Cultural Policy

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)

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

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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.

The full text of this article is not yet available on this site. Below is a brief excerpt.

I believe it is time to begin a conversation about a new model for building a vibrant arts landscape. Since I left federal service in the fall of 2001, I have had an opportunity rare for former chairmen of the National Endowment for the Arts—the chance to create a research center engaging the very issues that fascinated me during my tenure with the endowment.

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