Conducted by the National Assembly of Local Arts Agencies, this three-year study focuses on 33 communities ranging in population from 8,500 to 2.5 million. The study examined data from 789 nonprofit organizations in order to compile a national average. The study was designed to document nonprofit arts expenditures in a cross section of American communities and demonstrate the economic impact gained from investing in the arts. Key findings show that of the 1.3 million jobs supported annually by the nonprofit arts industry in the U.S., 908,800 were in the arts sector, a direct result of

This report highlights findings from Arts in the Local Economy conducted by the National Assembly of Local Arts Agencies. This three-year study focuses on 33 communities ranging in population from 8,500 to 2.5 million. The study examined data from 789 nonprofit organizations in order to compile a national average.

March 1993 Monograph explores Tucson's downtown revitalization

There are many tribes of Philistines among us: for capitalist realists, dollar democracy should define taste; for egalitarian realists, artistic affirmative action should counter historical stereotyping; for relgious realists, religion should rule art; and, for socialist realists, collectivism should subsume aesthetics. For all such realists, art is a powerful technology for directed social change; it is not an independent, self-directed human activity with goals and standards of its own. And to such realists, those who daily stretch the creative envelope or revivify our collective past -

Art in America is now big business, with hundreds of galleries across the country from the largest cities to the smallest villages reflecting the public's increased appreciation and awareness. Based on the author's own successful experiences as a gallery owner, this book provides specific guidelines for opening and managing a small to medium-sized art gallery.

Many states have created arts-based economic development strategies to support rural communities across the who are confronting economic development issues.

On May 31, 2006, Mayor Cohen convened Portland's Creative Economy Summit. Over two hundred members of the Creative Economy attended the event, which was held in the Merrill Rehearsal Hall. After introductory remarks, the participants divided into three groups: creative individuals, creative organizations, and creative enterprises. Each group worked to develop three action steps for enhancing Portland's creative economy; and at the end of the Summit, this list of nine steps was reduced by the full group to three final recommendations.

The Cultural Policy Center (CPC) at The University of Chicago convened Lasting Effects: Assessing the Future of Economic Impact Analysis of the Arts, a three day conference that examined benefits and pitfalls of using economic impact analysis (EIA) as a tool for arts advocacy.

The monograph by the Fund for Folk Culture (FFC) and the Urban Institute is an evaluation of the FFCs Partnerships in Local Culture program, but also identifies general issues and areas of collaboration for traditional artists, community based organizations and the economic development field

The research presented in this report provides new information about how and why people participate in arts and culture that has important implications for how arts and culture providers and supporters, and people engaged in community building attempt to reach and involve their publics.