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Research & Reports on the Arts Reports and studies on the arts as they relate to education, the economy, communities, quality of life, and other aspects of our lives are of vital importance. The California Arts Council keeps the public informed with the latest and most important research information through its Arts Inform site. PUBLICATIONS: Hard copies of reports available from the California Arts Council – for only the cost of shipping and handling NEW! The California Creative Vitality Index is now available! This new tool is an easily understandable annual measure of the health of the nation’s creative economy. It allows states, counties and regions to assess and enhance their creative edge by using readily available data on arts employment and community participation in the arts. See the California’s full report or the executive summary. NEW! Recession, Stimulus and Reform -- Documents from Grantmakers in the Arts on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and the state of arts organizations in these hard economic times To have us include an Arts Inform item, please submit information to the web page editor at editor@caartscouncil.com. . Some items may be more appropriate for our Arts in the Media, Arts Insider News, Arts Events, or California Arts Stories sections. Opinion pieces or items with a strong editorial event may not be posted in this section. The information in this section is provided as a service only, and the California Arts Council does not endorse or support the organizations listed. Opinion pieces or items with strong editorial content may not be posted in this section, and posting of Arts Inform items is at the discretion of the California Arts Council. Questions and/or concerns about listings may be directed to the web editor . Arts Education/YouthArts Funding Crime Prevention Cultural Tourism Economic Impact General Health/Medical Humanities Music Other Public Art Arts Education/YouthBOOK: A Concise History of American Music EducationMENC: The National Association for Music Education 08-28-2008 A History of American Music Education covers the history of American music education, from its roots in Biblical times through recent historical events and trends. It describes the educational, philosophical, and sociological aspects of the subject, always putting it in the context of the history of the United States. It offers complete information on professional organizations, materials, techniques, and more. Contact:Reading Improvement Through Music, Movement and Play: A Crossover Study Joyful Note Music Education Foundation 01-01-2009 Four classes of second-graders were randomly divided into two groups. The reading abilities of students in both groups were assessed at the beginning of the study, and after each of the two intervention periods. During the intervention period, one group received music instruction consisting of music, movement, and play designed to enhance reading skills. The second group received corresponding time in which they were given supplemental practice or instruction in reading. Contact: joyfulnote2@gmail.comBOOK: Civic Dialogue, Arts and Culture: Findings from Animating Democracy, by Pam Korza Americans for the Arts 01-30-2005 Civic Dialogue, Arts & Culture explores the power of the arts and humanities to foster civic engagement and demonstrates how arts and humanities organizations can be vital civic and cultural institutions. This book examines the experiences of 37 arts and humanities projects, realized by a wide range of cultural organizations, and supported by Animating Democracy, a program of Americans for the Arts. These projects explored such issues as race relations, economic inequity, gentrification, school violence, and the influx of immigrants and refugees in communities, among others. Contact: (202) 371-2830The Qualities of Quality: Understanding Excellence in Arts Education The Wallace Foundation 06-01-2009 For many children in the United States, arts education, if offered at all, is uninspired and infrequent. What do arts educators and others think are the key attributes of quality in arts learning in K-12? Researchers at Harvard's Project Zero explore this question through interviews, case studies and a literature review. Excellent arts education, they conclude, is not simply a matter of adopting a research-proven set of "best practices." Rather, it requires educators and others to reflect deeply about a range of issues, including the many possible purposes of arts education, from helping students develop aesthetic awareness to helping them grow as individuals. The report includes a set of tools that can assist in making decisions about achieving and sustaining quality arts education. Contact: (212) 251-9700Increasing Arts Demand Through Better Arts Learning The Wallace Foundation 06-01-2009 FROM THE FOUNDATION CENTER: "The New York City-based Wallace Foundation has published a new issue brief that examines recent Wallace-funded research on coordinated approaches to arts learning in which schools join forces with other arts providers to expand access to and the quality of arts learning. The brief, Increasing Arts Demand Through Better Arts Learning (4 pages, PDF), found that while coordinated approaches to arts learning can be challenging to implement and are vulnerable to issues such as a lack of school time dedicated to the arts, they have the potential to significantly increase access to high-quality arts education opportunities for children." Contact: (212) 251-9700The Arts in the Small Community, by Maryo Gard Ewell and Michael F. Warlum Americans for the Arts 01-01-2006 This new version of The Arts in the Small Community - a National Plan maintains the organization and all the "big" and timeless ideas of the original as well as the examples from the five test communities, but has supplemented it with contemporary examples from communities all across the country including urban and suburban. Discussions on business, public education, and communications were rewritten to reflect the evolution on these fronts in the past thirty-five years. An appendix summarizes what is happening in the test communities today. Contact:Acts of Achievement; The Role of Performing Arts Centers in Education The Dana Foundation 01-01-2003 Acts of Achievement: The Role of Performing Art Centers in Education, a 168-page publication, provides the first study of K-12 education programs offered by performing arts centers nationwide, and showcases 74 performing art center institutions, large and small, partnering with their local schools. Performing arts centers, many for the first time, are expanding their missions to provide arts education for nearby schools, at the request of their communities. In many cases, artist residencies and other educational outreach projects represent the only arts programs available in schools. Contact: Jane Nevins (212) 223-4040BOOK: The Creative Community Builder's Handbook: How to Transform Communities Using Local Assets, Arts, and Culture, by Tom Borrup Fieldstone Allicance, St. Paul, Minnesota 08-02-2006 Art and culture can be a powerful catalyst for revitalizing the economic, social, and physical conditions in communities. Now, The Creative Community Builder's Handbook gives you successful strategies, best practices, and "how-to" guidance to turn cultural gems into effective community change. Contact:BOOK: Cultural Democracy: The Arts, Community & the Public Purpose, by James Bau Graves University of Illinois Press 11-24-2004 From the Publisher - Cultural Democracy explores the crisis of our national cultural vitality, as access to the arts becomes increasingly mediated by a handful of corporations and the narrow tastes of wealthy elites. Graves offers the concept of cultural democracy as corrective--an idea with important historic and contemporary validation, and an alternative pathway toward ethical cultural development that is part of a global shift in values. Contact:BOOK: A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future, by Daniel H. Pink Riverhead Books 03-07-2006 From the Publisher - The future belongs to a different kind of person with a different kind of mind: artists, inventors, storytellers-creative and holistic "right-brain" thinkers whose abilities mark the fault line between who gets ahead and who doesn't. Drawing on research from around the world, Pink outlines the six fundamentally human abilities that are absolute essentials for professional success and personal fulfillment-and reveals how to master them. A Whole New Mind takes readers to a daring new place, and a provocative and necessary new way of thinking about a future that's already here. The Nation's Report Card: Arts 2008 Music & Visual Arts National Assessment of Educational Progress 06-16-2009 This report presents the results of the 2008 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in the arts, which was given to a nationally representative sample of 7,900 eighth-grade public and private school students. Approximately one-half of these students were assessed in music, and the other half were assessed in visual arts. Contact:Jerome Kagan, brain scientist, on Why the Arts Matter Dana Foundation 05-11-2009 Jerome Kagan, Ph.D., of Harvard University, spoke about the importance of arts education in elementary schools during the Learning, Arts, and the Brain conference at Baltimore's American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore on May 6, 2009. This link provides his prepared remarks. The report Learning, Arts, and the Brain was announced the same day as the California Arts Council's 2008 statewide arts conference, and attendees received some of the first copies made available to the public. Contact:An Unfinished Canvas: Local Partnerships in Support of Arts Education Hewlett Foundation / SRI International 04-01-2009 In April of 2009 the Center for Education Policy at SRI International, with support from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, issued a new report in the An Unfinished Canvas: Arts Education in California series. The new report, An Unfinished Canvas: Local Partnerships in Support of Arts Education explores the role of partnerships between local arts organizations and schools and districts in supporting elementary arts education in California. Contact:BOOK: The Music Teaching Artist's Bible -- Becoming a Virtuoso Educator Author: Eric Booth (Oxford University Press) 01-01-2009 From the Publisher -- When the artist moves into the classroom or community to educate and inspire students and audience members, this is Teaching Artistry. It is a proven means for practicing professional musicians to create a successful career in music, providing not only necessary income but deep and lasting satisfaction through engaging people in learning experiences about the arts. Filled with practical advice on the most critical issues facing the music teaching artist today--from economic and time-management issues of being a musician and teacher to communicating effectively with students--The Music Teaching Artist's Bible uncovers the essentials that every musician needs in order to thrive in this role. Author Eric Booth offers both inspiration and how-to, step-by-step guidance in this truly comprehensive manual that music teaching artists will turn to again and again. The book also includes critical information on becoming a mentor, succeeding in school environments, partnering with other teaching artists, advocating for music and arts education, and teaching private lessons. The Music Teaching Artist's Bible helps practicing and aspiring teaching artists gain the skills they need to build new audiences, improve the presence of music in schools, expand the possibilities of traditional and educational performances, and ultimately make their lives as an artists even more satisfying and fulfilling. (Recommended and on sale through Americans for the Arts and other booksellers.) Contact: 202.371.2830The effect of piano lessons on the vocabulary and verbal sequencing skills of primary grade students Psychology of Music 03-16-2009 According to a just-published study in the journal Psychology of Music, the reading skills of young children who received structured training in music were clearly superior to those of their peers who did not have the benefit of such instruction. The finding is particularly striking because both groups of kids took part in comprehensive literacy training, in which lengthy periods of their school day were dedicated to reading and writing. Contact: http://www.miller-mccune.com/news/music-education-improves-literacy-of-second-graders-1063Access to Arts Education: Inclusion of Additional Questions in Education's Planned Research Would Help Explain Why Instruction Time Has Decreased For Some Students U.S. Government Accountablity Office (GAO) 02-01-2009 Excerpt from GAO report on Watching Politics website: Because schools may spend more time improving students' academic skills to meet NCLBA's (No Child Left Behind Act) requirements, some are concerned that arts education might be cut back. To determine how, if at all, student access to arts education has changed since NCLBA, the Congress asked: (1) has the amount of instruction time for arts education changed and, if so, have certain groups been more affected than others, (2) to what extent have state education agencies' requirements and funding for arts education changed since NCLBA, (3) what are school officials in selected districts doing to provide arts education since NCLBA and what challenges do they face in doing so, and (4) what is known about the effect of arts education in improving student outcomes? GAO analyzed data from the U.S. According to data from Education's national survey, most elementary school teachers--about 90 percent--reported that instruction time for arts education stayed the same between school years 2004-2005 and 2006-2007. The percentage of teachers that reported that instruction time had stayed the same was similarly high across a range of school characteristics, irrespective of the schools' percentage of low-income or minority students or of students with limited English proficiency, or the schools' improvement under NCLBA. Moreover, about 4 percent of teachers reported an increase. However, about 7 percent reported a decrease, and GAO identified statistically significant differences across school characteristics in the percentage of teachers Designing the Arts Learning Community: a Handbook for K-12 Professional Development Planners LA County & SF Arts Commissions, Santa Clara County Office of Education 02-15-2009 Synthesizing extensive research of arts education practice across the United States, this handbook is a guide to designing arts education professional development for K-12 classroom teachers and provides a searchable database of 50 arts learning communities. Explore this interactive resource online or download the full handbook. Contact:BOOK: The Arts and the Creation of Mind Yale University Press 09-20-2004 Recipient of the 2005 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Education. Learning in and through the arts can develop complex and subtle aspects of the mind, argues Elliot Eisner in this engrossing book. Offering a rich array of examples, he describes different approaches to the teaching of the arts and shows how these refine forms of thinking that are valuable in dealing with our daily life. Information on the Yale University Press website, and portions available online through Google Books. Contact:BOOK: Strong Arts, Strong Schools: the Promising Potential and Shortsighted Disregard of the Arts in American Schooling Oxford University Press USA 01-01-1996 At a time when Americans are increasingly concerned with finding jobs and economic stability, supporting families, and surviving in the global economy, many consider the arts to be a luxury, a frivolous distraction which entices students away from real learning. In Strong Arts, Strong Schools, Charles Fowler argues that, far from a luxury, the arts are a vitally important part of our society and our schools. More details on the book are available on the Oxford University Press site, and portions of the book are available from Google Books. The late Charles Fowler was a noted music educator and arts activist, and the author of numerous