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This evaluation report from the Culture Builds Communities Project reviews a four-year comprehensive community grant program. The goals of this program were to both increase participation in the arts and to foster community building through the arts and culture.

This thesis investigates four arts districts (Providence, RI, Pawtucket RI, Worcester MA, and New Bedford MA) in order to answer ways in which artists can be proactively involved in the urban regeneration process.

This survey of arts organizations in New York State clarifies many of the questions surrounding the space usage and needs of these institutions. An important consideration to keep in mind when discussing these issues is the wide diversity in the sizes of these organizations and, consequently, their space needs.

Through a series of five colloquiums organized by the American Association of Museums, the initial steps have been taken toward reviewing and expanding the museum community's priorities for collections care and documentation. The results of the discussions of a cross-section of museum professionals are represented in this report.

The American Association of Museums (AAM) Board of Directors approved Guidelines for Museums on Developing and Managing Business Support at its November 1-3, 2001 meeting. This document gives the museum community detailed guidance on handling business support of museums, consistent with and following from the AAM Code of Ethics for Museums. The guidelines are based on the principles of adhering to an ethical standard that exceeds legal minimums, acting in a manner consistent with the museum's mission, maintaining control over all museum activities including exhibition content,

In 1923 and 1935 two New York museums entered the debate on the artistic qualities of African Art by mounting major exhibits on the subject, and by using the terms and arguments of art history to make a case for the aesthetic importance of particular African objects. The exhibits employed very different methods, however, and their divergent approaches to this subject reveal not only a shift in the art museum's interaction with non-Western art, but an epistemological shift in the conception of the art museum. The ways in which these exhibits, and the reactions to them, framed and

If American museums once were islands, separate from the turmoil of the surrounding world, their situation is very different today. Difficult questions face them at every turn:

Notes summarizing the seminar proceeding Leadership, Advocacy, and Communication Cultural Policy at the Grassroots: Policy Issues Facing the Los Angeles Cultural Community held Wednesday, November 12, 2003.

Most of the formal studies of cultural policy concentrate on the role of central governments and their approaches to supporting the arts, creative industries and heritage. Less attention has been given to cultural policy at the sub-national level.

The Center for Arts & Culture, in partnership with the Arts Council of Fairfax County and George Mason University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts, sponsored a summit on Wednesday, May 25, 2005 at GMU’s Mason Hall. The summit, “Fairfax County Cultural Policy: A Challenge to Our Community,” attracted over 70 attendees. Participants represented a broad cross-section of the county’s arts & cultural, political and business community. What follows is a two page summary and recommendations document.

Since the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966, the federal government has been mandated “to be a good steward in managing the historic resources under its administration.” A large number of federal agencies are responsible for multiple use public lands, national parks, and military installations. Together, they own thousands of archeological sites, historic structures, and millions of historic artifacts and documents that comprise U.S. history and culture. Lack of leadership and funding, along with conflicting priorities, hinder the agencies’ abilities to

This one pager from the America Alliance of Museums provides quick facts about the strengths of Museum in America.

Paper presented at Conference on the Economic Impact of the Arts, sponsored by Cornell University, Graduate School of Business and Public Administration, held in Ithaca, New York, May 27-28, 1981.

Paper presented at Conference on the Economic Impact of the Arts, sponsored by Cornell University, Graduate School of Business and Public Administration, held in Ithaca, New York, May 27-28, 1981.

No book can make you a self-sufficient expert in building an arts facility. You will still need help from people who have created facilities of their own, staff at local and state agencies, and consultants with specific expertise. But this book provides a link between the layperson and the technical worlds of architectural design, politics, finance and real estate. Whether you are a performer or arts administrator, a patron of the arts, an activist in community affairs, or a local government employee, you will learn what kind of resources you need, where to look for them, and how to produce

Museum operations and programs reflect a broad range of institutional goals which vary among museums by their subject classification (art, history, science, and subcategories), their current and target audiences, and their range of purposes (cultural, preservation, education, research).

March 1993 Monograph explores Tucson's downtown revitalization

Little Angels Art School in Seol, Korea aims to help young artists build personal character while studying the arts and traditional academics. Little Angels has excellent facilities, nearly four thousand students between its elementary, junior and senior high, and its students have recieved international recognition.

Initial investigation by the staff of IMS has shown that one significant obstacle in improving the professional standards and assisting cooperation between museums is the lack of information, communications, and library resources. One way IMS sought to meet its Congressional mandate to improve museum services was to award a contract to the American Association of Museums to conduct a ten-week study to determine the informational needs of the museum profession, IMS and other federal agencies with museum related programs. The objectives of this study were to document the existing informational

Includes Institute of Museum Services Director's statement; Institute of Museum Services history and overview; National Museum Services Board Chairman statement; and list of National Museum Services Board members. Includes program information on Institute of Museum Services programs: general operating support; conservation project support, museum assessment program, conservation assessment program, and professional services program; also includes a list of peer reviewer and a financial summary for fiscal year 1994, October 1, 1993 through September 30, 1994.

In this paper, the author discusses the most recent change affecting American central cities and their downtowns the cultural renaissance.

In this book prepared for the 25th anniversary of the groundbreaking for Lincoln Center, the author examines the history of its development, the day-to-day operations of its constituent companies and the impact of on its neighborhood and on New York City.

In September, 1978, the Allied Arts Council retained Economics Research Associates (ERA) to conduct an economic feasibility and implementation study for a cultural arts center in Las Vegas. The key objectives of this feasibility study are to determine the market potential and financial responsibility for this proposed complex. The desired output of the study is a recommended program of practical facilities and site that are most appropriate for Las Vegas in terms of cultural needs assessment and local support.

In addition to the large number of cultural institutions providing exhibition space in New York City, many businesses, government agencies, public service and educational institutions also display works of art in their public spaces, as a public service. The resources and options available to New York City artists are many. There is, most likely, an organization to fit every need and every artistic temperament. The following list is not presented as a comprehensive source. It is designed to provide some idea of the range of these alternative showcases.

Even before we had actually seen a cultural restoration project, it became clear from our preliminary research that urban rehabilitation/cultural restoration projects seemed to have two undesireable elements in common: first, a long time-span (often 8-10 years) between the inception of the project and the time when the theatre involved could run on its own; and second, a history dominated by markedly random progress from inception to completion.

During the fall of 1975, the Huntington Arts Council expressed an interest in preparing a feasibility study to evaluate the prospects for converting the vacant Huntington Theatre, or other existing buildings in the Huntington area, into a performing arts center. The need for such a study was prompted by a sincere desire to provide better facilities for many of the community's disparate existing cultural organizations, and, by doing so, to augment the quality and variety of cultural opportunities for the citizens of Huntington.

Discusses artistic works within the contexts of the social conditions of their production, circulation, and consumption. Addresses many of the issues that have consumed literary, art, and cultural criticism over the past decade: aesthetic value and canonicity, intertexuality, the institutional frameworks of cultural practice, the social role of intellectuals and artists, and structures of literary and artistic authority.

Directory to museums of all types and other organizations that organize traveling exhibitions of their collections. Includes information on arrangements, requirements and examples of current exhibitions.

Current efforts by The City at 42nd Street and the Office of Midtown Planning and Development have focused attention on the two facing blocks on Forty-second street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues as a possible site for a dance center. These two blocks contain a total of ten theatres, all built between 1899 and 1920 for live performance, which have, since the nineteen thirties, been used for film presentation.

Children's personal skills are increasingly likely to influence their future earning potential, not just exam results, a think-tank suggests. Failure to teach key skills such as communication is widening the gap between rich and poor, says the Institute for Public Policy Research.