Arts Research

New research is exciting. It offers us a sense of discovery and possibility for change. Sometimes research findings become integrated into discourse and influence practice in the field. All too often, however, once the thrill of the discovery is over, many valuable research reports become “old news” and get filed on a shelf or in a deeply buried folder and are rarely looked at again. A great deal of useful information is therefore lost to practitioners, particularly to incoming generations of philanthropic leaders who may not even know that this research exists.

2012, Theatre Bay Area, San Francisco. Clayton Lord, editor.

Enriching our culture and engaging diverse and underserved communities, small arts organizations pop up, flourish, and sometimes flounder, mostly under the philanthropic radar. They often foster artistic expressions not adequately served by larger organizations.

28 pages, March 2012. National Endowment for the Arts, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20506. (202) 682-5400, arts.gov

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   The Arts and Achievement in At-Risk Youth (3.8Mb)

February 2012, 31 pages. The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, 505 5th Avenue South, Suite 900, Seattle, WA 98104, www.pgafoundations.com.

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January 2012, 161 pages. National Endowment for the Arts, 1100 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Suite 618, Washington, DC 20506, (202) 682-5400, www.arts.gov

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September 2011, 288 pages. NORC, University of Chicago, 55 E. Monroe Street, Chicago, IL, 60603, (312) 759-4000, www.norc.org.

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   Arts Funding Snapshot: GIA's Annual Research on Support for Arts and Culture (5Mb)

2011, 95 pages. Artspace Projects, 250 Third Avenue North Suite 500, Minneapolis, MN 55401, (612) 333-9012, http://www.artspace.org/.

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   How Art Spaces Matter II (5.5Mb)

2010, 123 pages. Artspace Projects, 250 Third Avenue North Suite 500, Minneapolis, MN 55401, (612) 333-9012, http://www.artspace.org/.

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   How Artist Space Matters (3.2Mb)