books and articles, including Can We Rescue the Arts for America's Children? and Music! Its Role and Importance in Our Lives. He served as editor of Music Educators Journal from 1965 through 1971 and as education editor of Musical America magazine from 1974 through 1989. Contact:The Impact of Music on Childhood and Adolescent Achievement Social Science Quarterly 01-15-2009 The study examines the association between music involvement and academic achievement in both childhood and adolescence using three measures of music participation: in school, outside of school, and parental involvement in the form of concert attendance. See full PDF text. Contact: Darby Southgate, Ohio State Univ Southgate.5@sociology.osu.eduHigh Quality Education in the Arts: A Handbook for Parents Arts Education Collaborative (PA) 10-01-2008 A handbook for parents in Pennsylvania to understand the Pennsylvania Standards for the Arts and Humanities -- similar to the Visual and Performing Arts Standards in the California Department of Education. Useful for parents to understand the importance of ongoing, sequential arts education for their children, and to support arts education in their local schools. Contact: info@artsedcollaborative.org 412.201.7405An Unfinished Canvas: Allocating Funding and Instructional Time for Elementary Arts Education SRI International and the Hewlett Foundation 05-01-2008 An Unfinished Canvas: Allocating Funding and Instructional Time for Elementary Arts Education found that California's elementary schools face unique challenges in providing all students with sequential, standards-based arts education. In particular, elementary principals identified inadequate funding and insufficient instructional time as significant barriers to the provision of arts education. For this study, we sought to further understand the impact of funding and time on elementary arts education. To do so, we examined the allocation of funding and instructional time in 10 schools across five states (Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, and California). Contact:An Unfinished Canvas: Teacher Preparation, Instructional Delivery, and Professional Development in the Arts SRI International and the Hewlett Foundation 05-01-2008 Given the concerns raised in An Unfinished Canvas with respect to the skills and knowledge of teachers to provide arts instruction, at the request of The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, SRI International launched this follow-up study. The purpose of this new study, whose results are presented here, was to investigate the system for training and preparing elementary classroom teachers and secondary arts teachers to provide standards-aligned arts instruction, their familiarity with and use of the state's VPA standards, their ongoing professional development, the supports and resources available to them, and the barriers to their delivery of standards-aligned arts instruction. Contact:An Unfinished Canvas: Large Scale Assessment Center for Education Policy, SRI International (and the Hewlett Foundation) 09-01-2008 Although California's Education Code calls for all students to be offered a course of study in the four arts disciplines (dance, music, theater, and visual arts), findings from An Unfinished Canvas (initial study released in 2007) reveal a large gap between policy and practice. California's State Board of Education adopted content standards for the visual and performing arts in 2001, but the Education Code neither requires schools to follow state arts content standards nor mandates any student assessment in the arts. Recent experience has shown that large-scale assessment used for the purpose of accountability can be effective as a force for implementing standards-based K-12 curriculum and instruction in mathematics, science, social studies, and English/language arts. It is not at all clear, however, whether large-scale assessment could or should be used to support the implementation of K-12 standards-based arts education. This paper provides a review of the status of large-scale arts assessments and current practice in statewide arts assessment for the purpose of K-12 education accountability. Contact:Signs of Progress Are Evident Despite Budget Cuts (in Arts Ed) Dana Foundation 05-22-2008 Janet Eilber, the artistic director of the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance who serves as advisor for Arts Education in the News, writes an article about arts-education information and trends in May of 2008. Contact:Arts Education Policy Review (subscription journal) Heldref Publications 01-01-2008 Arts Education Policy Review discusses major policy issues concerning K-12 education in the various arts in the United States and the rest of the world. Addressing education in music, visual arts, theatre, and dance, the journal presents a variety of views and emphasizes analytical exploration. Its goal is to produce the most comprehensive and rigorous exchange of ideas available on arts education. The candid discussions from multiple viewpoints are a valuable resource not only for arts educators, but also for administrators, policy analysts, advocacy groups, parents, and audiences--all those involved in the arts and concerned about their role in education. Subscription ranges from $61-64 (individual) and $146-176 (institution), and discounts are available. Contact:Arts Advocacy Tool Kit (for K-12) Monterey County Office of Education & CCSESA 05-15-2008 The Monterey County Office of Education launched the California Arts Advocacy Toolkit, a resource available for all California schools to advocate, rebuild and teach arts in education, in May 2008. The information was compiled partly as a result of the recent SRI International study called An Unfinished Canvas that reported that fully 89 percent of K-12 schools fail to offer a standards-based course of study in the four arts disciplines. The California Arts Advocacy Toolkit is a vehicle for all schools statewide to advocate for a comprehensive and standards-based arts education in dance, music, theatre, and visual arts for California students in kindergarten through high school. Complete with a public service announcement by Dina Ruiz Eastwood (Mrs. Clint Eastwood), background information on the importance of arts in education and sample templates to promote awareness and advocate for the arts, the California Arts Advocacy Toolkit can also be used by district leaders, county offices of education, parents, teachers, state-policy makers, and community members. Parents and others may access the information through the main toolkit page, or find out more through the press release published in May 2008. Contact: Hamish Tyler 831.784.4192Brief: Time for a Revolution: Arts Education At the Ready Americans for the Arts 11-01-2008 The learning of discrete subject matter will always have a primary role in the educational process, and that includes learning about the disciplines of the arts. The underlying reason for learning subjects, however, is where the revolution can begin. Engaging with the arts, especially under the guidance of trained teachers and specialists, provides the space for students to construct, push boundaries, and expand venues for understanding. Contact: Merryl Goldberg, Ed.D.,More Than Measuring: Program Evaluation as an Opportunity to Build the Capacity of Communities Wolf Brown 01-01-2007 More than Measuring is the final publication of the longitudinal study that assessed the impact of ArtsPartners. The evaluation, conducted over five years in cooperation with the Dallas Independent School District, the City of Dallas and over 50 cultural organizations, focuses on design principles used in conducting evaluations in ways that build the capacity of communities to design and improve programs for children and youth. Contact:PBS Teachers' "Books on the Arts" Public Broadcasting Service 11-06-2008 Each month, PBS Teachers delivers a new selection of books and web sites recommended for teachers and students across grade levels and subjects. Take a look at the special page dedicated to the arts. Contact:Eloquent Evidence: Arts at the Core of Learning National Assembly of State Arts Agencies 01-01-1998 This user-friendly brochure summarizes important and compelling rationales for integrating the arts in K-12 education. The brochure is an effective advocacy tool for anyone who needs to prove that the arts are critical to education and learning. Developed for use by and with parents, teachers, administrators, school boards and other decision-makers, Eloquent Evidence summarizes research and offers compelling and inspirational testimony to the strong positive relationship that exists between arts education, student performance, workplace skills and preparation for college. 1995, reprinted in 1996 and 1998. Contact:Ready to Innovate: Are Educators and Executives Aligned on the Creative Readiness of the U.S. Workforce? The Conference Board / Americans for the Arts 03-01-2008 Innovation is crucial to competition, and creativity is integral to innovation. In November 2007, The Conference Board and Americans for the Arts, in partnership with the American Association of School Administrators, surveyed public school superintendents and American business executives (employers) to identify and compare their views surrounding creativity. Overwhelmingly, both the superintendents who educate future workers and the employers who hire them agree that creativity is increasingly important in U.S. workplaces, yet there is a gap between understanding this truth and putting it into meaningful practice. Among the key findings of this research:
(NOTE: This report does require a payment unless you are a member of the sponsoring organization.) Contact: Museums and Libraries Engaging America's Youth: Final Report of a Study of IMLS Youth Programs, 1998-2003 Institute of Museum and Library Services 02-15-2007 The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) released Museums and Libraries Engaging America's Youth: Final Report of a Study of IMLS Youth Programs, 1998-2003. The study, which is part of IMLS's initiative, Museums and Libraries Engaging America's Youth, examined Institute-funded programs for youth aged 9-19 and surveyed nearly 400 museum and library programs about their goals, strategies, impact, and outcomes. Contact: 202-653-4657Those with More Education and Higher Household Incomes are More Likely to Have Had Music Education Harris Poll 11-12-2007 Music education is associated with those who go on to higher education. In looking at what groups may have participated more in music, education shows the largest differences. Two-thirds (65%) of those with a high school education or less participated in music compared to four in five (81%) with some college education and 86 percent of those with a college education. The largest group to participate in music, however, are those with a post graduate education as almost nine in ten (88%) of this group participated while in school. Music education is also associated with higher incomes. Three-quarters of people (74%) with household incomes of $34,999 or less and 72 percent of those with incomes of $35,000-$49,999 participated in music, compared to 83 percent of those with incomes of $150,000 or more. Contact: Tracey McNerney 585-214-7756The Impact of Early Art Experiences on Literacy Development National Art Education Association 12-01-2007 Kathy Danko-McGhee and Ruslan Slutsky present a compelling look at the link between children's artwork and literacy development in this easy-to-read, indispensable primer for parents and educators alike. By providing a range of art experiences and alternative ways to teach children critical thinking and visual perception skills, Danko-McGhee and Slutsky paint a vivid picture of the role that the visual arts play in early childhood development. The two examine the need for new thinking and a departure from traditional literacy exercises: "It is clear that a pedagogical shift must take place in our homes and schools if we are to meet the literacy needs of today's young learners. This requires thinking 'out of the box' and coming up with new ways to deal with an old problem." The Impact of Early Art Experiences on Literacy Development lays the foundation for rethinking the way that we engage young children in early literacy learning. (BOOK, fee involved) Contact:Accountability in Arts Education: Building a Statewide System of Reciprocity California Alliance for Arts Education 06-01-2008 Accountability in Arts Education: Building a Statewide System of Reciprocity, takes up the challenge of designing a municipal system whereby voters, elected officials, education leaders, and local schools are regularly and routinely held accountable for what they are or are not teaching students. The paper was published by the California Alliance for Arts Education, one of the nation's leaders in state arts education advocacy. Contact: caae@artsed411.org 626.578.9315New Arts Education State Policy Database Arts Education Partnership 07-01-2008 Updated information is now available on all 50 states and D.C. The Arts Education Partnership (AEP) released of the 2007-08 AEP Arts Education State Policy Database. This searchable database contains the latest information on arts education state policies and practices. The 2007-08 database provides state-by-state summaries of state policies and practices on the following eight policy topics: --Arts education mandate Users can generate and print individual state profiles, customized state comparisons of specific arts education policies, or compiled 50-state reports. Also, the database provides users with links they can follow to get additional information about each state. Contact:Revitalizing Arts Education Through Community-Wide Coordination The Wallace Foundation and RAND 06-18-2008 Arts education in the nation's public schools has been declining for a generation, undermined by factors ranging from the state budget crises of the late 1970s to current school reforms that focus on reading and math. In a number of urban areas in recent years, arts learning advocates have sought to counter this trend by forming coordinated networks of schools, cultural organizations, funders, local government and other groups to work in common to revive arts education. These efforts are fragile and vary widely from city to city, but when well planned and executed, they show promise toward achieving the goal of more arts education for more children. This RAND study, titled Revitalizing Arts Education Through Community-Wide Coordination and commissioned by the Wallace Foundation, examines six such initiatives -- in Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles County, New York City and the Oakland-Berkeley area of California. It details common strategies they have used and discusses conditions that have helped and hindered their effectiveness. Contact: Mary Trudel, Senior Communications Officer, Wallace Foundation mtrudel@wallacefoundation.org 212-251-9815VIDEO: Speak Up! For the Arts Greater Cincinnati Television Educational Foundation - CET 02-01-2008 Speak Up! For the Arts demonstrates why the arts are important for every child's education. Teachers, parents, administrators and artists share their thoughts on the impact of arts education and how to become an arts advocate. This page contains a video demonstration -- also see the main website at Speak Up! For the Arts. Contact: Lauren Hess arts@cetconnect.org 513-345-6523Partnering Successfully with Schools Today: a Teaching Artist Institute Three-Day Curriculum Alameda County Office of Education and the CAC 05-01-2008 The Alameda County Office of Education's Alliance for Arts Learning Leadership partnered with the California Arts Council for a three-day institute for teaching artists. This compendium was created for the institute and can be used to prepare artists to work with schools and teachers to develop their capacity to teach in and through the arts. Free PDF download available. Contact:The Art of Collaboration: Promising Practices for Integrating the Arts and School Reform (2008) Arts Education Partnership 04-01-2008 This second publication in the Arts Education Partnership's research and policy brief series describes promising practices for building community partnerships that integrate the arts into urban education systems. The