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2004. Centre for Creative Communities, 118 Commercial St., London E16NF, UK.
Read More...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, 88 pages, IBSN 0-8330-3650-5. Published by the RAND Corporation, 1700 Main Street, PO Box 2138, Santa Monica, CA, 90407-2138, 310-451-7002, www.rand.org
Download Report: http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9058/
Read More...2004, 32 pages. Published by the Center for Arts and Culture, Suite 505, 819 Seventh Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001-3772, 202-783-5277, www.culturalpolicy.org
This succinct booklet makes the case for the value of cultural diplomacy at this time when foreign opinion of the United States is extremely low, offers recommendations for improving cultural diplomacy, and summarizes other Center research on the topic.
Read More...2004, 37 pages. Published by National Craft Emergency Relief Fund, 73 Main Street, #37, Montpelier, VT, 05602, 802-229-2306, www.craftemergency.org
This report offers the results of a nationwide survey undertaken by CERF to establish a snapshot of the state of crafts artists, and guide the future programs of the organization.
Read More...Undated, 40 pages. Published by Public Knowledge, 1875 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 650, Washington, DC, 20009, 202-518-0020, www.publicknowledge.org.
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Read More...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...On December 2 and 3, 2004 the University of Chicago's Cultural Policy Center held a conference on “The Future of Public Television” at the Museum of Contemporary Art in downtown Chicago. The Center convened a star-studded series of presenters and key speakers to illuminate the current condition of public television and to make some predictions about its future. The speakers and panelists included Kathleen Cox, president and CEO, Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB); Pat Mitchell, president and CEO, Public Broadcasting System (PBS); Kenneth P.
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