Public Art
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
Read More...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.
Read More...To California's great Central Valley they have come from the highlands of Oaxaca, the cities of eastern Pakistan, the relocation camps of Thailandpolitical 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.”
Read More...Early in 2004, the Graduate Center of the City of New York convened ten small to mid-sized arts organizations to talk about what had happened to them in an experimental, internet-based project funded by the Ford Foundation. The ten, from across the country, are community-based cultural organizations; they share a commitment to emerging and experimental artists and art forms, and a commitmentequally firmto their local or nearby communities. Despite their similarities of mission, the ten were not familiar with each other's work.
Read More...July 2004, 76 pages. Published by Art in the Public Interest, P.O. Box 68, Saxapahaw, NC, 27340, 336-376-8404, info@communityarts.net, www.communityarts.net
Download Report: www.communityarts.net/readingroom/archivefiles/2004/08/can_report_the.php
2004, 11 pages. Published by Americans for the Arts, 1000 Vermont Avenue NW, 6th floor, Washington, DC, 20005, 202-371-2830, info@artsusa.org, www.AmericansForTheArts.org
This monograph provides descriptions and examples of a range of local tax and revenue generating mechanisms that can be used to restore, sustain and increase public support for the arts.
Read More...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.
Read More...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
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