Arts and Community Development

Early in 2004, the Graduate Center of the City of New York convened ten small to mid-sized arts organizations to talk about what had happened to them in an experimental, internet-based project funded by the Ford Foundation. The ten, from across the country, are community-based cultural organizations; they share a commitment to emerging and experimental artists and art forms, and a commitment—equally firm—to their local or nearby communities. Despite their similarities of mission, the ten were not familiar with each other's work.

The following remarks were presented at a symposium that was part of the 2004 Ars Electronica Festival: TIMESHIFT—The World in Twenty-Five Years. This festival for art, technology, and society was founded in 1979 and is held annually in Linz, Austria. Joan Shigekawa, associate director of Creativity and Culture at the Rockefeller Foundation, spoke on the final panel of the symposium, “TOPIA,” which was designed to “present scenarios around a wide variety of topics relating to art, technology, and society.

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July 2004, 76 pages. The Community Arts Network

Download: The State of the Field of Community Cultural Development: Something New Emerges from the Community Arts Network.

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2004. Centre for Creative Communities, 118 Commercial St., London E16NF, UK.

2003, Published by The Urban Institute, 2100 M Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20037, 202-833-7200, paffairs@ui.urban.org, http://www.urban.org

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Policy Brief No. 1, A Framework for Measurement
Policy Brief No. 2, Unpacking Participation

July 2004, 76 pages. Published by Art in the Public Interest, P.O. Box 68, Saxapahaw, NC, 27340, 336-376-8404, info@communityarts.net, www.communityarts.net

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November 2001, 55 pages. Published by Alliance of Artists Communities, 255 South Main Street, Providence, RI, 02903, (401) 351-4320, aac@artistcommunities.org, www.artistcommunities.org

February 2003, 48 pages. Published by Alliance of Artists Communities, 255 South Main Street, Providence, RI, 02903, 401-351-4320, aac@artistcommunities.org, www.artistcommunities.org

This publication, designed to share information and best practices among artists' communities through case-studies, focuses on three areas: fund development, building community, and community relations/outreach/engagement.

2004, 162 pages, ISBN 0-9749702-0-4. Published by John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Wachovia Financial Center, Suite 3300, 200 South Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, FL, 33131-2349, 305-908-2600, www.Knightfdn.org

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