Participation / audience development

Why will some people engage with art in one setting, but not another? For example, why will someone watch great drama on television at home, but never darken the door of a theater? Why will someone listen to classical music in a place of worship, but not a concert hall?

116 pages, May 2012. Partners for Livable Communities, 1429 21st Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20036, (202) 887-5990 www.livable.org.

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   Stories for Change (2.5Mb)

20 pages, March 2012. The Wallace Foundation, 5 Penn Plaza, 7th Floor, New York, NY, 10001, (212) 251-9700, www.wallacefoundation.org.

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February 2012, 31 pages. The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, 505 5th Avenue South, Suite 900, Seattle, WA 98104, www.pgafoundations.com.

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Rocco Landesman’s Can of Worms

Written and compiled by Shannon Stewart. 2010, All-ages Movement Project, Seattle, WA

The back cover of In Every Town: An All-ages Music Manualfesto announces, “IT'S IN YOUR HANDS.” The book is a call to action to put on and support all-ages music shows and to give musicians the tools to develop and release their own music.

2011, 32 pages, National Endowment for the Arts, 1100 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Ste 700, Washington, DC, 20506, 202-682-5606   www.nea.gov

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   Time and Money (166Kb)

2010, 98 pages, The Boston Foundation, 75 Arlington Street, 10th Floor, Boston, MA, 02116, (617) 338-1700 http://www.tbf.org

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2011, 104 pages, National Endowment for the Arts, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20506, http://www.nea.gov

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