Cultural Policy

2005, 256 pages, ISBN 0-252-07208-1. University of Illinois Press, 1325 Oak Street, Champaign, IL, 68120-6903, 217-244-4689, www.press.uillinois.edu

In the author's own words, "This book is a report card on American Culture. Not the culture of Wal-Mart and the cineplex, but culture as it is lived closer to the ground, local culture, neighborhood culture... It is about dancing, not about watching somebody else dance on television. There is a big difference."

2005, 17 pages. University of Chicago Cultural Policy Center, 1155 E. 60th Street, Chicago, IL, 60637, 773-702-0926, culturalpolicy.uchicago.edu (Also published in New Left Review, No.17, September-October 2002)

Download pdf: http://culturalpolicy.uchicago.edu/pdfs/sassoon_paper.pdf

July 2004, 68 pages. Center for Arts and Culture, 4350 N. Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA, 22203, 703-248-0430, center@culturalpolicy.org

Download pdf: www.culturalpolicy.org/pdf/Grassroots.pdf

2003, 67 pages. Arts Policy and Administration Program, Ohio State University, 128 N. Oval Mall, Columbus, OH, 43210, 614-292-5356

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2004. National Arts Strategies, 1156 15th Street NW, Suite 805, Washington, DC, 20005, 202-223-5454, www.artstrategies.org

Download pdf: Key Findings: http://www.artstrategies.org/downloads/ManagingTheCreativeSummary.pdf

2004, 16 pages. National Performance Network, 225 Baronne Street, Suite 1712, New Orleans, LA, 70112, 504-595-8008

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As Tia Oros Peters so eloquently states in her essay that follows, there is no particular word for art in the thousands of Indigenous languages of the world. While there are hundreds of Native American languages, the same holds true; Native Americans do not and cannot separate the importance of art and culture from everyday life. It is one goal of GIA's Indigenous People's Network to bring this important way of life to the fore of grantmakers' thinking.

The fall 2002 issue of the Reader (volume 13, number 3) introduced an ongoing feature, "Why Art?" as a response to GIA's goal to strengthen the role of arts and culture in philanthropy and in society as a whole. This Reader feature aims to help members and others make stronger arguments for the support of arts and culture by sharing examples of arguments, case statements, insights, and stories that convey the multifaceted role that culture, the arts, and artists play in our society, neighborhoods, and individual lives.

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

2004, 170 pages. Published by the National Arts Journalism Program, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, 2950 Broadway, New York, NY 10027, 212-854-1912, www.najp.org

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