Arts Research

Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, New Jersey, and London, 2008, 297 pages, Edited by Diane Grams and Betty Farrell.

2007, 18 pages. Impacts 08 � The Liverpool Model, Eleanor Rathborne Building, Bedford St South, Liverpool, L69 7ZA, +44 (0)151 794 2988, www.impacts08.net
PDF online: www.ksghauser.harvard.edu/whats_new/CI_proceedings.pdf

2007, 48 Pages. FSG Social Impact Advisors, 20 Park Plaza, Suite 320, Boston, MA 02116, (617) 357-4000, www.fsg-impact.org
PDF online: www.fsg-impact.org

2007, 11 Pages. Americans for the Arts, One East 53rd Street, Second Floor, NY, NY 10022, (212) 223-2787, www.americansforthearts.org

2007, 113 pages. Leveraging Investments in Creativity, 450 West 37th St., Suite 502, NY, NY 10018, (646) 731-3275, www.lincnet.net

2008, 141 pages. Council on Foundations, 2121 Crystal Drive, Suite 700, Arlington, VA 22202 (703) 879-0600, www.cof.org

This robust report features a series of essays on aspects of rural philanthropy from a diverse range of perspectives. The conclusion, by Sherece Y. West, alone is worth the price of admission. The report concludes with a summary of funding recommendations from the Council on Foundations Conference on Philanthropy and Rural America: A 21st Century Agenda, held in August 2007 in Montana.

2007, 122 pages. RAND Corporation, 1200 South Hayes Street, Arlington, VA 22202, (703) 413-1100, www.rand.org
PDF online: www.rand.org

In June 2007, the Broward Cultural Division and the local arts incubator, ArtServe, Inc., implemented the first "The Artist as an Entrepreneur Institute" (AEI) in South Florida. Presented on four consecutive Saturdays, the AEI offered eighteen classes during three full-day sessions and an extra half-day Business Plan Clinic on the final Saturday.

2007, 73 pages. The Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations, 5 Bennett Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, (617) 496-5675, www.ksghauser.harvard.edu