publication, which is the result of a roundtable conversation among the directors of eight of the demonstration sites participating in The Ford Foundation's Integrating the Arts and Education Reform Initiative, details the sites' early strategies and successes in the areas of organizational infrastructure; partnership development; integrated arts education; and communications and advocacy. Contact: Arts Education Partnership staff aep@ccsso.orgThe Imagine Nation: Moving America's Children Beyond Average The Imagine Nation coalition with the Arts Education Partnership 01-11-2008 A coalition of groups concerned about education and creativity, including the Arts Education Partnership, present a case statement that outlines issues with education and imagination in the U.S. (See press release summarizing the case statement and partnership.) Dick Deasy, the Executive Director of the Arts Education Partnership, presented a power point on The Imagine Nation with information from this case statement and on a January 2008 poll on imagination and education (see poll press release) at the California Arts Council's conference on March 4, 2008. Contact: Arts Education Partnership 202-336-7028After-School Toolkit: Tips, Techniques and Templates for Improving Program Quality Irvine Foundation and Public/Private Ventures 02-01-2008 This toolkit, commissioned by Irvine and developed by Public/Private Ventures, offers program managers a practical, hands-on guide for implementing quality programming in the after-school hours. The kit includes the tools and techniques that increased the quality of literacy-focused programming and helped improve student reading gains in the Foundation's Communities Organizing Resources to Advance Learning (CORAL) initiative--an eight-year, $58 million after-school endeavor to improve education achievement in low-performing schools in five California cities. Contact: Irvine Foundation staff 415.777.2244Supporting Success: Why and How to Improve Quality in After-School Programs Irvine Foundation and Public/Private Ventures 02-01-2008 This report, commissioned by Irvine and written by Public/Private Ventures, examines the program improvement strategies, step-by-step, that allowed the Foundation's CORAL initiative to achieve the levels of quality needed to boost the academic success of young students. The report also makes specific policy and funding suggestions for improving program performance. Communities Organizing Resources to Advance Learning (CORAL) was an eight-year, $58 million after-school initiative aimed at improving education achievement in low-performing schools in five California cities. Contact: Irvine Foundation staff 415.777.2244Advancing Achievement: Findings from an Independent Evaluation of a Major After-School Initiative Irvine Foundation and Public/Private Ventures 02-01-2008 This report presents full outcomes research on CORAL (Communities Organizing Resources to Advance Learning initiative), an eight-year, $58 million after-school initiative aimed at improving education achievement in low-performing schools in five California cities. Findings in this report demonstrate the relationship between high-quality literacy programming and academic gains, and they highlight the potential role that quality programs may play in the ongoing drive to improve academic achievement. Commissioned by Irvine, this report was written by Public/Private Ventures. This is the main document that provides information for the brief What Matters, What Works. Contact: Irvine Foundation staff 415.777.2244What Matters, What Works: Advancing Achievement After School Irvine Foundation 02-01-2008 This brief underscores the potential of after-school programs to advance children's academic achievement. It shines a light on what matters most for programs that strive to promote academic success--namely, program quality and youth engagement--and it suggests what works by linking these program attributes to academic benefits. Based on the full outcomes report "Advancing Achievement," by Public/Private Ventures, the brief draws lessons from the Foundation's Communities Organizing Resources to Advance Learning (CORAL) initiative. CORAL was an eight-year, $58 million after-school initiative aimed at improving education achievement in low-performing schools in five California cities. Contact: Irvine Foundation staff 415.777.2244NYC's First Annual Arts in Schools Report New York City Department of Education 03-06-2008 In March 2008, New York City's Department of Education released its first Annual Arts in Schools Report, which provides the most comprehensive analysis of arts education in New York City public schools ever produced. The new report documents the comeback of arts education since it was nearly eliminated during the 1970s, and identifies areas where schools are excelling, as well as where targeted interventions are needed to improve results. It provides student participation and access to arts programs data during the 2006-07 school year -- the year before the City's ArtsCount initiative began -- and will therefore serve as a baseline for measuring performance under ArtsCount, which was announced last summer to enhance and provide greater accountability for arts education in New York City. Contact: Stu Loeser or Dawn Walker (212) 788-2958Improved Academic Performance for Arts-Involved Students Americans for the Arts 01-01-2006 A one-pager that shows improved academic performance from students who participate in the arts. This is one of many short documents from Americans for the Arts. Contact: Americans for the Arts 212-223-2787Visual And Performing Arts Framework For California Public Schools California Department of Education 01-01-2004 This framework is designed to help classroom teachers and other educators develop curriculum and instruction in the arts so that all students will meet or exceed the content standards in dance, music, theatre, and the visual arts. In chapter 1, the framework presents guiding principles for instruction in dance, music, theatre, and the visual arts. The following chapter guides the planning, implementation, and evaluation of comprehensive, standards-based visual and performing arts education programs. Chapter 3 presents the key content standards for kindergarten through grade 8 that provide a beginning point for standards-based instruction; the complete content standards in dance, music, theatre, and the visual arts for kindergarten through grade 8; and the content standards for the beginning or proficient level and advanced level for grades 9 through 12. Chapter 4 guides curriculum development for comprehensive, standards-based visual and performing arts education programs. Information on the purpose and forms of assessment in the arts is provided in chapter 5. This is followed by a chapter presenting details on teacher preparation and professional development for each arts discipline. Finally, criteria for the evaluation of instructional materials in the arts for kindergarten through grade eight is provided in the closing chapter. The framework also includes a glossary of terms and an extensive list of selected references and resources. Appended are: (1) Education Code Sections Governing Arts Education Programs; (2) Recommendations for Clarification of the New Visual and Performing Arts Requirement for Freshman Admission to the University of California and the California State University; (3) Careers in the Visual and Performing Arts; (4) Continuum for Implementing Arts Education Programs; (5) Copyright Law and the Visual and Performing Arts; (6) Guidelines for the Safe Use of Art and Craft Materials; and (7) Funding for Arts Education Programs. The original print version is accompanied by a CD of the artwork featured throughout the book. Contact: California Department of Education 916-319-0827An Unfinished Canvas. Arts Education in California: Taking Stock of Policies and Practices Center for Education Policy 01-01-2007 California's goals for educating our children in and about the arts already are on the books. But as Tough Choices or Tough Times: the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce National Center on Education and the Economy 01-01-2007 The National Center on Education and the Economy is a not-for-profit organization created to develop proposals for building the world class education and training system that the United States must have if it is to continue to be a world class economy. Tough Choices or Tough Times is a monumental analysis of the future global workforce and the U.S. Part of that world-class education and training system must focus on innovation in order to remain globally competitive -- and arts advocates note the importance of arts education and community arts for a healthy creative economy. The National Center engages in policy analysis and development and works collaboratively with others at the local, state and national levels to advance its proposals in the policy arena. Contact: National Center on Education and the Economy info@ncee.org (202) 783-3668The Arts and Academic Improvement: What the Evidence Shows Project Zero, Harvard University 01-01-2001 Project Zero's mission is to understand and enhance learning, thinking, and creativity in the arts, as well as humanistic and scientific disciplines, at the individual and institutional levels. Contact:Champions of Change: The Impact of the Arts on Learning ArtsEdge 01-01-2000 When young people are involved with art, something changes in their lives. We've often witnessed the rapt expressions on the faces of such young people. Advocates for the arts often use photographs of smiling faces to document the experience. But in a society that values measurements and uses data-driven analysis to inform decisions about allocation of scarce resources, photographs of smiling faces are not enough to gain or even retain support. Such SAT Scores and the Arts Americans for the Arts 01-01-2007 Data from The College Board shows that students who take four years of arts and music classes while in high school score 103 points better on their SATs than students who took only one-half year or less (scores of 1,083 vs. 980, respectively). Contact: Americans for the Arts 212-223-2787The Benefits of Art Programs to At-Risk Youth Americans for the Arts 01-01-2007 The YouthARTS Development Project demonstrated the efficacy of arts programs for at-risk youth in three cities. Some findings from the project are graphically explained in this one-page reference document. The project was a partnership between Americans for the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts and the U.S. Department of Justice, and is one of many short reference documents from Americans for the Arts. Contact: Americans for the Arts 212-223-2787Arts Instruction of Public School Students in the First and Third Grades National Center for Education Statistics 07-16-2006 This Issue Brief uses the First- and Third-Grade Spring Teacher Questionnaires of the ECLS-K to examine the changes over time from first to third grade in how often young children are exposed to arts education in the general classroom. In both first and third grade, most public school students received instruction in music and art at least weekly, while instruction in dance and theater occurred less often within each year. About 32 percent of students in high poverty public schools never received theater instruction in either grade compared with 24 percent of students in low poverty public schools. Contact: Edith McArthur Edith.McArthur@ed.gov (202) 502-7393Teaching the Art of Writing Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) 06-01-2006 Teaching the Art of Writing: An arts-based approach to writing captivates reluctant writers. Contact: Beth Olshansky Beth.Olshansky@comcast.netArts FundingNational Arts Index: the Health and Vitality of the Arts in the U.S.Americans for the Arts 01-22-2010 The National Arts Index is a highly distilled annual measure of the health and vitality of arts in the United States by using 76 equal weighted, national-level indicators of arts activity. This report covers an 11-year period, from 1998 to 2008. The National Arts Index fell 4 points in 2008 to a score of 98.4, reflecting losses in charitable giving and declining attendance at larger cultural institutions, even as the number of arts organizations grew. The 2008 downturn in the Index was not wholly unexpected. With 100,000 nonprofit arts organizations and 600,000 more arts-related businesses, 2.24 million artists in the workforce, and billions of dollars in consumer spending, the arts industries largely track the nation's business cycle. Contact:State Arts Policy: Trends and Future Prospects RAND 07-01-2008 State arts agencies -- key players within the U.S. system of public support for the arts -- face growing economic, political, and demographic challenges to the roles and missions they adopted when founded in the mid-1960s. This report, the fourth and final in a multiyear study, looks at state arts agencies' efforts to rethink their roles and missions, reflecting on what the changes may mean for the direction of state arts policy. Contact: 1-310-451-7002 order@rand.orgCultural Engagement in California's Inland Regions Irvine Foundation 04-15-2009 Irvine commissioned WolfBrown and the Alliance for California Traditional Arts to investigate patterns of cultural engagement in the San Joaquin Valley and the Inland Empire. These two rapidly growing, ethnically diverse regions of California have a combined population of nearly eight million people. The study surveyed more than 6,000 people and uncovered a range of cultural activity in music, theater and drama, reading and writing, dance, and visual arts and crafts -- much of which occurs off the radar of the traditional infrastructure of nonprofit arts organizations and facilities. Study results paint a detailed picture of cultural engagement and suggest new opportunities for cultural service providers and funders. See newsletter story, executive briefing, report summary, or full report. Contact:Foundation Center Launches Tool to Visualize Impact of Philanthropy Foundation Center 07-19-2009 The New York City-based Foundation Center has announced the launch of a data visualization tool to help grantmakers, policy makers, researchers, and others better understand the impact of philanthropy around the world. Philanthropy In/Sight allows registered users to create customized Google maps to explore giving patterns, emerging trends, and funding relationships globally, nationally, or at the community level. Updated weekly, the center's data on some 97,000 grantmakers and more than 1.6 million grants can be combined with dozens of demographic and socioeconomic data overlays to create mashups that help users understand where foundation dollars are having the greatest effect and where funding is most needed. Contact: mor@foundationcenter.org (212) 620-4230The Sustainability Formula: How Nonprofit Organizations Can Thrive in the Emerging Economy TCC Group 07-01-2009 Leadership, more than budget, is a key predictor of nonprofit success and appears to be one of the most important factors in organizational sustainability, a new survey conducted by the TCC Group finds. Using its online Core Capacity Assessment Tool, TCC surveyed approximately seven hundred organizations to identify ten key characteristics of financially sustainable nonprofits. The resulting report, The Sustainability Formula: How Nonprofit Organizations Can Thrive in the Emerging Economy, found that effective leadership is the strongest predictor of nonprofit sustainability, followed by fundraising/financial management and program staffing and management. (See site for more resources) According to the survey, other key characteristics of nonprofit sustainability included clearly articulated and effectively communicated mission and vision statements, strong financial management systems, the development and active maintenance of long-term relationships with funders, and a willingness to revise strategic plans and upgrade programs and services. Contact: http://tccgrp.com/forms/contact.php 415.439.8368Free Expression in Arts Funding Free Expression Policy Project 01-01-2003 From the "Executive Summary" - In 1989, government arts funding in the United States came under vitriolic political attack. In the wake of complaints