RAND examines recent trends in the performing arts and discusses how the arts are likely to evolve in the future.

In a provocative book that explores the fascinating link between the creative and the sacred, the author claims that artists have become the spiritual vanguard of our time.

A handy survival guide and resource tool for visual artists seeking to live in New York City. It covers topics and tips such as how to find affordable studio space, getting ones work exhibited, and other problems that newcomers might encounter. Material is based on hundreds of interviews with New York artists.

This article does not really address copyright law relevant to arts organization or artists, but is an interesting look at Canadian libraries and demonstrates the dramatic differences that exist even between common law countries. For example, in the , fair use (most simply, nonprofit use is fair use) is practiced. However, in Canada, United Kingdom and Australia, the operative concept is fair dealing. That is, most simply, all reproduction is copyright infringement except for a very few and very narrowly defined exceptions.

Across the country, historic structures that once served as thriving parts of the urban fabric have escaped the wrecking ball and found new life serving the needs of the local arts community, revitalizing downtowns, and turning Americas architectural legacies into appreciated assets.

This essay discusses which is part of Lessons Learned: A Planning Toolsite produced by the National Endowment for the Arts discusses the importance of planning to arts organizations. The author examines what is involved in the planning process and what it can foster in arts organizations including creativity, an entrepreneurial model to succeed, self-knowledge, and a prelude for relations with funders. In addition, he outlines various reasons arts organizations may shy away from the planning process.

University of Chicago professor Hung Wuy defines experimental art in China, and explains it role and history since its beginnings in 1979.

The 12th annual Nancy Hanks lecture on arts and public policy, presented by the American Council for the Arts, at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Eisenhower Theater, Washington, DC, March 15, 1999. The transcript is from the lecturer's talk, Wendy Wasserstein.

"[The authors] have compiled almost every word there is to be said on the legal aspects of consignment selling. The book is aimed at clearing away the misgivings and misconceptions which abound on both sides of the fence." -- The Crafts Report

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Introduction by Daniel Grant.