New Genres / New Media

Arts for All: Connecting to New Audiences

April 30, 2009 by giarts-ts-admin

2008, 24 pages. The Wallace Foundation, 5 Penn Plaza, 7th floor, New York, NY, 10001, 212-251-9700, www.wallacefoundation.org

http://www.wallacefoundation.org/SiteCollectionDocuments/
WF/Knowledge Center/Attachments/PDF/arts-for-
all-connecting-to-new-audiences.pdf

April 30, 2009 by giarts-ts-admin

As we, individually or collectively, set out to make a case for the many ways the arts have relevance in today's world of economic turmoil and change, it's helpful to be clear what we mean by terms like “art,” “culture,” and “industry” and also to understand what the same terms might mean to others. The words we use are telling. Their use has a history that says much about where the work we call “art” resides in our collective lives from one period to the next.

CauseWired

April 30, 2009 by giarts-ts-admin

2008, 237 pages. Wiley, 10475 Crosspoint Boulevard, Indianapolis, IN, 46256, 877-762-2974, http://www.wiley.com

April 30, 2009 by giarts-ts-admin

The following piece is excerpted from the second of a two-part article written for the Community Arts Network, “The New New Deal.” Part one, published in December 2008, was titled, “the New New Deal: Public Service Jobs for Artists.” It described some of the things artists could do with public-service jobs. This excerpt is from part two, published February 24, 2009, “A New WPA for Artists: How and Why.” In this excerpt, Goldbard takes up the question of “why,” what are all the good reasons to support a new WPA for artists.

Digital Youth Research

April 30, 2009 by giarts-ts-admin

2008.

http://digitalyouth.ischool.berkeley.edu

Over three years, University of California, Irvine researcher Mizuko Ito and her team interviewed over 800 youth and young adults and conducted over 5000 hours of online observations as part of the most extensive U.S. study of youth media use.

Midwestern Voices and Visions

April 30, 2009 by giarts-ts-admin

2009, 40 pages. Published by the Alliance of Artists Communities, 255 South Main Street, Providence, Rhode Island, 02903, 401-351-4320, www.artistcommunities.org

http://www.artistcommunities.org/files/files/
MidwesternVoicesAndVisions.pdf

read:write

April 30, 2009 by giarts-ts-admin

2008, 64 pages. Arts Council England, 14 Great Peter Street, London SW1P 3NQ, UK, 0845-300-6590, www.artscouncil.org.uk

http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/documents/publications/
phpvMEmeh.pdf

Taking Note

April 30, 2009 by giarts-ts-admin

2009, 90 pages. American Music Center, 30 West 26th Street, Suite 1001 New York, NY, 10010, 212-366-5260, www.amc.net

http://www.amc.net/takingnote/taking note.pdf

April 30, 2009 by giarts-ts-admin