about taxpayers' money being spent on offensive, "pornographic," or "blasphemous" works, and in the face of threatened cutoffs of funding, the National Endowment for the Arts began to retreat from supporting potentially controversial artwork. State and local funding agencies, although less vulnerable to attack, could not help but be aware of the political risks of supporting provocative art. As the crisis deepened, many leading arts organizations shied away from outspoken advocacy of free expression for artists and arts institutions that receive government grants. Contact: Marjorie Heins (212) 807-6222 x 12, x 17BOOK: The Art of the Turnaround, by Michael M. Kaiser Brandeis University Press 06-01-2008 Many arts organizations today find themselves in financial difficulties because of economic constraints inherent in the industry. While other companies can improve productivity through the use of new technologies or better systems, these approaches are not available in the arts. Hamlet requires the same number of performers today as it did in Shakespeare's time. The New York Philharmonic requires the same number of musicians now as it did when Tchaikovsky conducted it over one hundred years ago. Costs go up, but the size of theaters and the price resistance of patrons limit what can be earned from ticket sales. Therefore, the performing arts industry faces a severe gap between earnings and expenses. Typical approaches to closing the gap--raising ticket prices or cutting artistic or marketing expenses--don't work. What, then, does it take to create and maintain a healthy arts organization? Michael M. Kaiser has revived four major arts organizations: the Kansas City Ballet, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre, and London's Royal Opera House. In The Art of the Turnaround he shares with readers his ten basic rules for bringing financially distressed arts organizations back to life and keeping them strong. These rules cover the requirements for successful leadership, the pitfalls of cost cutting, the necessity of extending the programming calendar, the centrality of effective marketing and fund raising, and the importance of focusing on the present with a positive public message. In chapters organized chronologically, Kaiser brings his ten rules vividly to life in discussions of the four arts organizations he is credited with saving. Contact:BOOK: Fundamentals of Arts Management - 5th Edition Arts Extension Service - University of Massachusetts Amherst 06-01-2007 Since its first edition in 1987, Fundamentals of Arts Management continues to offer a useful refresher to the basics as well as new understanding regarding how to integrate and gain support for the arts in the social, economic, and cultural fabric of communities. Now in its 5th edition, Fundamentals of Arts Management updates and expands what has become a primary and trusted reference book for arts managers and students of arts administration, as well as programmers who wish to incorporate the arts in human service, education, and a range of other community organizations. Anchoring the book are eleven tried and true chapters providing principles and best practices for managing and governing community arts organizations; raising funds; and presenting, promoting, and evaluating arts programs. Four new chapters cover fundamentals of personnel management, writing successful funding proposals, advocating effectively for the arts, and maximizing the arts' role in the economic development of communities. Nationally recognized leaders and authors in the community arts field offer historical and contemporary context regarding the role of the arts in community, as well as insights about arts education and cultural access--two important dimensions of local arts agencies' work. Also new are Online Companions to several chapters. Easily accessed Online Companions offer expanded exploration of subject matter; worksheets and other practical tools that can be downloaded and used or adapted; and valuable resource listings that point to organizations, publications, and websites. FROM THE PUBLISHER: softcover, 400 pages + online companion $65.00 Contact: aes@outreach.umass.edu (413) 545-2360Recession, Stimulus and Reform: Documents on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and the state of arts organizations Grantmakers in the Arts 04-20-2009 These documents are the result of interviews with dozens of public and private arts funders conducted over the past few months for Grantmakers in the Arts, and some analysis for the arts field. These conversations certainly do not constitute a comprehensive study of the current state of arts philanthropy. Nevertheless, it is our hope that the information and ideas shared will contribute to the ongoing discourse about how arts funders can respond to the current economic crises. (provided by the California Arts Council courtesy of Grantmakers in the Arts) Contact:"Arts in the Balance" -- survey of arts funding in Los Angeles County Southern California Grantmakers 04-03-2009 "Arts in the Balance," summarizing the fifth and concluding biennial survey of public and private arts funding in Los Angeles County, was released today by Southern California Grantmakers (SCG). SCG conducted the 2007/2008 survey in partnership with the UCLA Center for Civil Society. This year's survey examined the extent to which arts funding sources and patterns have slumped -- or, in many cases stayed much the same -- over the past 10 years. The survey also provides insights into the current arts and culture funding climate within the context of trends that stand to impact the arts funding landscape in the years ahead. There are just over 1,000 arts and culture nonprofits in Los Angeles County, with approximately $1.2 billion in revenue. See News Release about the report, or the PDF of the entire survey. Contact: (213) 680-8866How Can Arts Leaders Play an Active Role in Cultural Planning Initiatives in Their Local Communities? CultureWork (University of Oregon Center for Community Arts and Cultural Policy) 07-01-2008 From researcher Tina Rinaldi, Program Manager for the University of Oregon Arts & Administration Program, where she also teaches as adjunct faculty. "In the spring of 2006, I was invited by Eugene, Oregon Mayor Kitty Piercy to chair a twenty-one-person Mayor's Cultural Policy Review Committee, along with Vice-Chair David Kelly (out-going Eugene City Councilor). The Mayor's Review Committee advised consultants, Marc Goldring and Claudia Bach of WolfBrown (http://www.wolfbrown.com/), as they conducted a comprehensive Cultural Policy Review on behalf of the City of Eugene. "My appointment to the Mayor's Committee was my first appointment to a citizen advisory committee charged with community cultural planning. At the time of my appointment, I was not working for a local community arts organization to which I had a particular allegiance, but I had previously worked as the Executive Director of the Jacobs Gallery (2). Because of this, I was well-positioned to understand the challenges facing Eugene's cultural sector as a visual arts advocate with connections to the city bureaucracy." Contact: culturwk@uoregon.eduState Cultural Districts - Policy Brief National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA) 08-01-2008 An increasing number of states are establishing arts or cultural districts. This policy brief from the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA) outlines the challenges and success factors of state-level cultural district programs. (PDF) Contact: 202-347-6352Arts Funding Response and Readiness Kit Americans for the Arts 12-05-2008 When an artist or arts administrator faces a funding cut, he or she need to be able to take swift and efficient action to mitigate the situation--mobilize advocates, create a message, and implement a strategy. To simplify this process, Americans for the Arts has developed this ever-expanding online tool to provide you with current information and key messaging, communications and advocacy strategies, and the research you need to make the case. Links to different topic areas (messaging, advocacy, etc.) are available from the website. Contact: 212.223.2787Perspectives on Cultural Tax Districts Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) 03-15-2008 Proceedings from a seminar on cultural tax districts sponsored by the Washington State Arts Commission and WESTAF. Held in Seattle, Washington, in February, 2008, seminar participants focused on the benefits, drawbacks, structure and impact of cultural tax districts. Participants examined several proposed, unsuccessful, and current tax district structures--such as Denver's Scientific and Cultural Facilities District, which yields more than $42 million annually for arts and culture in a seven-county area. Printed copies of the proceedings are available upon request from WESTAF. Contact: Erin Bassity erin.bassity@westaf.orgThe Search for Shining Eyes: Audiences, Leadership and Change in the Symphony Orchestra Field Wolf Brown 09-01-2006 From 1994 to 2004 -- a seminal decade for the arts in America -- the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation invested $13 million in its Magic of Music Symphony Orchestra Initiative. This commissioned history by Dr. Thomas Wolf offers not just a chronology of the program, it identifies significant lessons for funders and for orchestras. Those insights extend to other nonprofit arts organizations as well. The Search for Shining Eyes tries to reach beyond the Knight Foundation family and the small pool of orchestras that participated to capitalize on one of the most valuable roles foundations can play -- to serve as a lasting laboratory for learning. Contact:And the Band Stopped Playing: The Rise and Fall of the San Jose Symphony Wolf Brown 01-01-2005 Though this is a book about a specific orchestra in a particular city, it contains lessons for arts organizations and nonprofits in many fields. It is also directed at the funders that support them. This is a challenging time for the nonprofit sector, especially symphony orchestras. But it is also a time of great opportunity for innovation and experimentation. The authors are impressed by the many examples of nonprofit institutions that are redefining what it means to be central to those who live in their communities. They applaud the many leaders -- professional and volunteer, artistic and administrative -- that make innovation and excellence possible. (PDF of text available -- scroll down list of other books available.) Contact:2008 Election Impact on the Arts Americans for the Arts 11-15-2008 Learn about the changes in Washington by following Americans for the Arts Action Fund's complete coverage of the federal elections and its impact on the arts in both legislative chambers, including the incoming administration's comprehensive plans for arts and arts education. Contact: 202-371-2830Arts, Inc.: How Greed and Neglect Have Destroyed Our Cultural Rights by Bill Ivey University of California Press 03-01-2008 Book -- for purchase. In this impassioned and persuasive book, Bill Ivey, the former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, assesses the current state of the arts in America and finds cause for alarm. Even as he celebrates our ever-emerging culture and the way it enriches our lives here at home while spreading the dream of democracy around the world, he points to a looming crisis. The expanding footprint of copyright, an unconstrained arts industry marketplace, and a government unwilling to engage culture as a serious arena for public policy have come together to undermine art, artistry, and cultural heritage--the expressive life of America. In eight succinct chapters, Ivey blends personal and professional memoir, policy analysis, and deeply held convictions to explore and define a coordinated vision for art, culture, and expression in American life. Bill Ivey was the chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts from 1998 through 2001, was director of the Country Music Foundation from 1971 to 1998, and was twice elected Chairman of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. He presently serves as founding director of the Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy at Vanderbilt University, and is part of President-elect Obama's transition team for arts and culture issues. Contact:Policy Partners: Making the Case for State Investment in Culture Pew Charitable Trusts / Center for Arts and Culture 01-01-2002 Innovations in State Cultural Policy is a project designed to help cultural leaders and decision makers strengthen their states' cultural activity. Through illustrative studies, guides and covenings, the project aims to spark collaborations--state-level coalitions that span the arts, humanities, folklife and historic preservation--that can then work with state policy makers to increase the audiences and funding for culture. This guide to action seeks to illuminate diverse, innovative policy mechanisms that can be adapted by other states. Contact: center@culturalpolicy.orgCultivating Demand for the Arts: Arts Learning, Arts Engagement, and State Arts Policy RAND / Wallace Foundation 09-01-2008 Audiences for classical music, jazz, theater, visual arts and other art forms have all declined as a percentage of the population in recent years, and as this new RAND report argues, reversing that trend will require more than simply expanding the supply of art and people's access to it. It will also require cultivating more demand through arts education and other means to ensure that there are more people sufficiently knowledgeable about the arts to want to engage with them. This study, the third in a series by RAND on the evolving role of state arts agencies in building arts participation, examines what it means to cultivate demand for the arts, why it is important to do so and what state arts agencies and other policymakers in both the arts and education can do to make it happen. Contact: Laura Zakaras, Julia F. Lowell (authors)Arts, Inc.: video of a panel from Ivey, Lynch and others on national cultural policy Center for American Progress 07-30-2008 Sally Steenland, Senior Policy Adviser for Faith and Progressive Policy at Center for American Progress, moderated a CAP panel on Tuesday about the role of arts and culture in the United States. The event featured Robert Lynch, President and CEO of Americans for the Arts, and Bill Ivey, former head of the National Endowment for the Arts and author of Arts, Inc.: How Greed and Neglect Have Destroyed Our Cultural Rights. Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN) gave opening remarks and also participated in the panel. Ivey's book was the focus of the panel discussion. The panelists contributed to a definition of culture, which they saw as broader than "Culture"--often considered as limited to the opera, symphony, and ballet. Instead, the panelists defined culture with a small "c" as encompassing a rich national heritage and the capacity for each individual to have an expressive life. The panelists agreed that federal policy concerning the arts was not the major solution to preserving a shared cultural heritage and strengthening cultural expression. Grassroots participation and activism was crucial as well. They differed regarding one of the major recommendations in Ivey's book: the creation of a federal cabinet-level Department of Cultural Affairs that would provide an integrated approach to cultural legislation, regulation, and funding. While Lynch agreed that it might be a good idea to appoint an official to deal with cultural matters in a coherent way, Rep. Cooper stressed that they had to "get real about the politics" and delineate the problems before urging such a big change Finally, the panel looked to the environmental movement as a guide for what can happen when big ideas and detailed policy are used to achieve common goals. Video and full transcript available. Contact: progress@americanprogress.org 202-682-1611Business Support to Theatres Theatre Communications Group 01-30-2008 Theatre Facts 2007, published by Theatre Communications Groups, reports that business support of theatres was at its second highest level in 2007. The average theatre went from receiving support from 31 businesses in 2003 to 34 businesses in 2007. Roughly 13% of business grants to theatres support education programs. Contact:2007 National Survey of Business Support to the Arts Business Committee for the Arts, Inc. (BCA) 11-30-2007 Business support to the arts totaled $3.16 billion in 2006 according to the triennial national survey released by the Business Committee for the Arts, Inc. (BCA), a national not-for-profit organization established in 1967 to bring business and the arts together. Titled The BCA Report: National Survey of Business Support to the Arts 2007, this survey revealed a 5% decline in support in comparison to the $3.32 billion business allocated to the arts in 2003. To find more information about this survey (including a summary of major conclusions) and instructions on how to order, see the BCA's website at www.bcainc.org. Executive summary is $10; full report is $125. Contact: Timarie Harrigan tharrigan@bcainc.org. 718.482.9900Embracing Diversity: Foundation Giving Benefiting California's Communities of Color Foundation Center 07-15-2008 A report the Foundation Center just released, commissioned by the California Regional Associations of Grantmakers (Northern California Grantmakers, Southern California Grantmakers, and San Diego Grantmakers), provides a comprehensive estimate of the extent to which communities of color are being served by foundation giving in California. The analysis of grantmaking by 50 of the state's largest independent foundations finds that at least 39 percent of California-focused grants benefited populations of color. According to the report, Embracing Diversity: Foundation Giving Benefiting California's Communities of Color, in 2005 alone, these 50 California-based foundations awarded a minimum of 2,700 grants totaling nearly $300 million to support health, education, social services, and other programs that serve ethnically or racially diverse populations. In addition, 10-year trends show that giving benefiting these populations grew nearly twice as fast as overall giving between 1996 and 2005. Contact:Guiding Principles and Practices for Lobbying by Nonprofits Center for Lobbying in the Public Interest 07-01-2008 The Center for Lobbying in the Public Interest (CLPI) released newly developed Smart and Ethical Principles and Practices for Public Interest Lobbying. The four principles and 17 practices serve as benchmarking tools that nonprofits can use to assess their current lobbying activities and set goals for their future lobbying efforts. A group of nonprofit leaders worked for 18 months to develop the principles and practices in response to the need for nonprofits to claim public interest lobbying as an honorable and effective strategy for advancing their missions. Contact: Nina Ozlu Tunceli nozlu@artsusa.orgReport Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy, but Improvements Could be Made Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy 06-01-2008 A new CEO study in corporate philanthropy, based on global research and analysis conducted by McKinsey & Co., analyzes the effectiveness of corporate philanthropy in addressing rising expectations for companies' social behavior. While 84% of executives recognize increased expectations of their companies, and 75% believe corporate philanthropy is an effective way of meeting these evolving expectations, the report suggests that due to a number of complex challenges only 11% are truly efficient in their philanthropy, maximizing both the business and social impact of their efforts. FROM THE WEBSITE: The Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy (CECP) is the only international forum of business CEOs and chairpersons focused on raising the level and quality of corporate philanthropy. Membership includes 175 CEOs and chairpersons representing companies that account for over 40% of reported corporate giving in the United States. Contact: Lindsay Siegel LSiegel@CorporatePhilanthropy.org 212.825.1256The Effective Exit: Managing the End of a Funding Relationship Grantcraft, The Ford Foundation 03-01-2007 In grant making, is there such a thing as the good goodbye? Yes, say contributors to this guide, who have found ways to plan for exits up front, clarify expectations with grantee organizations, and overcome the tensions that so often arise. Learn how to use the end of a funding relationship to boost a grantee's capacity, find new sources of support, and even multiply the value of the foundation's investment. Contact: (212) 573-4879Thinking Creatively and Competing Globally: The Role of the Arts in the 21st Century American Workforce Americans for the Arts 05-15-2008 Three essays were commissioned for the National Arts Policy Roundtable, co-convened annually by Americans for the Arts and the Sundance Preserve. The 2007 Roundtable focused on the challenge of preparing students to enter the workforce with the creativity and innovation skills that are essential to ensuring that American business will prosper. The essays in this publication are: Creating a Whole New World: Placing Arts and Education in the Center of the Flat Earth by Dr. Paul D. Houston; The Arts & Creativity in Education: Keys to American Economic Competitiveness in the 21st Century by Hamsa Thota, Ph.D.; and The Arts and Education: Changing Track by Sir Ken Robinson. Member Price: $5.00 Nonmember Price: $7.00 Contact:Foundations and Public Policy Grantmaking Irvine Foundation 03-01-2008 An Irvine-commissioned white paper explores the range of ways private foundations can engage in public policy. The paper is by independent consultant Julia Coffman, who has worked with numerous foundations. She proposes a framework for public policy grantmaking. The paper suggests specific lessons that foundations should keep in mind when considering policy-related grantmaking, and highlights four case studies illustrating the variety of approaches foundations should consider. Irvine commissioned the paper to deepen the foundation's and others' understanding of policy-related grantmaking. Contact: staff 415.777.2244The Arts: a Competitive Advantage for California II California Arts Council 05-14-2004 Since 1994, the impact of nonprofit arts and culture on California's economy increased by 152 percent to $5.4 billion. The 2004 study demonstrates that arts and culture generate billions annually, support a workforce of more than 160,000 and produce nearly $300 million in state and local taxes. It also shows that education, cultural tourism, and California's creative industries are all nurtured by the nonprofit arts sector, and substantiates the significant role of the nonprofit arts to California's economic well-being and status as the world's fifth largest economy. Contact: Mary Beth Barber mbarber@caartscouncil.com 916-322-65882007 National Survey of Business Support to the Arts Business Committee for the Arts, Inc 01-03-2008 Business support to the arts totaled $3.16 billion in 2006 according to the triennial national survey released by the Business Committee for the Arts, Inc. (BCA), a national not-for-profit organization established in 1967 to bring business and the arts together. Titled The BCA Report: National Survey of Business Support to the Arts 2007, this survey revealed a 5% decline in support in comparison to the $3.32 billion business allocated to the arts in 2003. Contact: Business Committee for the Arts, Inc tharrigan@bcainc.org (718) 482-9900Legislative Appropriations Annual Survey, FY 2007 National Assembly of State Arts Agencies 01-01-2007 This report provides a comprehensive review of state arts agency revenue sources and legislative appropriations to each state arts agency. Also included is information on state budget trends and appropriations changes over time. Detailed tables allow for state-to-state comparison of SAA revenue streams, per capita funding and national rankings. This is an essential publication for understanding public funding for the arts in the United States. Contact: National Assembly of State Arts Agencies nasaa@nasaa-arts.org (202) 347-6352Foundation Yearbook: Facts and Figures on Private and Community Foundations The Foundation Center 06-01-2007 In June, The Foundation Center released its Foundation Yearbook: Facts and Figures on Private and Community Foundations, which documents changes in the actual number, giving, and assets of all active U.S. foundations. The report provides an overview of the state of foundation giving in the current year and beyond; comparisons of foundation activities by foundation size; and breakdowns of foundation resources by geographic location and grantmaker type. Contact: The Foundation Center links@foundationcenter.org (212) 620-4230Private Sector Philanthropy Americans for the Arts 01-01-2007 Giving to the arts by individuals, foundations, and corporations was $12.51 billion in 2006, Sources of Revenue for Nonprofit Arts Organizations Americans for the Arts 01-01-2007 Nonprofit arts organizations are generally able to earn only half of the money it takes to sustain their operation. The other half of their revenue must be raised through contributions and grants. Even small fluctuations in contributed revenue can mean deficits for many organizations. Earned income is the largest source of revenue for the typical nonprofit arts organization. Yet most Local Arts Agency Statistics Americans for the Arts 01-01-2007 Local arts agencies are a growing presence in communities across the country. They provide vital NEA Appropriations History, 1996-2007 Americans for the Arts 01-01-2007 A quick, visual history describing the National Endowment for the Arts' appropriations funding over a ten-year span. This is one of the many short reference documents from Americans for the Arts. Contact: Americans for the Arts 212-223-2787Crime PreventionBOOK: The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, by Malcolm GladwellBack Bay Books 01-01-2002 "THE TIPPING POINT contains all the sprightly prose and insight we have come to associate with Malcolm Gladwell's writing. But in addition, Gladwell manages to make sense of a tantalizing array of research findings. The welcome, if overdue, lesson is that, by acting intentionally and strategically, we can lower crime and disease rates, and otherwise bring about dramatic positive changes in our surroundings." Cultural TourismArts, Culture and the Latino Audience: Latino Arts and Culture Participation in the Greater Phoenix RegionMaricopa Partnership for Arts and Culture 06-01-2008 Maricopa Partnership for Arts and Culture (MPAC) in Arizona partnered with the Behavior Research Center to produce the first study of its kind to give us a greater understanding of Latino participation in arts and culture in the Greater Phoenix region. While this report examined the Latino population of Phoenix, the lessons learned can apply to any region with a large Latino population. Contact: (602) 224-8400National Cultural Tourism and Spending in 2007 Americans for the Arts 01-01-2007 Graphic information about the percentage of adult travelers that included cultural events on trips of more than fifty miles. This is one of many short reference documents from Americans for the Arts. Contact: Americans for the Arts 212-223-2787Economic ImpactBOOK: The Flight of the Creative Class, by Richard FloridaAmericans for the Arts 01-01-2005 The Flight of the Creative Class: The New Global Competition for Talent by best-selling author Richard Florida, is the follow up to The Rise of the Creative Class. The book details how we can work to create a new American society that taps "the full creative capabilities of every human being." Contact: (202) 371-2830BOOK: It's Easy! Money Matters for Nonprofit Managers, by Richard and Anna Linzer Linzer Consulting 01-01-2001 From the Publisher - Just saying the words "financial management" to many people in the nonprofit sector evokes a wince. "I'm not a numbers person" is a typical response, followed by "I didn't get into this line of work to focus on financial matters; my interest is in fulfilling our mission." Yet fulfilling the mission is inherently dependent on good fiscal practices. Therefore, it is important that financial reporting and policies be understood by all board and staff members. Arts & the Economy: Using Arts and Culture to Stimulate State Economic Development National Governors' Association 01-14-2009 Governors increasingly recognize the importance of the creative sector to their states' economy and ability to compete in the global marketplace. "Creative industries" provide direct economic benefits to states and communities: They create jobs, attract investments, generate tax revenues, and stimulate local economies through tourism and consumer purchases. These industries also provide an array of other benefits, such as infusing other industries with creative insight for their products and services and preparing workers to participate in the contemporary workforce. In addition, because they enhance quality of life, the arts and culture are an important complement to community development, enriching local amenities and attracting young professionals to an area. This report looks at best practices for enhancing the creative economy in your state. Contact: Stephanie Pierce webmaster@nga.orgBOOK: Remix -- Making Art and Commerce Thrive in a Hybrid Economy Author: Lawrence Lessig, Creative Commons 10-16-2008 The author of Free Culture shows how we harm our children--and almost anyone who creates, enjoys, or sells any art form--with a restrictive copyright system driven by corporate interests. Stanford law professor Lawrence Lessig reveals the solutions to this impasse offered by a collaborative yet profitable "hybrid economy".
Contact: Lawrence Lessig remix@lessig.org BOOK: Patronizing the Arts Author Marjorie Garber, published by Princeton University Press 09-01-2008 What is the role of the arts in American culture? Is art an essential element? If so, how should we support it? Today, as in the past, artists need the funding, approval, and friendship of patrons whether they are individuals, corporations, governments, or nonprofit foundations. But as Patronizing the Arts shows, these relationships can be problematic, leaving artists "patronized"--both supported with funds and personal interest, while being condescended to for vocations misperceived as play rather than serious work. In this provocative book, Marjorie Garber looks at the history of patronage, explains how patronage has elevated and damaged the arts in modern culture, and argues for the university as a serious patron of the arts. Compulsively readable, Patronizing the Arts challenges all who value the survival of artistic creation both in the present and future. Marjorie Garber teaches English at Harvard University, where she also chairs the Visual and Environmental Studies Department and directs the Carpenter Center for Visual Arts. Her many books include Shakespeare After All and Academic Instincts (Princeton). Contact: webmaster@press.princeton.eduCreative Economy Report 2008: the Creative Economy of the Los Angeles Region Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation 10-01-2008 Artists, designers and "creative types" drive the diverse economy of the Los Angeles region, according to a new report from the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation (LAEDC). Data shows that "creativity" is the #2 business sector in Los Angeles and Orange County, generating nearly 1 million jobs and over $100 billion in sales/receipts from the arts, design and entertainment industries combined. (Tourism and Hospitality is the # 1 business sector in the Los Angeles region.) Contact: 213-622-4300Arts Help Governors Achieve Global Trade and Tourism Goals National Governors' Association 05-01-2003 This issue brief illustrates how states are expanding international trade opportunities through culture. Case studies demonstrate ways that the arts encourage tourism, strengthen business networks, build "brand identity" and position states for success in a global marketplace. As new international trade and investment treaty negotiations by the federal government progress, governors will be called upon to promote their states' businesses in a tight budget environment. Several states--looking for a greater edge in an increasingly competitive marketplace--are incorporating arts and cultural exchanges in their international trade and business development approaches. This aspect of state-level diplomacy undergirds and