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Mandated by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to conduct a constructive city-wide conversation about ways to improve diversity in cultural organizations for the benefit of all LA County residents, this report reflects the learning, research and recommendations of that mandate. The process resulted in 13 actionable recommendations to improve cultural equity and inclusion in the arts. 

As a means for exploring the balance of culture with technology in the region, Cultural Initiatives created the Great Cities simulator, a laboratory for experimenting with cultural policies and projecting Silicon Valley’s fate 40 years into the future.

This infographic produced by GOOD with the support of San Francisco Travel provides a  handful of some of the city's artistic highlights.

This 2004 edition of the framework is based on the Visual and Performing Arts Content Standards adopted in January 2001. It incorporates the content standards for dance, music, theater, and the visual arts and defines the five strands of an arts program: artistic perception; creative expression; historical and cultural context; aesthetic valuing; and connections, relationships, and applications.

This 2004 edition of the framework is based on the Visual and Performing Arts Content Standards adopted in January 2001.

The visual and performing arts standards presented here are comprehensive and provide important guidance for schools to prepare curricula for students in prekindergarten through grade twelve. For the four disciplines of dance, music, theatre, and visual arts each with its own body of knowledge and skills the standards are organized into five strands that are woven throughout all artistic experiences. The standards incorporate both traditional means of artistic expression and newer media, such as cinematography, video, and computer-generated art.

The visual and performing arts standards presented here are comprehensive and provide important guidance for schools to prepare curricula for students in prekindergarten through grade twelve. For the four disciplines of dance, music, theatre, and visual arts each with its own body of knowledge and skills the standards are organized into five strands that are woven throughout all artistic experiences. The standards incorporate both traditional means of artistic expression and newer media, such as cinematography, video, and computer-generated art.

The Sound of Silence The Unprecedented Decline of Music Education in California Public Schools documents for the first time the impact of budget cuts, high-stakes testing, and the implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act on actual student participation in music education programs. Using data available from the dataquest database at the California Department of Education and compiled by the Music for All Foundation in cooperation with several music and arts education organization in California and around the country, the report unveils startling revelations regarding the status of music

The research presented in this report provides new information about how and why people participate in arts and culture that has important implications for how arts and culture providers and supporters, and people engaged in community building attempt to reach and involve their publics.

The purpose of this study is to gain a clearer picture of arts funding in Los Angeles in the context of the regions wider cultural economy, and to look longitudinally at how funding flows and patterns have changed over the past five years.

This special section of the November 2001 issue of American Cinematographer offers a series of articles on film preservation and restoration.

This report, prepared by the Illinois Arts Alliance, investigates the design, implementation, and funding of arts education policy in ten states.

This report provides statistical data and analysis of resources and challenges impacting the arts and cultural sector in Maricopa County, Arizona along with comparative data of nine other benchmark regions to aid in understanding characteristics that affect arts and culture.

This report provides a listing and descriptions of the programs implemented from 1963 to 1975 by the California Arts Commission.

This report presents the results of a benchmarking study conducted for the Maricopa Regional Task Force on Arts and Culture Force (representing Maricopa County, Arizona) to compare the approach being taken to support investment in arts and culture in nine peer and competitor regions.

This report includes findings from a survey of 26 Orange County, California, school districts regarding arts instruction during the school day.

This report examines transition management practices by nonprofits and transition support services offered to these organizations.

This report attempts to address itself to certain difficult and fundamental questions: What values do the arts offer people, both as participants in artistic creation and as responders to the arts? What are the prominent, unfulfilled needs of artists, audiences and the larger public in California? What are the dangers of government involvement in the arts? what can state government do for the arts that cannot be done otherwise by other levels of government or private efforts? What responsibility does the state have to artists, audiences and arts organizations? If it acts, what is its proper

This report analyzes the economic impact of the California Center for the Arts (CCAE) on Escondido in FY 1995. It brings new evidence that CCAE is a significant local industry - one that generates jobs, provides income to local residents, and generates revenue to local governments. Following this executive summary, which briefly describes the study and its results, is a more detailed explanation of how CCAE and its audiences were studied, the findings, and how those findings were derived.

This publication is intended to help California public library program planners find resources to assist them in sponsoring programs and/or exhibits that are good matches for their unique communities. <

This policy brief focuses on findings from a telephone survey which collected information about individual participation in a variety of arts and cultural activities. Findings showed how cultural participation correlates in other activities that support community life.

This issue of COPC Central looks at how the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of University Partnerships, Community Outreach Partnership Centers (COPC) are using arts programming for youth to rehabilitate local communities.

This is a summary of the study which reports that the California Arts Industry for fiscal 1973-74, the 471 arts organizations represented in the study had operating expenses of $79,742,000; there were 22,300 paid personnel, including 3,000 full-time, 3,600 part-time and 15,700 performers.

This document offers findings from a survey, conducted by the Urban Institute, of residents in five places where programs have been working to broaden, deepen, and diversify cultural participation.

This document includes samples of unique pieces of legislation that provide funding for the arts from Kent, Washington; Mesa, Arizona; the state of Missouri; and San Francisco, California.

This document includes samples of percent for art ordinances from Atlanta, Georgia; Charlotte, North Carolina; King County, Washington; Los Angeles, California; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Phoenix, Arizona; Portland, Oregon; San Jose, California; and Tampa, Florida.

This document includes samples of legislation from Missouri; Montana; San Francisco, California; and Topeka, Kansas that allows for the arts to benefit from property taxes.

This document includes samples of legislation from Austin, Texas; Boulder, Colorado; Chico, California; King County, Washington; Miami, Florida; Orlando, Florida; Palm Beach County, Florida; Portland, Oregon; San Francisco, California; San Jose, California; and St. Louis, Missouri that allows for the arts to benefit from lodging taxes.

This study reports that for fiscal 1973-74, the 471 arts organizations represented in the study had operating expenses of $79,742,000; there were 22,300 paid personnel, including 3,000 full-time, 3,600 part-time and 15,700 performers. The 1963 enabling legislation establishing the California Arts Commission contained the directive that... The Commission shall: (a) make a comprehensive survey of public and private institutions engaged within the state in artistic and cultural activities, including, but not limited to music, theatre, dance, painting, sculpture, architecture and allied arts and