Published by the OECD. Building on recent international case studies, Culture and Local Development shows how public policies can foster culture as a lever for local economic development in terms of partnerships, tax relief, and other innovative instruments. The book also sets out the implications for national governments in the fields of education and intellectual property rights.

Cultural Perspectives in Civic Dialogue shares the efforts of cultural organizers who are skilled in working deeply within and across cultures to understand important cultural considerations in arts-based civic dialogue work. Their endeavors illuminate how cultural norms mediate public space and participation, as well as how the choices regarding art forms and dialogue approaches can support or discourage civic participation of various cultural groups. In the King Kamehameha I Statue Conservation Project, rural Hawai’ian residents deliberated how best to conserve a

Singing Our Praises is designed to demystify evaluation by highlighting glowing examples of arts presenters who have used it to learn about their success. Through real-life stories, concrete tools and techniques adapted from other fields, arts practitioners are trained to design their own evaluations in order to reveal the value of their arts programs.

This monograph explores the entire funding network and details how the financial system in the fosters artistic creativity and preserves artistic traditions.

A substantive plan that seeks to make the arts an integral part of Johnson County's future economic development.

The Kennedy Center Arts Education Leadership Kit provides a framework for supporting the arts education leadership development needs of cultural organizations, school district leaders, teaching artists, arts management students, and other individuals interested in their own continued professional development.

Recognizing that national issues and conditions affect state and local levels, in 2003 the Center for Arts and Culture began a project to examine how government policies affect community based cultural organizations. Because reduced state funding directly impacts local support for the arts—but is not discussed or monitored as closely and systematically as at the state-level—this project is proving to have strong resonance among local communities across the country. State and local budget cuts have caused many cultural organizations to merge or simply go out of business. How

"......the ART in Embassies Program and the Center for Arts & Culture -- a Washington, DC-based, nonpartisan, cultural policy think tank -- organized a panel discussion, Art as Diplomacy: 21st Century Challenges, which addressed the impacts of cultural exchange and how to effectively incorporate the arts and culture in current U.S. government public diplomacy efforts." [p. 2]

The Tucson Historic Warehouse Arts District Master Plan is the product of an intensive community planning effort in downtown Tucson in 2003 and 2004. The plan grows out of the existing community of artists, arts organizations,

The Tucson Historic Warehouse Arts District Master Plan is the product of an intensive community planning effort in downtown Tucson in 2003 and 2004. The plan grows out of the existing community of artists, arts organizations,_x005Fand public officials dedicated to preserving and growing this thriving and productive arts district. This plan's goal is to develop the Tucson Historic Warehouse Arts District as a center for incubation, production and exhibition of the arts, with artists at its heart. The plan sub-goals include: mixed-use, diversity, realistic economics, sustainability,