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Americans for the Arts Resources (1) more

• Cultural Tourism: Bridging America Through Partnerships in Arts, Tourism and Economic Development
  To build a long-lasting relationship, culture and tourism must join hands in collaboration, implementation and communication.

News Articles (27) more

• Gimme culture! Arts blossom in Gulf Arab desert
  Long derided as a cultural desert, the Gulf art scene is beginning to blossom.
• Supporters try again to dedicate tax money to the outdoors
  Several bills introduced in the House and Senate would dedicate a fraction of the state sales tax to protecting fish and game habitats. But just like previous sessions, some of the bills would also direct tax money to arts and humanities programs. That approach angers some sportsmen.
• Spare billion, anybody?
  Greater Cincinnati's arts and cultural institutions will need more than $950 million for capital improvements and increased endowments over the next 20 years, according to a study released Wednesday by the Greater Cincinnati Foundation.

Project Profile (5) more

• Project HEAL
  Project HEAL (Helping Employ Artists Locally) was created by the Acadiana Arts Council to assist artists and musicians impacted by hurricanes Katrina and Rita through employment opportunities in local communities.
• Palettes of Vermont
  Palettes of Vermont is a fun, inclusive project designed to unite people and communities through the arts. The project provides people from every part of the state, from every walk of life, and of all ages and abilities with the opportunity to receive a 12" x 16" wooden artist's palette and use it to make art.
• Digital Humanities
  Digital Humanities is a World Wide Web accessible digital encyclopedia and atlas on the history and cultural life of Tennessee's places.

Research Abstract (3) more

• Artists' Centers: Evolution and Impact on Careers, Neighborhoods and Economies
  A new study from the University of Minnesota Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, "Artists' Centers: Evolution and Impact on Artists, Neighborhoods, and Economies," shows that Minnesota's strong creative economy owes much of its success to the unusual number and quality of dedicated gathering spaces for artists in Minnesota. The study profiles 22 arts centers and individual artists.
• Cultural Tourism: Bridging America Through Partnerships in Arts, Tourism and Economic Development
  To build a long-lasting relationship, culture and tourism must join hands in collaboration, implementation and communication.
• Recasting the Creative Class to Examine Growth Processes in Rural and Urban Counties
  Working paper presented as part of the New York Creative Economy Project's 2006 meeting, "Opportunities and Challanges Facing the rural Creative Economy."

Sample Documents (5) more

• Historic Warehouse Arts District Master Plan
  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, and 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, neighborliness, historic preservation, safety, conversion of surface parking lots to compatible arts-related uses, pedestrian and bicycle-friendliness, reduced pass-through automobile traffic, public parking and resolution of environmental problems.
• Mississippi Arts Commission 2003-2008 Strategic Plan
  The Mississippi Arts Commission Strategic Plan for 2003-2008 summarizes the agency's six primary goals to improve and expand arts participation and activities in Mississippi.
• Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission - Regional Cultural Business Plan
  A strategic business plan, based on current research data, designed to address the needs and issues facing arts and cultural organizations and constituents in the Sacramento Metropolitan area.