MISSION: The South Dakota Arts Council is a state agency serving South Dakotans and their communities through the arts.

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.

Slideshow presentation by Wolf-Brown firm, commissioned by the Scottsdale Cultural Council.

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 Portland City Council established the Portland Public Art Program in the spring of 2000 in order to preserve, restore, enhance and expand the City's public art collection. The ordinance requires that the Portland Public Art Committee submit to Council an annual art plan which outlines recommendations for allocating the C.I.P. public art percentage, administration of the program, conservation of the collection, and initiation of new projects.

The Portland City Council established the Portland Public Art Program in the spring of 2000 in order to preserve, restore, enhance and expand the City's public art collection. The ordinance requires that the Portland Public Art Committee submit to Council an annual art plan which outlines recommendations for allocating the C.I.P. public art percentage, administration of the program, conservation of the collection, and initiation of new projects.

the Scottsdale Cultural Council's 5-year strategic plan -- a vision that our contract with the City of Scottsdale requires, but which is truly a labor of love. It is the creation of the Scottsdale Cultural Council's Board of Trustees, supported by the senior staff of the Cultural Council, who invested just over a year to researching and deliberating its components. Perhaps its most important statement is contained in the preamble, where it recognizes that future success, "depends on [the] ability to motivate a wide range of stakeholders - audiences, donors, artists, arts educators, sponsors,

This paper explores and discusses the fairly recent phenomenon of cultural clustering strategies in the Netherlands.

This report analyzes the public funding for 12 major cultural institutions in Cook County that receive property tax-based funding from the Chicago Park District or the Forest Preserve District of Cook County. It makes recommendations for alternative funding sources that could stabilize the public funding for these and other institutions.

This report begins by redefining ﾓcultural diplomacyﾔ in light of current events, and then reviews the history and current state of cultural diplomacy efforts. Our report concludes by identifying key challenges, possible initiatives, and essential questions that, if engaged, can enable cultural institutions, government agencies, arts industries, policy makers, and private sector leaders to harness the global movement of our expressive life to advance our national goals.