Although Monographs are now out of print, members can download PDFs for free from our Online Store. Non-members can purchase the PDFs for download for a nominal fee. Full abstracts of each Monograph are available in our National Arts Administration and Policy Publications Database.

 

Full List of Monographs

2010  
December view abstract for How and Why Businesses Support the Arts or download in our Store
November view abstract for Special Double Issue: Local Arts Agencies 2010 or download in our Store
   
2009  
December view abstract for Effective Community Arts Development: Fifty Years, Fifty Tips or In our Store or download in our Store
September view abstract for Fostering Cross-Sector Collaborations: The Results of the MetLife Foundation National Arts Forum Series, 2002–2009 or download in our Store
April view abstract for A Time of Change. A Time for Change: Results and Recommendations from the Americans for the Arts Environmental Scan or download in our Store
February view abstract for United Arts Funds in Transition or download in our Store
   
2008  
November view abstract for Leadership Matters: The Role of Superintendents in Championing the Arts in Public Schools or download in our Store
September view abstract for Creativity Matters: Arts and Aging in America or donwload in our Store
June view abstract for The Changing Place of the 501(c)(3) and the Journey Is Everything or dowload in our Store
   
2007  
December view abstract for The Arts and Workforce Development: Why Isn’t This Alliance a No-Brainer? or download in our Store
November view abstract for The Performing Arts Center in 2032 or download in our Store
June view abstract for The Arts in Transition: Preparing for a Sustainable Future or download in our Store
April view abstract for The Quality and Nature of Corporate Support for the Arts—A Pilot Study or download in our Store
   
2006  
December view abstract for Private-Sector Giving to the Arts: Strategies for Survival, Guidelines for Growth or download in our Store
December view abstract for Cultural Torchbearers of the Community: Local Arts Agencies—Then and Now or downlaod in our Store
October view abstract for Public Art Controversy: Cultural Expression and Civic Debate or download in our Store
   
2005  
November view abstract for Business Boomers Penetrate Leadership or download in our Store
October view abstract for Cultural Exchange: The Arts Support World Relations or download in our Store
June view abstract for Making a Difference: Lessons Learned from Animating Democracy or download in our Store
April view abstract for Growing Interest, Shrinking Space: Arts Coverage in U.S. Newspapers or download in our Store
   
2004  
December view abstract for Arts Education Partnerships: Influencing Policy and Programming in U.S. Public School or download in the Store
November view abstract for Cultures of Care: A Study of Arts Programs in U.S. Hospitals or download in our Store
November Local Arts Agencies: Creating Opportunity in Challenging Times (no PDF available)
May Public Funding for the Arts at the Local Level
March view abstract for Public Art: An Essential Component of Creating Communities or download in our Store
   
2003  
December view abstract for United Arts Funds: Meeting the Challenge of Increased Private Sector Support for the Arts or download in our Store
November view abstract for Cultural Development in Creative Communities or download in our Store
October view abstract for Community Schools of the Arts: An Arts Education Resource for Your Community or download in our Store
September view abstract for Local Arts Agencies: Crisis and Opportunity or download in our Store
March view abstract for Building Creative Economies: The Arts, Entrepreneurship, and Sustainable Development or download in our Store
   
2002  
December view abstract for Executive Compensation in the Nonprofit Sector: A Focus on Arts and Cultural Organizations or download in our Store
November view abstract for National and Local Profiles of Cultural Support: Executive Summary or download in our Store
September view abstract for The Arts in Times of Trauma or download in our Store
June view abstract for Ten Characteristics of a Healthy Community: How the Arts Can Be Integrated or download in our Store
March view abstract for Great Cities: A Laboratory for Cultural Policy or download in our Store
   
2001  
November view abstract for Will Venture Philanthropy Revolutionize the Arts? or download in our Store
August view abstract for Local Arts Agency Facts: Fiscal Year 2000 or downlaod in our Store
   
2000  
August Adaptive Reuse of Buildings: Historic Structures as Cultural Facilities
May The Survivability Factor: Research on the Closure of Nonprofit Arts Organizations
   
1999  
June From Stability to Flexibility: Relevance, Excellence & Cultural Participation
May Allies, Arguments, and Actions: Making A Case for Arts Education Advocacy
   
1998  
September Arts in Medicine: Linking Culture to Care
April Local Arts Agency Facts 1998
   
1997  
December Involvement in the Arts and Success in Secondary School
October Community Cultural Planning: Development and Design to Meet Local Needs
June Program Planning and Evaluation: Using Logic Models in Arts Programs for At-Risk-Youth
May The Minnesota Mode: Reaching New Audiences with Literature
March United Arts Funds: Meeting the Challenge of Increased Private Sector Support for the Arts
February Making Advocacy a Habit
January Cultural Tourism: Bridging America Through Partnerships in Arts, Tourism, and Economic Development
   
1996  
November The Arts and Older Americans
October Strategic Media for Local Arts Agencies
April Cultural Diversity and the Local Arts Agency: Serving the Entire Community
February Anchored in Community: Folk Arts and the Local Arts Agency
   
1995  
October Online Technology: Are You Ready for the Information Superhighway?
August Live/Work Space: Housing for Artists in Your Community
July Marketing and Local Arts Agencies: Reaching Your Community's Untapped Audience
May Untapped Public and Private Funding Sources for the Arts
April Arts in Education Planning: Three Local Communities, Volume II
March An Introduction to Arts Incubators
February The Public Art of Re-Collection
January Arts in Education Planning: Three Local Communities, Volume I
   
1994  
December 1994 Annual Convention Keynote Speeches
November Local Arts Agency Facts 1994
October 1994 Crime Bill Analysis: Funding Opportunities in the Arts and Humanities
August HUD: Integrating the Arts into Community Development and Revitalization
May Arts Resolution Services: A National Mediation Program for the Arts
April Arts in Education: From National Policy to Local Community Action
   
1993  
December International Arts and Cultural Exchange
November Summer Youth Employment Programs: Four Local Arts Agency Models
October Inside Images: Art for A.R.T. (At-Risk Teens)
August The Religious Right
June Tolerance as an Art Form
April Public Trust of Public Trough? The Ethical Crisis Facing Nonprofit, Tax-Exempt Cultural Institutions in America
March Arts Programs That Revitalized a Downtown: Tucson, A Case Study
February Local Arts Facts, Fiscal Year 1991