complements more traditional trade promotion efforts that focus on generating immediate exports. This is one of a series of issue briefs on the economic importance of the arts. Contact: Paul Kalomiris (202) 624-5379Arts Help States Reap Rural Economic Gains National Governors' Association 08-31-2005 From Southern Appalachia to the Mississippi Delta and from California's coast to Maryland's eastern shore, states are turning to arts-based economic development strategies to revive rural economies stung by geographic isolation, infrastructure deficiencies and the flight of skilled workers to big cities, according to an issue brief from the National Governors' Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center). Incorporating the arts into states' existing rural economic development policy helps not only to diversify rural economies but to provide these previously struggling communities with a competitive advantage in the 21st century's global marketplace as well. The brief, Strengthening Rural Economies through the Arts, documents how states utilize a variety of arts-focused policies to create jobs and improve quality of life. This is one of a series of issue briefs on the economic importance of the arts. Contact: 202-624-5300Promoting Film and Media to Enhance State Economic Development National Governors' Association 07-15-2008 This issue brief from the National Governors' Association shows how states can foster thriving film, television and media arts industries. As governors continue exploring innovative strategies to grow their economies, states are increasingly looking to film, television and related media arts productions as a means of attracting high-paying jobs and related high-tech businesses. This brief summarizes the economic benefits of film production and includes examples of policies, incentives and special initiatives that states have used to attract film activity and cultivate local film and media arts assets. See press release. See issue brief. This is one of a series of issue briefson the economic importance of the arts. Contact: Stephanie Casey Pierce 202-624-5332NEA Artists in the Workforce Study National Endowment for the Arts 06-12-2008 The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) published Artists in the Workforce: 1990-2005, the first nationwide look at artists' demographic and employment patterns in the 21st century. Artists in the Workforce analyzes working artist trends, gathering new statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau to provide a comprehensive overview of this workforce segment, its maturation over the past 30 years, and detailed information on specific artist occupations. Contact: Sally Gifford 202-682-5606California Arts Audience Research Project -- The Performing Arts in California: Rebuilding, Repositioning, Re-emerging ArtsMarket 03-01-2000 To gain insights into audience development for the performing arts in California, a group of foundations -- The Walter & Elise Haas Fund, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and The James Irvine Foundation -- commissioned a research project. The extensive report, done by ArtsMarket, was completed in March 2000. Contact: ArtsMarket staff 406-582-7466Creative Industries 2008: The State Report Americans for the Arts 04-15-2008 Americans for the Arts (AFTA) released in May 2008 Creative Industries 2008: The State Report, which presents a detailed analysis of arts-related businesses, institutions, and organizations in the country's 50 states plus the District of Columbia. The study reveals that arts-centric businesses represent 4.3 percent of all businesses and 2.2 percent of all jobs in the United States and that the arts are a robust and formidable economic growth sector. California had the most number of arts businesses (98,949) and the sixth number of arts employees (500,891). California also had the largest amount of growth in arts businesses (14.35%) and arts employees (17.52%) from 2007 to 2008. Other highlights of the national study include: * More than 612,000 arts-related businesses employ 2.98 million people nationwide. The creative industries range from nonprofit museums, symphonies, and theaters to for-profit film, architecture, and advertising companies. The study tracks and maps the presence of these arts-related entities in six creative industries: museums and collections; performing arts; visual arts and photography; film, radio, and TV; design and publishing; and arts schools and services. Contact: 202.371.2830Creative Industries 2008: The 50 City Report Americans for the Arts 04-01-2008 Americans for the Arts' (AFTA) annual publication on the impact of the arts on the largest 50 cities was released in early April 2008. Called Creative Industries 2008: The 50 City Report, it presents detailed analysis of arts-related businesses, institutions, and organizations in the country's 50 most-populated cities. The study reveals that arts-centric businesses represent 4.3 percent of all businesses and 2.2 percent of all jobs in the United States and that the arts are a robust and formidable economic growth sector. The California cities included in the report include: Fresno, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Oakland, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco and San Jose. Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco were in the top 10 cities ranked by number of arts employees. The entire Creative Industries 2008: The 50 City Report, as well as additional reports on states and U.S. Congressional Districts, are available on AFTA's "Creative Industries" website. Contact: 202.371.2830Economics of Art Center for Regional Development (Ohio) 10-01-2007 The quarterly newsletter from Ohio's Center for Regional Development analyzed the impact of the arts on the region. Results show a strong economic impact from the arts and creative industries, and a recommendation for investment. Contact: info@centerforregionaldevelopment.com 419-372-8710The Creative Economy Initiative New England Foundation for the Arts 01-01-2001 The Creative Economy Initiative (CEI) is a partnership of New England's business, government, cultural and educational leaders committed to strengthening the region's economic vitality by fostering its creative economy. This initiative has successfully linked businesses and organizations from economic sectors that had previously functioned only autonomously, and is unique in its regional approach. The involvement of all six New England states sets the project apart from state-based economic impact studies. Contact: New England Foundation for the Arts research@nefa.org 617-951-0010The Economic Impact of Nonprofit Arts and Culture Organizations and Their Audiences Americans for the Arts 01-01-2005 Arts & Economic Prosperity III: The Economic Impact of Nonprofit Arts and Culture Organizations and Their Audiences documents the key role played by the nonprofit arts and culture industry in strengthening our nation's economy. This study demonstrates that the nonprofit arts and culture industry is an economic driver in communities - a growth industry that supports jobs, generates government revenue, and is the cornerstone of tourism. Contact: Americans for the Arts http://www.americansforthearts.org/staff_email.asp?u=research&d=artsusa.org&n=Staff&t=Policy+and+Research 202-371-2830The Arts: A Competitive Advantage for California II California Arts Council 01-01-2004 The Arts: A Competitive Advantage for California II is the follow up to another report released by the California Arts Council in 1994, The Arts: A Competitive Advantage for California, which was the first comprehensive report to measure the economic impact and value of the arts and culture sector. Since 1994, the impact of nonprofit arts and culture on California’s economy increased by 152 percent to $5.4 billion. The 2004 study demonstrates that arts and culture generate billions annually, support a workforce of more than 160,000 and produce nearly $300 million in state and local taxes. It also shows that education, cultural tourism, and California’s creative industries are all nurtured by the nonprofit arts sector, and substantiate the significant role of the nonprofit arts to California’s economic well-being and status as the world’s fifth largest economy. Primary funding for this study was provided by the California Arts Council with additional contributions from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Arts & Business Council of Sacramento; and Cultural Initiatives Silicon Valley. Contact: Mary Beth Barber mbarber@caartscouncil.com 916-322-6588Artists Employed in U.S. Workforce Americans for the Arts 01-01-2007 Graphical data spanning five years documenting the number of artists employed in the United States. This is one of many short reference documents from Americans for the Arts. Contact: Americans for the Arts 212-223-2787National Economic Impact of the Nonprofit Arts Industry Americans for the Arts 01-01-2007 Detailed statistics outlining total economic activity, full time jobs supported, tax revenue and household income generated through the nonprofit arts industry. This is one of many short reference documents from Americans for the Arts. Contact: Americans for the Arts 212-223-2787GeneralBOOK: Letters to a Young Artist: Straight-up Advice on Making a Life in the ArtsAnna Deavere Smith 01-24-2006 ABOUT THIS BOOK BOOK: Engaging Art, ed. Steven J. Tepper and Bill Ivey Americans for the Arts 01-01-2008 Engaging Art explores the many ways that Americans participate in the arts today. The authors argue that a new commitment to arts participation in everyday art-making, creativity, and quality of life will not only restore the lifelong pleasure of homemade art, but will seed a new generation of arts enthusiasts. Contact: (202) 371-2830BOOK: The Necessary Revolution, by Peter M. Senge Americans for the Arts 01-01-2008 The Necessary Revolution: How Individuals and Organizations are Working Together to Create a Sustainable World is by Dr. Peter M. Senge, keynote speaker at the 2009 Americans for the Arts Annual Convention. The book offers a toolkit with specific strategies and points of action to help change how organizations think and act. It is also a valuable resource that provides concrete examples of how each of us can be part of the solution in promoting sustainability. Contact: (202) 371-2830BOOK: Art Work: Everything You Need to Know (and Do) As You Pursue Your Art Career, by Heather Darcy Bhandari and Jonathan Melber Kindle 03-24-2009 The most comprehensive guide of its kind, ART/WORK gives artists of every level the tools they need to make it in an art world so competitive one dealer likens it to "the Sopranos, except nobody gets killed." Whether you're an art school grad looking for a gallery, a mid-career artist managing a busy studio, or someone just thinking about becoming a professional artist, this indispensable resource will help you build your career and protect yourself along the way. Contact: artworkbook@gmail.comArts Participation 2008: Highlights from a National Survey National Endowment for the Arts 06-15-2009 American audiences for the arts are getting older, and their numbers are declining, according to new research released today by the National Endowment for the Arts. Arts Participation 2008: Highlights from a National Survey features top findings from the 2008 Survey of Public Participation in the Arts, the nation's largest and most representative periodic study of adult participation in arts events and activities, conducted by the NEA in partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau. Five times since 1982, the survey has asked U.S. adults 18 and older about their patterns of arts participation over a 12-month period. The 2008 survey reveals dwindling audiences for many art forms, but it also captures new data on Internet use and other forms of arts participation. Contact:BOOK: Business of Art: An Artist's Guide to Profitable Self-Employment Center for Cultural Innovation 05-01-2008 Resource guide for working artists across the United States providing expert advice and practical information on everything you need to know to be a successful, self-employed creative entrepreneur and to maximize your artistic career. Whether you are a performing, visual, media, film, literary,crafts or traditional artist working in the nonprofit arts or commercially, you'll want to read the Business of Art: An Artist's Guide to Profitable Self-Employment. In it, you will learn the basic principles behind:
265 pages. $34.95 for non-members / $27.95 for Benefit Opportunities for Artists members plus shipping. Contact:Communicating Value: Re-framing Arts and Culture Data RMC Research 09-01-2008 With funding from the Rockefeller Foundation, RMC conducted an inquiry into the perspectives of planning and economic development professionals on the utility of different types of arts and cultural data. RMC created a typology of arts and culture data and tested it through focused discussions and interviews. Through this process we learned about ways that cultural data might be collected and presented more effectively. One outcome of this work is the monograph Communicating Value: Re-framing Arts and Culture Data. Contact: http://www.rmcres.com/Contact 603.422.8888The Values Study: Rediscovering the Meaning and Value of Arts Participation Wolf Brown 07-01-2004 The Values Study was a participatory qualitative study of arts participation in Connecticut involving teams of board and staff members representing 20 Connecticut arts organizations. The study develops a new framework for understanding arts participation (i.e., five modes of arts participation) and the many layers of benefits and value that consumers seek. The third section provides extensive guidelines for arts groups that may wish to conduct qualitative research on their audiences and visitors. Contact:Assessing the Intrinsic Impact of a Live Performance Wolf Brown 01-01-2008 This report attempts to define and measure how audiences are transformed by a live performance. The study, commissioned by the Major University Presenters consortium, develops a simple measurement tool to assess impact, provides an analytical framework for considering the results, and suggests how performing arts presenters might begin to use this information to select programs more purposefully and evaluate them on the basis of impact instead of attendance. Contact:The Contours of Inclusion: Frameworks and Tools for Evaluating Arts in Education Wolf Brown 01-01-2008 In her article "Freedom Machines," Dennie Wolf outlines a bold approach to evaluation of arts and cultural learning programs. The article is part of "Contours of Inclusion," published by VSA at the Kennedy Center. Wolf's piece is accompanied by a case study of a joint project between the Studio Museum of Harlem and Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom School, a small high school in the South Bronx. Contact:Entering Cultural Communities Rutgers University Press 01-01-2008 From the publisher: The chapters in this book draw on interviews with leaders, staff, volunteers, and audience members from eighty-five nonprofit cultural organizations to explore how they are trying to increase participation and the extent to which they have been successful. The insiders' accounts point to the opportunities and challenges involved in such efforts, from the reinvention of programs and creation of new activities, to the addition of new departments and staff dynamics, to partnerships with new groups. The authors differentiate between "relational" and "transactional" practices, the former term describing efforts to build connections with local communities and the latter describing efforts to create new consumer markets for cultural products. In both cases, arts leaders report that, although positive results are difficult to measure conclusively, long-term efforts bring better outcomes than short-term activities. Contact:The Role of the Arts in Economic Development National Governors' Association 06-25-2001 The $37 billion nonprofit arts industry is a potent force in economic development nationwide, according to an issue brief released by the National Governors' Association (NGA). Blending summaries of economic impact studies, federal and state statistics and best practices, the policy brief details how governors and other