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What Do We Mean by Art, Artists, Culture, and Industry?

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.

April 30, 2009 by admin

The following piece is excerpted from the second of a two-part article written for the Community Arts Network, “The New New Deal.” Part one, published in December 2008, was titled, “the New New Deal: Public Service Jobs for Artists.” It described some of the things artists could do with public-service jobs. This excerpt is from part two, published February 24, 2009, “A New WPA for Artists: How and Why.” In this excerpt, Goldbard takes up the question of “why,” what are all the good reasons to support a new WPA for artists.

The Arts and Workforce Development

September 30, 2008 by admin

2007, 16 pages. Americans for the Arts, 1000 Vermont Avenue, NW, 6th Floor, Washington, D.C., 20005, (202) 371-2830, www.artsusa.org

Assessing the Intrinsic

September 30, 2008 by admin

2008, 171 pages. WolfBrown, Red Maple Court, 10627 Jones Street, Suite 301A, Fairfax, VA, 22030, (703) 591-3661, www.wolfbrown.com

http://www.wolfbrown.com/images/books/ImpactStudyFinalVersionFullReport.pdf

September 30, 2008 by admin

2008, 49 pages. Bush Foundation, 332 Minnesota Street, Suite E-900, Saint Paul, MN, 55101, (651) 227-0891, www.bushfoundation.org

http://www.bushfoundation.org/publications/BushFellowsReport.pdf

Business of Art

September 30, 2008 by admin

2008, 265 pages. Center for Cultural Innovation, 244 S. San Pedro Street, Suite 401, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, (213) 687-8577, www.cciarts.org

This resource guide is written for working artists across the U.S, providing information and advice for the "self-employed creative entrepreneur." Included are basic principles behind career and business planning, marketing and promotions, budgeting and money management, legal issues relevant to artists, and financing for creative work.

Creative Trust

September 30, 2008 by admin

2007, 29 pages. Creative Trust, 215 Spadina Avenue, Suite 129, Toronto, ON, M5T 2C7, (416) 506-9047, www.creativetrust.ca

http://www.creativetrust.ca/download/CT_Evaluation_Report_Year3.pdf

Creativity Matters

September 30, 2008 by admin

2007, 235 pages. National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts, 520 8th Avenue, Suite 302, New York NY, 10018, (212) 268-3337, www.nationalguild.org

Grants to Individuals

September 30, 2008 by admin

2008, 33 pages. Grantcraft, The Ford Foundation, 320 East 43rd Street, New York, NY, 10017,
(212) 573-4879, www.grantcraft.org

http://www.grantcraft.org/pdfs/guide_gti.pdf

Grassroots Philanthropy

September 30, 2008 by admin

2008, 130 pages. Published by Heyday Books, P.O. Box 9145, Berkeley, CA, 94709, O(510) 549-3564, www.heydaybooks.co