This is the fourth publication of the National Arts Index, Americans for the Arts' annual report on the health and vitality of arts and culture in the United States. The 2013 National Arts Index is a highly-distilled measure or score of the health and vitality of arts in the U.S. It is composed of 78 equal-weighted, national-level indicators of arts and culture activity during the 12-year span of 2000 to 2011, set to a baseline of 2003=100.0.

The "Artist Selection Process Resource Guide: contains information about best practices that will help you navigate the call for artists process.

This report of the National Arts Index is the first to document the nation's arts sectors during the Great Recession. The National Arts Index, created by Americans for the Arts, is a highly-distilled measure of the health and vitality of arts in the U.S. It is composed of 83 equal-weighted, national-level indicators of arts and culture activity that covers a 13-year period, from 1998 to 2010. Each indicator is updated annually and a new report is produced.

The Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy will collaborate with Boston’s creative community to present public art that enhances the city’s imaginative capacity, enlivens neighborhoods, contributes to economic vitality, and sparks civic exchange.

This one pager provides an overview of the benefits of Cultural Tourism in the United States and includes the percentage of foreign visitors participating in arts & culture while visiting the U.S.

This is the full 2010 report is of the National Arts Index. The National Arts Index, created by Americans for the Arts, is a highly‐distilled measure of the health and vitality of arts in the U.S. It is composed of 81 equalweighted, national‐level indicators of arts and culture activity that covers a 12‐year period, from 1998 to 2009. Each indicator is updated annually and a new report is produced.

This is the full 2010 report is of the National Arts Index. The National Arts Index, created by Americans for the Arts, is a highly‐distilled measure of the health and vitality of arts in the U.S. It is composed of 81 equalweighted, national‐level indicators of arts and culture activity that covers a 12‐year period, from 1998 to 2009. Each indicator is updated annually and a new report is produced.

Arts and culture is one of our region’s strongest assets for growth. The 2011 Portfolio provides information on the health, breadth, and diversity of the region’s cultural sector, including the first comprehensive look at the effects of the recession on Southeastern Pennsylvania’s nonprofit arts and cultural organizations.

In this series of briefing papers, the American Planning Association — as part of a collaborative project with the RMC Research Corporation and with funding from the Rockefeller Foundation — illustrates how planners can work with partners in the arts and culture sector and use creative strategies to achieve economic, social, environmental, and community goals.

The purpose of this overview and form contract is to give a general idea of the structure and make up of a Design Development Agreement, not to suggest that this is the only way to draft such an agreement.