Author(s): Lyz Crane, Jane King and Douglas Stewart
Date of Publication: January 1, 2011
Culture Connects All, a benchmark report by Partners for Livable communities funded by MetLife Foundation, offers new audience-building opportunities for arts and cultural organizations to engage two of America’s fastest growing populations: immigrant and older adult populations.
Author(s): Bieber, Liz; Miller, Brian; and Cooper, Will
Date of Publication: January 1, 2012
Stories for Change, a report by Partners for Livable Communities funded by MetLife Foundation, offers leadership examples that expand the arts to new audiences. This compendium of nearly 50 best practices showcases the notable strategies that increase access to arts and culture for older adult and immigrant populations.
Author(s): Rollins, Judy, PhD
Date of Publication: January 1, 2011
This primer was designed for the arts organization that wishes to initiate programming focused on local health issues, or create partnerships with health groups in order to best meet the needs of the community. Arts Organizations and Public Health identifies best practices of diverse arts organizations from around the United States to inform this work.
Author(s): Liz Bieber, Jane King, Nomoya Hall, and Andrew Abruzzese
Date of Publication: May 1, 2012
This compendium of case studies provides business and chamber leaders the perspective to further Lumina’s Goal 2025: to increase the proportion of Americans with high-quality degrees and credentials to 60 percent by the year 2025.
Author(s): Partners for Livable Communities
Date of Publication: July 1, 2013
Partners for Livable Communities sees City Resilient as a unifying movement that will reduce crime and improve safety, provide health-enhancing opportunities for the people who live there, and improve the aesthetics of the community. By showcasing the values that create successful, resilient cities, Partners will inspire other cities to become more resilient themselves and provide them with best practices and models to achieve these goals. It is a movement of the present and of the future that is creating better communities for Americans of all ages, races, genders, incomes, and beliefs. [p
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Date of Publication: January 1, 2015
Mobilizing Arts and Cultural Resources for Community Development, 2nd Edition was made possible by the collective reflections, experience and expertise of the many individuals who have contributed to the Culture Builds Communities program throughout its more than 20 years. This guide is a comprehensive, action-oriented resource for a broad range of arts and cultural advocates—from grassroots community organizers to elected officials— who are approaching the field from many backgrounds and agendas. It expands on Partners’ six gateways for mobilizing resources,
Author(s): Heath, Shirley B. and Smyth, Laura
Date of Publication: November, 1 1999
Based on ten years of research on high-quality after school activities, ArtShow demonstrates how community based youth programs can provide meaningful experiences for young people during the high risk time when they are neither at school or at home. Arts activities in particular provide an environment that forms identity, provides a safe place for young people to be vulnerable and express emotion, requires discipline and exposes youth to risk and criticism. Four in-depth case studies reveal how arts activities can also develop entrepreneurism. With principles that can be used in creating
Author(s): National League of Cities
Date of Publication: January 1, 2015
The National League of Cities (NLC) publishes its State of the Cities report to provide a comprehensive analysis of city trends based on annual State of the City addresses from mayors across the country. Our State of the Cities 2015 analysis is derived from 100 cities and represents a diverse cross section of population sizes and geographic regions.
Author(s): National League of Cities
Date of Publication: January 1, 2016
The National League of Cities’ annual State of the Cities report provides an in-depth analysis of mayoral speeches.
Author(s): National League of Cities
Date of Publication: January 1, 2017
National League of Cities’ annual State of the Cities report is a content analysis of mayors’ own words. It identifies top-level issues, such as economic development and infrastructure, and specific policies, such as workforce training and transit in 120 mayoral speeches.
Author(s): National League of Cities
Date of Publication: January 1, 2018
Now in its 5th year, the National League of Cities’ annual State of the Cities report provides an in-depth analysis of mayoral speeches.
Author(s): Mark J. Stern; Susan C. Seifert; and Domenic Vitiello
Date of Publication: January 1, 2008
Migrants, Communities, and Culture examines migrant communities in Philadelphia and the impacts they have made on the arts and culture sector in the city.
Author(s): Alaka Wali, Ph.D.; Rebecca Severson, M.A.; and Mario Longoni, M.A.
Date of Publication: May 1, 2002
A team with the Chicago Center for Arts Policy found that the informal arts help to build both individual identify and group solidarity.
