Literary arts

2004, 51 pages. Published by Pew Internet & American Life Project, 1100 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20036, 202-296-0019, www.pewinternet.org

Download Report: http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2004/Artists-Musicians-and-the-Internet.aspx

2004, 72 pages. Published by the Alliance for Artists Communities, 255 South Main Street, Providence, RI, 02903, 401-351-4320, www.artistcommunities.org

Download Report: http://www.artistcommunities.org/resource-library/publications/engaging-communities-lessons-learned

GIA members have often expressed an interest in providing resources for artists that go "beyond the check." Following is a list of web sites for organizations that provide useful information related to specific disciplines, funding, career opportunities, professional development, and other resources for artists.

Recent decades have seen rapid immigration into traditional gateway cities as well as rural and suburban communities throughout the United States. Craig McGarvey's thoughtful Pursuing Democracy's Promise speaks to the importance of new United States residents' fully participating in civic life alongside the native born.

To California's great Central Valley they have come from the highlands of Oaxaca, the cities of eastern Pakistan, the relocation camps of Thailand—political refugees and new immigrants from around the world aspiring to build a future for their children, grands, and greats.

For three days in October these new U.S. Americans gathered in Fresno's Tower District for their second Tamejavi Festival. Everyone was welcome; the historic Tower Theatre's marquis proclaimed, “Tamejavi: It's Still Free.”

July 2004, 60 pages. Published by the National Endowment for the Arts, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington DC, 20506, 202-682-5400, www.arts.endow.gov

Download pdf: http://www.nea.gov.pub/ReadingAtRisk.pdf

October 2003, 146 pages. Published by The Western States Arts Federation, 1743 Wazee St, Suite 300, Denver, CO, 80202, 303-607-9019, www.westaf.org

This book contains the proceedings from a symposium of the same name convened by WESTAF in October, 2003 that brought together practitioners, artists, and academics to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing state arts agencies.

2004, 11 pages. Published by Arts Research Digest, School of Humanities, Faculty Office Squires Building, University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK, 44 (0)191 227 3894, www.arts-research-digest.com

Download pdf: www.ifacca.org/files/040527ResearchingArtists.pdf

May 2004, 53 pages. Published by Battelle Memorial Institute

Download pdf: http://www.flinn.org/docs/Vibrant_Culture-Thriving_Economy_full_213.pdf

The product of a multi-disciplinary task force in the greater Phoenix metropolitan area, this report makes the case, from an economic development point of view, for a central role for arts and culture in the region's future planning initiatives.

http://www.najp.org/publications/index.html

NAJP's site offers a variety of conference and research reports on arts journalism and a number of related current cultural topics, as well as archives of their journal, ARTicles.