state leaders can use the arts to unite communities, create economic opportunity and improve the quality of life. This report on the arts was prepared by the NGA's Center for Best Practices, whose role is to provide governors with innovative ideas and examples of excellence in state government. This is one of a series of issue briefs on the economic importance of the arts. Contact: National Governors' Association 202-624-7787Arts, Inc.: How Greed and Neglect Have Destroyed Our Cultural Rights University of California Press 05-01-2008 In this impassioned and persuasive book, Bill Ivey, the former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, assesses the current state of the arts in America and finds cause for alarm. Even as he celebrates our ever-emerging culture and the way it enriches our lives here at home while spreading the dream of democracy around the world, he points to a looming crisis. The expanding footprint of copyright, an unconstrained arts industry marketplace, and a government unwilling to engage culture as a serious arena for public policy have come together to undermine art, artistry, and cultural heritage--the expressive life of America. In eight succinct chapters, Ivey blends personal and professional memoir, policy analysis, and deeply held convictions to explore and define a coordinated vision for art, culture, and expression in American life. (Published book) Contact:Investing in Creativity: A Study of the Support Structure for U.S. Artists The James Irvine Foundation 01-01-2003 This unprecedented national study by the Urban Institute, a nonpartisan research and policy center in Washington, DC, documents and analyzes the environment of support for artists in the United States. The study addresses the following questions: What are the important features of our current structures of support for artists? What are its strengths and weaknesses? How might we improve it? More information about the project is available here. Contact: The James Irvine Foundation 415.777.2244California Arts Audience Research Project - The Performing Arts in California: Rebuilding, Repositioning, Re-emerging ArtsMarket 03-01-2000 To gain insights into audience development for the performing arts in California, a group of foundations - The Walter & Elise Haas Fund, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and The James Irvine Foundation - commissioned a research project. The extensive report, done by ArtsMarket, was completed in March 2000. Contact: The James Irvine Foundation 415.777.2244Critical Issues Facing the Arts in California: A Working Paper from The James Irvine Foundation The James Irvine Foundation 09-01-2006 This working paper, published by the Irvine Foundation and AEA Consulting, identifies the major challenges facing the arts and cultural sector in California. Based on interviews with arts leaders and a review of the relevant literature, the paper describes five key themes that, if not addressed, may threaten the health and well-being of the sector going forward. The themes are: Access, Cultural Policy, Arts Education, Nonprofit Business Model, and Preparing the Next Generation of Artists and Arts Managers. This working paper is the first phase of a project to engage arts leaders and others in a discussion on how to ensure a more sustainable future for the arts in California. Contact: The James Irvine Foundation 415.777.2244Crossover: How Artists Build Careers across Commercial, Nonprofit and Community Work The James Irvine Foundation 01-01-2006 This study, cosponsored by Irvine, the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and Leveraging Investments in Creativity, shows how California artists move more fluidly between the commercial, nonprofit and community sectors than is commonly believed. Their ability to do so, the study concludes, is a major stimulant to regional economic activity and the quality of life. The study, by the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, is based on a Web survey of Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay area musicians, writers, and performing and visual artists. With New York, these two regions support more artists per capita than the nation's other large metropolitan areas. Contact: The James Irvine Foundation 415.777.2244Creative Industries: Business & Employment in the Arts Americans for the Arts 01-01-2006 Creative Industries: Business & Employment in the Arts reports offer a new, research-based approach to understanding the scope and importance of the arts to the nation's economy. While most economic impact studies of the arts have focused on the nonprofit sector (such as our own Arts and Economic Prosperity study), Creative Industries is the first national study that encompasses both the nonprofit and for-profit arts industry. Contact: Americans for the Arts (202) 371-2830The Arts and Civic Engagement: Involved in Arts, Involved in Life The National Endowment for the Arts 11-01-2006 This research paper explores the compelling link between arts participation and broader civic and community involvement, as measured by the NEA's Survey of Public Participation in the Arts. The report also reveals that young adults show declines in participation rates for most arts and civic categories. Contact: The National Endowment for the Arts webmgr@arts.endow.gov (202) 682-5400Gifts of the Muse: Reframing the Debate About the Benefits of the Arts RAND Corporation 01-01-2004 Faced with intense competition for audiences and financial support, as well as adverse political fallout from the "culture wars" of the early 1990s, arts advocates have increasingly sought to make a case for the arts in terms of their instrumental benefits to individuals and communities. In this report documenting the most comprehensive study of its kind, the authors evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of these instrumental arguments and make the case that a new approach to understanding the benefits of the arts is needed. Critical of what they view as an overemphasis on instrumental benefits, the authors call for a greater recognition of the intrinsic benefits of the arts experience, provide a more comprehensive framework for assessing the private and public value of both intrinsic and instrumental benefits, and link the realization of those benefits to the nature of arts involvement. In particular, they underscore the importance of sustained involvement in the arts to the achievement of both instrumental and intrinsic benefits. This study has important policy implications for access to the arts, childhood exposure to the arts, arts advocacy, and future research on the arts. Contact: RAND Corporation order@rand.org (877) 584-8642Public Rates of Attendance at Live Arts Events Americans for the Arts 01-01-2007 This one-page memo shows that the percentage of Americans attending live arts events has held relatively steady over the past 20 years at 40 percent. In 2002, four in ten American adults (39.4 percent) attended at least one of seven "benchmark" arts activities: live jazz, classical music, opera, musical, play, ballet, or art museum (not including elementary or high school performances). Contact: Americans for the Arts 212-223-2787Involving Youth in Nonprofit Arts Organizations: A Call to Action The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation 04-01-2007 Barry Hessenius, the former head of the California Arts Council, was worried about where the next generation of leaders in arts organizations would come from. With baby boomers retiring and fewer workers in the succeeding generation, Hessenius foresaw a fight to recruit new leadership that often-cash-strapped arts organizations would be ill-equipped to wage. Hessenius transformed his worries into a plan of action with "Involving Youth in Nonprofit Arts Organizations: A Call to Action," a sixty-two-page study underwritten by the Hewlett Foundation, that outlined the problem and proposed some solutions. Contact: The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation 650-234-4500Arts, Culture, and the Social Health of the Nation Institute for Innovation in Social Policy, Vassar College 01-01-2005 Arts, Culture, and the Social Health of the Nation is designed to monitor the artistic and cultural experiences of Americans. Based on the Institute's National Social Survey, it probes new issues and looks at changes in arts participation since the Institute's previous report in 2002. The current report shows that Americans deeply value the arts, both in their own lives and in the lives of their children. Yet participation levels have declined slightly since the last survey, both for adults and for children. Differences in participation by income level remain a serious problem. Contact: Institute for Innovation in Social Policy opdycke@earthlink.net 845.452.7332Health/MedicalIssue Brief: Healthcare and the ArtsAmericans for the Arts 07-20-2009 As Congress works toward a major reform of the national health care system, Americans for the Arts, the Society for Arts in Healthcare, and 19 other national associations have crafted a legislative request to strengthen the role of the arts in health care. The group hopes to provide creative arts therapists, artists, and arts organizations that do work in health care settings, either as volunteers or professionals, greater opportunity in this legislation. Contact: Narric Rome nrome@artsusa.orgBOOK: Sparks of Genius: The Thirteen Thinking Tools of the World's Most Creative People Robert S. Root-Bernstein; Michele M. Root-Bernstein 08-09-2001 From the publisher's website: Exercise your imagination and set off sparks of genius. Explore the "thinking tools" of extraordinary people, from Albert Einstein and Jane Goodall to Amadeus Mozart and Virginia Woolf, and learn how you can practice the same imaginative skills to become your creative best. With engaging narratives and ample illustrations, Robert and Michele Root-Bernstein investigate cognitive tools as diverse as observing, imaging, recognizing patterns, modeling, playing, and more. Sparks of Genius is "a clever, detailed and demanding fitness program for the creative mind" (Kirkus Reviews) and a groundbreaking guidebook for anyone interested in imaginative thinking, lifelong learning, and transdisciplinary education. From the author's biography at Psychology Today where they have the blog "Imagine That!": A full professor at Michigan State University, Robert studies the evolution of physiological control systems, autoimmune diseases and scientific creativity; Michele, a writer, Kennedy Center teaching artist and adjunct faculty member at MSU, currently studies the invention of imaginary worlds from childhood to adulthood. Contact:An investigation of the effects of music and art on pain perception. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts 08-01-2008 The authors examined the effects of preferred music, visual distraction, and silence on pain perception. Preferred music was found to significantly increase tolerance and perceived control over the painful stimulus and to decrease anxiety compared with both the visual distraction and silence conditions. Pain intensity rating was decreased by music listening when compared with silence. Some cost for download PDF. Contact:Learning, Arts, and the Brain Dana Foundation 03-04-2008 In the Dana Consortium study, researchers grappled with a fundamental question: Are smart people drawn to the arts or does arts training make people smarter? For the first time, coordinated, multi-university scientific research brings us closer to answering that question. Learning, Arts, and the Brain, a study three years in the making, is the result of research by cognitive neuroscientists from seven leading universities across the United States. It advances our understanding of the effects of music, dance, and drama education on other types of learning. Children motivated in the arts develop attention skills and strategies for memory retrieval that also apply to other subject areas. Also see the article on the study from the Dana Foundation website. Contact: Johanna Goldberg jgoldberg@dana.orgArts Programs in US Hospitals Americans for the Arts 01-01-2007 Percentages of arts programs in hospitals, including visual art exhibits, in-hospital performances, bedside art activities and arts activities for staff. Contact: Americans for the Arts 212-2230-2787HumanitiesGuide to Navigating Federal Emergency Management Agency and Small Business Administration Disaster Aid for Cultural InstitutionsHeritage Preservation: the National Institute for Conservation 01-01-2009 This booklet is designed specifically to help museums, libraries, archives, historic properties and sites, and arts organizations obtain funding they need in order to recover from major disasters. The content includes:
The online version of the Navigation Guide is periodically updated at www.heritagepreservation.org, where viewers may review other valuable disaster resources. Contact: Heritage Preservation info@heritagepreservation.org 202-233-0800Online tools on document conservation, preservation Northeast Document Conservation Center 10-02-2008 The Northeast Document Conservation Center is pleased to announce a suite of new products that address the training needs of archivists, librarians, and museum and historical society professionals. The free, online tools were developed primarily with grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Services and ongoing support from the National Endowment for the Humanities for NEDCC's Field Service program. NEDCC is also grateful for support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and for the hard work of the many project partners and Tools include: dPlan: The Online Disaster Planning Tool; Preservation 101 online course; Toolkit on Surveying Digital Readiness; Toolkit on What's Wrong With This Picture contains readings and resources on preservation; Preservation Education Curriculum; and the Coordinated Statewide Emergency Preparedness (COSTEP) framework. Leaflets and other materials are also available. Contact: Julie Martin jmartin@nedcc.orgL.A. Art ONLINE: Learning from the Getty's Electronic Cataloguing Initiative Getty Foundation 03-01-2008 Report based on a six-year grant designed to help collecting institutions in Los Angeles make their collections available online. Contact: gli@getty.edu (310) 440-6300MusicChorus Impact Study: How Children, Adults and Communities Benefit from ChorusesChorus America 06-02-2009 If you enjoy singing with your neighbors, congregation, or classmates, you're taking an increasingly popular path to a successful life. According to a new study by Chorus America, an estimated 32.5 million adults regularly sing in choruses today, up from 23.5 million estimated in 2003. And when children are included, there are 42.6 million Americans singing in choruses in 2009. The results from this latest research support and advance earlier findings that choral singers exhibit increased social skills, civic involvement, volunteerism, philanthropy, and support of other art forms, when compared with non-singers. Contact: Robin L. Perry robin@chorusamerica.org 202-331-7577 x243This is Your Brain on Music - book and website features Penguin USA 01-01-2006 Whether you load your iPod with Bach or Bono, music has a significant role in your life--even if you never realized it. Why does music evoke such powerful moods? The answers are at last be- coming clear, thanks to revolutionary neuroscience and the emerging field of evolutionary psychology. Both a cutting-edge study and a tribute to the beauty of music itself, This Is Your Brain on Music unravels a host of mysteries that affect everything from pop culture to our understanding of human nature, including:
