Cultural Policy

April 30, 2009 by admin

In The Place of the Arts in Multi-focus Foundations, Bruce Sievers writes that the rationale for supporting both the arts and the nonprofit sector as a whole is integrally linked to their capacity to advance pluralism, promote voluntary action, accommodate diversity, and champion individual visions of the public good. “Civil society,” Sievers notes, is increasingly the accepted concept to describe this sphere of social action.

April 30, 2009 by admin

As we, individually or collectively, set out to make a case for the many ways the arts have relevance in today's world of economic turmoil and change, it's helpful to be clear what we mean by terms like “art,” “culture,” and “industry” and also to understand what the same terms might mean to others. The words we use are telling. Their use has a history that says much about where the work we call “art” resides in our collective lives from one period to the next.

All My Relations

April 30, 2009 by admin

2008, 33 pages. International Funders for Indigenous Peoples, P.O. Box 1040, Akwesasne, NY, 13655, 518-358-9500, www.internationalfunders.org

http://sites.google.com/site/cagcircle/docs/allmyrelationsoct162008.pdf

April 30, 2009 by admin

2008, 77 pages. Imagining America, 203 Tolley Building, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 13244, 315-443-8590, www.curriculumproject.net

http://www.curriculumproject.net/pdfs/08.CP.report.pdf

The Cultural Economy

April 30, 2009 by admin

2008, 661 pages. Sage Publications, 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA, 91320, www.sagepublications.com

http://www.uk.sagepub.com/booksProdDesc.nav?prodId=Book230746

This text analyses the dynamic relationship in which culture is part of the process of economic change that in turn changes the conditions of culture. It brings together perspectives from different disciplines to examine such critical issues as:

Economics and Culture

April 30, 2009 by admin

2003, 208 pages. Cambridge University Press, 32 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, 10013, 212-924-3900, www.cambridge.org

This book brings together two very disparate areas, economics and culture, considering both the economic aspects of cultural activity, and the cultural context of economics and economic behavior. The author discusses how cultural goods are valued in both economic and cultural terms, and introduces the concepts of cultural capital and sustainability.

Midwestern Voices and Visions

April 30, 2009 by admin

2009, 40 pages. Published by the Alliance of Artists Communities, 255 South Main Street, Providence, Rhode Island, 02903, 401-351-4320, www.artistcommunities.org

http://www.artistcommunities.org/files/files/
MidwesternVoicesAndVisions.pdf

October 11, 2008 by admin

189 pages, September 2008. WolfBrown, 8A Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02138. (617) 494-9300, www.wolfbrown.com.

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Arts and Culture in the Metropolis

September 30, 2008 by admin

2007, 124 pages. RAND Corporation, www.rand.org

www.ncarts.org/elements/docs/RAND%20Metropolis%2007%20includes%20Charlotte.pdf

CultureWork

September 30, 2008 by admin

aad.uoregon.edu/index.cfm?mode=culturework

CultureWork is an electronic publication of the University of Oregon Center for Community Arts and Cultural Policy. Its mission is to provide timely workplace-oriented information on culture, the arts, education, and community.