund The Pension Fund has a new portal to help you find answers to most of your questions. Want to know how the Fund works? How to designate a beneficiary? What to do if you get divorced? How to plan for retirement or how to collect your benefit? The portal READ MORE
That Union Thing
IATSE has reached an agreement with the AMPTP. Following the lead of actors, writers, and musicians, their new agreement offers protection from the use of artificial intelligence. It also includes pay raises of seven percent in the first year, four percent in the second, and 3.5 percent in the final year. SAG-AFTRA has filed an READ MORE
Local and Industry News
Miami Music Project’s Teaching Artists Training Institute (TATI) has received a $1.3 million grant from the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation. TATI is in its fourth year providing virtual training, in-person workshops, and intensive learning retreats to further education opportunities for its teaching artists. To date, 350 music educators have been engaged by TATI. Broadway READ MORE