Funding Research

2004, 11 pages. Published by Americans for the Arts, 1000 Vermont Avenue NW, 6th floor, Washington, DC, 20005, 202-371-2830, info@artsusa.org, www.AmericansForTheArts.org

This monograph provides descriptions and examples of a range of local tax and revenue generating mechanisms that can be used to restore, sustain and increase public support for the arts.

http://www.wipo.int/

The Web site of this 180-nation organization hosts a wealth of material on the intellectual property topics, including a library and news service. Of particular interest is material on folklore, traditional knowledge, and digital technologies.

2004, 256 pages, ISBN 0-471-44852-4. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, New Jersey, 210-748-6011, www.wiley.com

More Information: www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471448524.html

2004, 77 pages. Published by Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees, PO Box 1100, Sebastopol, CA, 95473-1100, 707-824-4374, info@gcir.org, www.gcir.org

During the 2002 Council on Foundations annual conference, Kent (Oz) C. Nelson, the former chairman and CEO of United Parcel Service, said that he believed that all giving, even corporate giving, should come "from the heart." Several people cheered; some groaned. But, Reatha Clark King, then president of the General Mills Foundation, remarked that finding a corporation's heart is the real problem.

March 2004, 40 pages. Published by The American Assembly, 475 Riverside Drive, Suite 456, New York, NY, 10115, 212- 870-3500, www.americanassembly.org

This summary of proceedings from the 104th American Assembly, organized by Alberta Arthurs and Sandra Gibson, focuses on the multiple ways the academy and the performing arts relate to and reinforce each other.

July 2004, 60 pages. Published by the National Endowment for the Arts, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington DC, 20506, 202-682-5400, www.arts.endow.gov

Download pdf: http://www.nea.gov.pub/ReadingAtRisk.pdf

Recently, while sitting in a coffee shop in Chicago, I overheard a language that sounded familiar. Being a folklorist I'm sensitive to occupational language. You can blindfold me in front of conversations of cowboys or farmers and I will be able to pick out a number of things that distinguish their talk. And having a private language is not bad, it's a reality.

2004, 74 pages. Published by The Boston Foundation, 75 Arlington Street, Boston, MA, 02116, 617-338-1700, www.tbf.org

Download Report: www.tbf.org/tbfgen1.asp?id=1759

October 2003, 146 pages. Published by The Western States Arts Federation, 1743 Wazee St, Suite 300, Denver, CO, 80202, 303-607-9019, www.westaf.org

This book contains the proceedings from a symposium of the same name convened by WESTAF in October, 2003 that brought together practitioners, artists, and academics to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing state arts agencies.