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In Arts & America: Arts, Culture, and the Future of America'sCommunities, 11 essays explore the past, present, and future ofcommunity development and the arts. How are communitieschanging, and what is the role that arts, culture, heritage,and tradition can play? What new challenges will arise ineducation, economics, environment, social fabric, infrastructure,incarceration, and more that will threaten the vitality of ourcommunities? And what is the role of arts and culturein mitigating those challenges?
Art and entertainment constitute America's second-largest export. Most Americans--96%, to be exact--are somehow involved in the arts, whether as audience participants, hobbyists, or via broadcast, recording, video, or the Internet. The contribution of the arts to the U.S. economy is stunning: the nonprofit arts industry alone contributes over 857 billion dollars per year, and America's fine and performing arts enjoy world-class status. Despite its size, quality, and economic impact, the arts community is not articulate about how they serve public interests, and few citizens have an appreciation of the myriad of public policies that influence American arts and culture. The contributors to thi...
Offers guidance for artists in financial planning, copyright protection, the preparation of a portfolio, and sale of works to art dealers, museums, and other markets.
Reports for 1980-19 also include the Annual report of the National Council on the Arts.
Identify key characteristics for thousands of art institutions in the U.S. and Canada with the American Art Directory 1990-2000. This fully revised and updated resource is conveniently organized into four sections to quickly pinpoint the information needed: -- Art Organizations -- profiling more than 3,470 National and Regional Organizations, Museums, Libraries and Associations in the U.S. and Canada. -- Art Schools -- covering more than 1,600 institutions located in the U.S. and Canada. -- Art Information -- consisting of 9 useful address directories -- Major Museums Abroad, Major Art Schools Abroad, State Arts Councils, State Directors and Supervisors of Art Education, Art Magazines, Newspaper Art Editors and Critics, Scholarships and Fellowships, Open Exhibitions, Traveling Exhibition Booking Agencies. -- Includes Three Indexes -- Subject, Personnel, and Organizational.