Funding Research

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.

February 2003, 48 pages. Published by Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, Box 1985, Providence, RI, 02912, www.annenberginstitute.org, www.annenberginstitute.org/challenge/

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2004, 162 pages, ISBN 0-9749702-0-4. Published by John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Wachovia Financial Center, Suite 3300, 200 South Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL, 33131-2349, 305-908-2600, www.Knightfdn.org

Download pdf: http://www.knightfdn.org/publications/listeningandlearning04/listeningandlearning2004.pdf

http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/

A project of the School of Communication at American University, this site hosts an extensive collection of reports, papers and publications on the use of media as a tool for public knowledge and action.

June 2002, 57 pages. Published by Western States Arts Federation, 1543 Champa Street, Suite 220, Denver, CO, 80202, 303-629-1166, www.westaf.org

This study on the effectiveness and impact of support provided by the Hawai'i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts comes at the end of a ten-year decline in funding by the agency, and documents the challenges this trend presents to artists and nonprofit cultural organizations in the state.

2004, 222 pages, ISBN 0-9746383-0-7. Published by National Arts Journalism Program, 2950 Broadway, M.C. 7200, New York, NY, 10027, www.najp.org

This book expands on a 2002 conference of the same name and includes additional essays and material. The collection addresses how recent social, political, legal, economic and technological developments are placing fresh, and sometimes unintentional, constraints on the way art is created and distributed.

http://www.city.ac.uk/artspol/#lib

This casually indexed site will reward the user who enjoys browsing the bookstore more than searching the library catalogue. The collection of links is international and somewhat random in content.

2004, 38 pages. New York State Artist Workspace Consortium, kerry@mccarthyartsconsulting.com, www.nysawc.org

March 2004, 27 pages. Project on Regional and Industrial Economics, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, 301 19th Avenue, Room 231, Minneapolis, MN 55455, (612) 625-8092, amarkusen@hhh.umn.edu or gshrock@hhh.umn.edu or mcameron@hhh.umn.edu, www.hhh.umn.edu

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Edited by Barbara Rich, Ed.D, Jane L. Polin, Stephen J. Marcus

2003, 164 pages. The Dana Foundation, 745 Fifth Avenue, Suite 900, New York, NY 10151, 212-223-4040, daninfo@dana.org, www.dana.org.