SEARCH RESULTS FOR LOCAL ARTS AGENCIES IN AMERICANS FOR THE ARTS ARCHIVE : 154 ITEMS FOUND

Author(s): Oklahoma Arts Council
Date of Publication: Jan 01, 2016

This 4-page summary share finding from the Oklahoma Arts Council (OAC) statewide survey focused on arts education.

Author(s): Cohen, Randy
Date of Publication: Jan 01, 2016

This report concentrates on LAAs that define their service area along county borders, whether they serve a single county, or a region that includes more than one. In total, 47 percent of responding LAAs fit these criteria; 18 percent serving multiple counties, and 29 percent serving a single county.

Author(s): Cohen, Randy
Date of Publication: Jan 01, 2016

This report concentrates on United Arts Funds (UAFs), local arts agencies whose main function is to raise money from local individuals, businesses, and foundations to re-grant to local arts institutions and provide support to the cultural community. In total, 37 UAFs responded to the Census (32 completed the long-form and five the short form).

Author(s): Cohen, Randy
Date of Publication: Jan 01, 2016

This report concentrates on the United States Urban Arts Federation (USUAF) a subset of LAAs that serve the 60 largest U.S cities. Fifty eight of those cities have an active local arts agency, and of those, 55completed the long form Census, and one completed the short form version.

Author(s): Zabel, Laura
Date of Publication: Jun 02, 2015

Excerpted from Arts & America: Arts, Culture, and the Future of America’s Communities. This essay looks at America's changing communities, how they interact with one another, the role of the arts in that change over the next 10 to 15 years. The

Author(s): Heidelberg, Brea M.
Date of Publication: Jun 02, 2015

Excerpted from "Arts & America: Arts, Culture, and the Future of America’s Communities". This essay explores the changing definition of "community" and the role the arts could play to have a positive impact on that change over the next 10 to 15 years. The

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Date of Publication: Apr 01, 2015

"Welcome to the second NCAR Report, in which we share evidence-­‐based insights into the health of US arts and cultural organizations. There is no one-­‐size-­‐fits-­‐all performance measure or objective for such a diverse field, only answers to relevant questions that provide an array of useful measures and vantage points. Some anomalies also point to additional questions to explore. We care about numbers, not for their own sake, but because we believe that healthier arts and cultural organizations will have more resources to invest in artistic and cultural offerings

Author(s): Silber, Bohne and Triplett, Tim
Date of Publication: Jan 01, 2015

This report synthesizes findings across several modes of arts participation (attending the visual and performing arts, reading literature, creating/performing art, using digital media to consume art, and learning within the arts) to show how many American adults--and from which backgrounds--have engaged in art throughout the decade of 2002 to 2012. Based on the NEA's Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA), conducted in partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau.

Author(s): Sanoff, Henry and Mishchenko, Evrim Demir
Date of Publication: Jan 01, 2015

The Community Arts Center Handbook is a collection of illustrated methods to aid arts organizations at various stages of the planning and design process. Setting up a new arts council or improving an existing requires a visioning process that offers community participants opportunities to make their arts concerns known, as well as planned actions to achieve desired outcomes. The effectiveness of an organization depends upon a relationship to its constituents, who may be actual members or the broader public. The transparency of the arts groups' goals can influence the way that media is

Author(s): Lord, Clay
Date of Publication: Jan 01, 2015

Created from data in the Local Arts Agencies Salaries 2013 report, this infographic provides an overview of salaries in local arts agencies by gender.

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