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The Place of the Arts in Multi-focus Foundations

April 30, 2009 by admin

When presidents and CEOs of foundations try to balance a range of equally justifiable social agendas, where are the arts? Sponsored by GIA, six foundation leaders spent a day and a half together discussing just this topic in the summer of 2008. The relevance of their conversation and the preliminary conclusions they drew are perhaps even more urgent today than they were then, as foundations face increasingly serious questions of priority.

All America's a Stage

April 30, 2009 by admin

2008, 8 pages. National Endowment for the Arts, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C., 20506, 202-682-5400, www.nea.gov

http://www.nea.gov/research/TheaterBrochure12-08.pdf

April 30, 2009 by admin

2009, 238 pages. Wiley, 10475 Crosspoint Boulevard, Indianapolis, IN, 46256, 877-762-2974, www.wiley.com

What Is Civil Society?

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.

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

Philanthropy Annual

April 30, 2009 by admin

2008, 116 pages. Foundation Center, 79 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10003, 212-620-4230, www.foundationcenter.org

http://foundationcenter.org/philanthropyannual

Artists in the Workforce

April 30, 2009 by admin

2008, 150 pages. National Endowment for the Arts, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C., 20506, 202-682-5400, www.nea.gov

http://www.nea.gov/research/ArtistsInWorkforce.pdf

read:write

April 30, 2009 by admin

2008, 64 pages. Arts Council England, 14 Great Peter Street, London SW1P 3NQ, UK, 0845-300-6590, www.artscouncil.org.uk

http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/documents/publications/
phpvMEmeh.pdf

Artist Space Development: Financing

April 30, 2009 by admin

2007, 114 pages. Urban Institute, 2100 M Street NW, Washington, D.C., 20037, 202-833-7200, www.urban.org

http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/1001175_asd_financing.pdf

April 30, 2009 by admin

2008, 108 pages. RAND Corporation, 1776 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA, 90407, 310-451-7002, www.rand.org

http://www.wallacefoundation.org/knowledge-center/arts-education/Community-Approaches-to-Building-Arts-Education/Pages/revitalizing-arts-education.aspx