This Is Your Brain on Music explores cultures in which singing is considered an essential human function, patients who have a rare disorder that prevents them from making sense of music, and scientists studying why two people may not have the same definition of pitch. At every turn, this provocative work unlocks deep secrets about how nature and nurture forge a uniquely human obsession. Author Daniel J. Levitin -- a graduate of Stanford University in California -- runs the Levitin Laboratory for Musical Perception, Cognition, and Expertise at McGill University, where he holds the Bell Chair in the Psychology of Electronic Communications. Before becoming a neuroscientist, he was a record producer with gold records to his credit and professional musician. He has published extensively in scientific journals and music trade magazines such as Grammy and Billboard. See author's book website (includes videos and interactive features), publisher's website. Contact: http://www.psych.mcgill.ca/levitin/home_contact.htmCalifornia Polyphony: Ethnic Voices, Musical Crossroads by Mina Yang (book) University of Illinois Press 01-01-2008 California Polyphony: Ethnic Voices, Musical Crossroads suggests an answer to the question "What is a Californian?" lies at the intersection of musicology, cultural history, and politics. Consisting of a series of musical case studies of major ethnic groups in California, this book approaches the notion of Californian identity from diverse perspectives, each nuanced by class, gender, and sexuality. The book examines the Pacific Rim's influence on the popular imagination of white Californians; the once-thriving jazz and blues nightclub scene of 1940s Los Angeles' Central Avenue that became a primary target for law enforcement's anti-vice crusade; and the reactionary nature of the musical scores for Hollywood's noir films of the World War II and postwar eras. Mina Yang also considers Mexican Americans' conflicted assimilation into the white American mainstream from the early 1900s through the 1970s, as well as contemporary Korean Americans' struggles to express their cultural and national identities through hip-hop, a genre usually associated with African Americans. An accomplished pianist as well as a scholar, Mina Yang is an assistant professor of music history and literature at the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California. Contact:OtherVeterans seek to serve community when statewide -- from the Report on Veterans and VolunteerismCivic Enterprises 12-15-2009 (summarized by The Foundation Center eNewsletter) According to a new report from Civic Enterprises, an overwhelming majority of soldiers who have served in Iraq or Afghanistan would like to volunteer when they return from their tours of duty, but many of them feel disconnected from the communities they return to. Funded by Target and the Case Foundation, the report, All Volunteer Force: From Military to Civilian Service (44 pages, PDF), found that 89 percent of veterans said other Americans could learn something from their example of service, though only half considered themselves leaders in their communities as a result of their military service. At the same time, 69 percent of veterans said they had not been contacted by a community institution, local nonprofit, or place of worship after they returned home and roughly the same percentage said they did not have enough information about meaningful service opportunities. Contact: http://www.civicenterprises.net/contact.php (202) 626-6856BOOK; Art and Upheaval, by William Cleveland Americans for the Arts 01-01-2008 From Belfast to Johannesburg, Belgrade and beyond, surprising things happen when forces of creativity and destruction meet. Discover how artists are struggling for freedom and rebuilding society around the world. Art and Upheaval details stories in six communities on five continents and how artists and communities are confronting issues such as war, dictatorship, human rights, AIDS, poverty, and racism. Contact: (202) 371-2830CD-ROM: Arts and Civic Engagement Toolkit Americans for the Arts 01-01-2008 This CD tool kit provides user-friendly worksheets and resources for planning, designing, and partnering on arts-based civic engagement projects and programs. Contact: (202) 371-2830BOOK: Breaking Through the Clutter: Business Solutions for Women, Artists, and Entrepreneurs, by Judith Luther Wilder National Network for Artist Placement 11-30-1999 An 8-1/2" x 11", 175-page workbook for any entrepreneurial spirit interested in writing successful grant proposals, marketing plans or business plans. Over 400 listings of microlenders who make uncollateralized loans of $500 - $25,000; grant resources for individual artists; Women's Business Centers, technical assistance providers; state specific business development centers and internet resources designed to help you build your business. Chapters include "Show Me The Money!," "Artists and Entrepreneurs," and "The Grantsmanship Game." Interviews with video artist Bill Viola, visual artist John Outterbridge, mezzo soprana Suzanna Guzman, muralist Judith Baca, choreographer Fred Strickler and many others. "A compelling and delightful narrative unveiling the essence of successful entrepreneurship. Like a loving mentor, Judith takes the reader by the hand and demonstrates both the essentials and the pitfalls of business ownership. She then goes on to provide the map and the resources to navigate the road to success. This is 'must reading' for anyone who is serious about building their business." Ward Wieman, President, Management Overload Contact:BOOK: Art and Reality: The New Standard Reference Guide and Business Plan for Actively Developing Your Career as an Artist, by Robert J. Abbott Seven Locks Press 11-01-2001 Art and Reality will show you how to present your artwork in a way that will gain access to museums, universities, publishers and important galleries that might otherwise be out of reach. It guides you step-by-step through the process of developing and executing a fast track career plan. Contact: (800) 354-5348BOOK: Living the Artist's Life: A Guide to Growing, Preserving, and Succeeding in the Art World, by Paul Dorrell Hillstead Publishing 04-12-2004 Written in a conversational tone that resonates with energy and wisdom, Living the Artist's Life is a unique book. Relying on a lifetime of experience, and a host of enlightening anecdotes, Dorrell keeps you engaged through each chapter. Whether instructing on how to photograph your work and get it into a gallery, or discussing subjects such as inspiration, depression and self-doubt, Dorrell knows his ground. He also relates the stories of his own failures, his successes, and his dealings with New York agents and publishers, Dorrell being a novelist as well as a gallery owner. Regardless of your discipline, you will benefit from the real-life guidance of this work. Contact: email@hillsteadpublishing.com (816) 841-0276VIDEO: Design and the Elastic Mind, a Talk by Paola Antonelli TED / NYC's MOMA 10-01-2008 New York City's MOMA design curator Paola Antonelli describes the Spring 2008 groundbreaking show "Design and the Elastic Mind" -- full of products and designs that reflect the way we think now. The exhibit examines the work of designers and scientists and the connections between the two. Presented by TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design), an organization that began as an annual conference on the California coast concerned with new and innovative ideas. Contact:State Efforts to Promote Reading and Literary Activities in Communities National Governors' Association 02-24-2006 At a time when the demand for highly literate workers is escalating, rates of literary reading in America are suffering from sharp declines. This issue brief from the National Governors' Association Center for Best Practices finds states across the country are actively working to increase reading and participation in literary activities. States have recognized that engaging citizens in these activities yields multiple benefits, such as promoting lifelong learning to improve workforce skills and increasing civic engagement and community identity. The brief, State Efforts to Promote Reading and Literary Activities, provides a variety of policies and programs states can use to enhance the individual and community benefits of reading. This is one of a series of issue briefs on the economic importance of the arts. Contact: John Blacksten 202-624-5300Public Engagement: a Primer from Public Agenda Center for Advances in Public Engagement 01-01-2008 Public Agenda is a nonprofit first created in 1975 with the goal to have greater community engagement in public life and a more citizen-centered approach to politics. This PDF document summarizes the organization's goals and essential elements to engage the public in local, state and national politics and civic life. Contact: Public Agenda staff 202-292-1020Ready to Lead? Next Generation Leaders Speak Out Meyer Foundation 03-03-2008 A skilled, committed, and diverse pool of next generation leaders would like to be nonprofit executive directors in the future, according to a new national survey of nearly 6,000 next generation leaders from the Meyer Foundation titled Ready to Lead? Next Generation Leaders Speak Out. However, the survey also finds that there are significant barriers: work-life balance, insufficient life-long earning potential, lack of mentorship and overwhelming fundraising responsibilities which may prevent many younger nonprofit staff from becoming executives. The survey is the largest national survey to date of emerging nonprofit leaders and was produced by the Meyer Foundation in partnership with CompassPoint Nonprofit Services, The Annie E. Casey Foundation and Idealist.org. According to the Urban Institute, there are currently more than 850,000 registered public charities in the United States. San Francisco and Milpitas were key areas studied in the survey. See the press release on the study for more information. Contact: Amy K. Harbison aharbison@meyerfdn.org 202-552-7470Spotlight on Arts: Grantmaking in California The James Irvine Foundation 01-01-2004 This report by the Foundation Center provides a quick overview of private arts and culture funding in California. Based on 2004 data, the most recent year for which information was available, the report lists the largest arts grantmakers and analyzes where funding is going. Performing arts organizations captured the largest share (37 percent) with museums (32 percent) a close second. The report, sponsored by the Irvine Foundation, also includes a mini-directory of California foundations funding the arts. Contact: The James Irvine Foundation 415.777.2244Public ArtBOOK: Dialogues in Public Art, by Tom FinklepearlAmericans for the Arts 01-01-2000 By the 1990s, public art had evolved far beyond the lonely monument on an open plaza. Now public artists might design the entire plaza, create an event to alter the social dynamics of an urban environment, or help reconstruct a neighborhood. This provocative volume presents a rich variety of interviews with people who create and experience public art -- from an artist who mounted three bronze sculptures in the South Bronx to the bureaucrat who led the fight to have them removed. Contact: (202) 371-2830BOOK: Along the Way, by Sandra Bloodworth and William Ayres Americans for the Arts 01-01-2006 Featuring over 200 color photographs, Along the Way is a tour through New York's underground museum of contemporary art, works commissioned by MTA Arts for Transit for the subway system and commuter rail lines. The text addresses the Arts for Transit program from its inception in 1985 and includes works by a number of artists including Roy Lichtenstein, Romare Bearden, Faith Ringgold, Mary Miss, and Michele Oka Doner. Discover how Arts for Transit commissions exemplify the principles of public art, relating directly to the places in which they are installed and the community around them. Contact: (202) 371-2830BOOK: Public Art by the Book, by Barbara Goldstein Americans for the Arts 01-01-2005 Edited by Barbara Goldstein, Public Art by the Book is a nuts and bolts guide for arts professionals and volunteers creating public art in their communities. The definitive resource for information on public art for local government, arts agencies, arts professionals and artists, this book includes examples from cities such as Charlotte, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Phoenix, Portland, San Diego and Seattle. Contact: (202) 371-2830CD-ROM: 2009 Public Art Network Year in Review Americans for the Arts 06-01-2009 The 2009 Public Art Network Year in Review is a national program that recognizes exemplary public art projects completed throughout the country during the past year. The CD-ROM is a compilation of project images, data, and the Year in Review presentation and serves as an excellent tool for public art advocacy, education, and promotion. It contains more than 240 high-resolution digital images as well an information on artists, projects, materials and budgets. Contact: (202) 371-2830Will Fair Use Survive? Free Expression in the Age of Copyright Control Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law; Free Expression Policy Project 12-01-2005 Are increasingly heavy assertions of control by copyright and trademark owners smothering fair use and free expression? The product of more than a year of research, Will Fair Use Survive? paints a striking picture of an intellectual property system that is perilously out of balance. Contact: Marjorie Heins margeheins@verizon.netLos Angeles County's Civic Art Collection -- Discovery, Revitalization, and Growth Los Angeles County Arts Commission 04-25-2009 This is the first report from the Los Angeles County Arts Commission to begin the documentation of County artworks across districts and departments. Research began in 2006 and is ongoing. The report includes information on 68 historic artworks found to date. Public art in Los Angeles is directly related to the actions in December 2004 when the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors passed a Civic Art Policy mandating that 1% of eligible costs for new County capital projects and renovations over $500,000 be used to create public artworks. An additional mandate of the policy was to create a comprehensive survey of the civic artworks the County already possesses, to assess the condition of those works, to repair them if needed, and to provide the public with information about them. (Also available: an interactive mapping and online photo database of the collection.) Contact: LA County Civic Art Program civicart@arts.lacounty.gov (213) 202-5858Public Art on Scenic Highways (Best Practices) America's Byways Resource Center 05-01-2003 This case study discusses the use of public art on scenic highways, specifically along El Camino Real and the Historic Route 66 in New Mexico. Contact:BOOK: The Artist's Guide to Public Art Americans for the Arts 03-01-2008 From the description: How to Find and Win Commissions The Artist's Guide to Public Art is a must-have for everyone who wants to succeed in the growing field of Public Art. The book shows how to start and build a career in public art and assists in navigating the "system," working efficiently, and standing up for the rights of artists. First-hand accounts from experienced public artists and arts administrators provide tips for the best ways to find, apply for, and win public art commissions. This guide includes chapters on contracts, working with fabricators, committee presentations, coordination with project managers, preparation of proposals and budgets, dealing with conflict and controversy, and running an efficient business. Author Lynn Basa has produced site-specific art for hospitals, universities, corporate headquarters, and private collections. She is the former chair of the Seattle Arts Commission's Public Art Committee and currently teaches at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Contact:2008 Public Art Year in Revew CD-ROM (Fee) -- ON SALE Americans for the Arts 06-01-2008 Americans for the Arts Public Art Network 2008 Year in Review CD-ROM recognizes innovative public art projects completed in 2007 as selected by jurors Jody Pinto, artist and Ted C. Landsmark, President of the Boston Architectural College. The more than 200 images and project descriptions are an exceptional planning and advocacy tool for communities developing public art programs, and an invaluable resource for public art administrators, artists, educators, arts commissions, students, and allied design and planning professionals. The CD-ROM includes more than 40 unique public art projects with multiple images of each project, as well as information on the artists, the budget, and the project materials. The 2008 Year in Review was first presented at the Americans for the Arts Annual Convention in Philadelphia on June 22, 2008. Contact: |