Author(s): University of Michigan School of Social Work Curtis Center Program Evaluation Group (CC-PEG)
Date of Publication: February 2014
Author(s): Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events
Date of Publication: 2017
The Chicago Public Art Plan has been authored by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE). DCASE is dedicated to enriching Chicago’s artistic vitality and cultural vibrancy. This includes fostering the development of Chicago’s nonprofit arts sector, independent working artists, and for-profit arts businesses; providing a framework to guide the city’s future cultural and economic growth, via the Chicago Cultural Plan 2012; marketing the city’s cultural assets to a worldwide audience; and presenting high-quality, free, and affordable
Author(s): Reivestment Fund
Date of Publication: February 1, 2017
Understanding the social value of the arts and culture in New York City neighborhoods was the goal of the research undertaken between 2014 and 2017 by Penn's Social Impact of the Arts Project (SIAP) in collaboration with Reinvestment Fund. This brief is a summary of the conceptual framework, data and methodology, findings and implications of the research discussed in the full report--The Social Wellbeing of New York City's Neighborhoods: The Contributions of Culture and the Arts (March 2017).
Author(s): Caroline Ross
Date of Publication: April 5, 2016
One of a number of field scans conducted by ArtPlace, this paper summarizes research and best practices in the intersection of arts and public safety.
Author(s): Jacob Kraemer Tebes, Phd; Samantha L. Matlin, Phd; Bronwyn Hunter, Phd; Azure B. Thompson, Dph; Dana M. Prince, Phd; Nathaniel Mohatt, Phd
Date of Publication: June 1, 2015
This study report from Yale University's School of Medicine examined Mural Arts' Porch Light Program with a rigorous scientific method and shares the results of that research.
Author(s): Tom Borrup
Date of Publication: January 1, 2006
The Creative Community Builder's Handbook gives you successful strategies, best practices, and "how-to" guidance to turn cultural gems into effective community change. The text delves into key principles of community development and presents 20 case studies from across the U.S. In addition, it lays out five steps to assessing, planning, and implementing creative community building projects.
Author(s): Ann Markusen and Anne Gadwa
Date of Publication: January 1, 2010
This white paper summarizes two decades of creative American placemaking, drawing on original economic research and case studies of pathbreaking initiatives in large and small cities, metropolitan to rural, as well as published accounts. The case studies stretch from Providence, Rhode Island, to Los Angeles, California, and from Arnaudville, Louisiana, and Fond du Lac, Minnesota, to Seattle, Washington. Each reveals a distinctive strategy that succeeded when initiators built partnerships across sectors, missions, and levels of government, leveraging funds from diverse sources and programs.<
Author(s): Elaine Morley and Mary K. Winkle
Date of Publication: April 1, 2014
The report examines the research on NEA Our Town projects to determine whether proposed indicators were the correct ones for measuring project impact.
Author(s): Zabel, Laura
Date of Publication: May 15, 2019
This paper from the National Endowment for the Arts, written by Springboard for the Arts' Laura Zabel, explores different strategies and techniques for integrating the arts into planning.
Author(s): Gallup
Date of Publication: January 1, 2010
The study provides empirical evidence that the drivers that create emotional bonds between people and their community are consistent in virtually every city and can be reduced to just a few categories. Interestingly, the usual suspects — jobs, the economy, and safety — are not among the top drivers. Rather, people consistently give higher ratings for elements that relate directly to their daily quality of life: an area’s physical beauty, opportunities for socializing, and a community’s openness to all people. [from Introduction]
Author(s): Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
Date of Publication: May 15, 2019
This toolkit is intended to help municipalities incorporate arts and culture into their communities, enhance livability by improving quality of life, and become more attractive places to live, work, and play.
Author(s): Foster, Nicole; Grodach, Carl; and Murdoch III, James
Date of Publication: January 25, 2016
Using data from the Cultural Data Project, the authors determine where newly established New York City arts organizations locate in terms of neighborhood racial, income, and industry diversity.
Author(s): Lee, Dahyun
Date of Publication: January 1, 2013
Through the case study of the Guernica Peace Mural Project (GPMP) in Columbus, Ohio, which involved American and Somali groups, I explore how participatory community arts generate social capital to promote intergroup social cohesion.
Author(s): John Thomasian
Date of Publication: January 14, 2009
This report outlines steps governors can take to incorporate arts and culture into state economic development plans and policies.
Author(s): Amada Johnson Ashley
Date of Publication: February 1, 2015
This study debunks the myth that arts economic development (AED) is a recent phenomenon. Although marked by piecemeal policies, different motivations, and scattered implementation, AED has played a strategic role in modern city planning over the past hundred years.
Author(s): Michael Rushton
Date of Publication: April 12, 2013
Urban and regional planners, elected officials, and other decisionmakers are increasingly focused on what makes places livable. Access to the arts inevitably appears high on that list, but knowledge about how culture and the arts can act as a tool of economic development is sadly lacking. This important sector must be considered not only as a source of amenities or pleasant diversions, but also as a wholly integrated part of local economies. Employing original data produced through both quantitative and qualitative research, Creative Communities provides a greater understanding of how art
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