The Center for Arts & Culture, in partnership with the Arts Council of Fairfax County and George Mason University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts, sponsored a summit on Wednesday, May 25, 2005 at GMU’s Mason Hall. The summit, “Fairfax County Cultural Policy: A Challenge to Our Community,” attracted over 70 attendees. Participants represented a broad cross-section of the county’s arts & cultural, political and business community. What follows is a two page summary and recommendations document.

Published by the OECD. Building on recent international case studies, Culture and Local Development shows how public policies can foster culture as a lever for local economic development in terms of partnerships, tax relief, and other innovative instruments. The book also sets out the implications for national governments in the fields of education and intellectual property rights.

Dialogue in Artistic Practice explores the work of three exemplary artist companies. Case studies examine the Animating Democracy projects implemented by these companies, as well as their long traditions of community engagement, to highlight how dialogue is inherently a part of their artistic practice. Through a form that alternates dance performance and dialogue, Urban Bush Women’s Hair Parties Project taps personal experiences to generate dialogue about the politics of hair within the African-American community and to examine deeper issues of race, class, and

Singing Our Praises is designed to demystify evaluation by highlighting glowing examples of arts presenters who have used it to learn about their success. Through real-life stories, concrete tools and techniques adapted from other fields, arts practitioners are trained to design their own evaluations in order to reveal the value of their arts programs.

This publication is a result of a series of meetings held from April 2003 through March 2004 by the Cultural Task Force made up of leaders from the nonprofit, philanthropic, and corporate sectors whose job was to develop strategies that would enhance the revenues and resources available to Massachusetts’ nonprofit cultural organizations.

The Tucson Historic Warehouse Arts District Master Plan is the product of an intensive community planning effort in downtown Tucson in 2003 and 2004. The plan grows out of the existing community of artists, arts organizations,

The Tucson Historic Warehouse Arts District Master Plan is the product of an intensive community planning effort in downtown Tucson in 2003 and 2004. The plan grows out of the existing community of artists, arts organizations,_x005Fand public officials dedicated to preserving and growing this thriving and productive arts district. This plan's goal is to develop the Tucson Historic Warehouse Arts District as a center for incubation, production and exhibition of the arts, with artists at its heart. The plan sub-goals include: mixed-use, diversity, realistic economics, sustainability,

Notes summarizing the seminar proceeding Leadership, Advocacy, and Communication Cultural Policy at the Grassroots: Policy Issues Facing the Los Angeles Cultural Community held Wednesday, November 12, 2003.

This Monograph provides an overview of community schools of the arts and their potential benefits to your community, as well as ways local arts agencies and other community organizations can tap these vibrant resources.

This article highlights some of the activities of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Developments Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP) grantees.