This resource provides information about the thoughtful integration of public art into city spaces. It outlines some of the major questions concerning public art and city development. 

In 2002, the MetLife Foundation partnered with the Arts & Business Council of Americans for the Arts to create a five-year National Arts Forum Series. The goal of the series was to bring together nonprofit and private-sector professionals at sites across the country to examine some of the pressing issues facing their communities, including generational and demographic shifts, workforce development, leadership, and private-sector giving to the arts. In its multi-year run, the National Arts Forum Series offered more than 115 forum meetings in 22 cities from coast to coast.

This Monograph will consider the changes in United Arts Funds as they are being thrust into a larger community leadership role, their causes, and the ways in which the field is adapting.

The arts and cultural sector is one of Southeastern Pennsylvania’s strongest assets. The 2008 Portfolio examines the vibrancy, value, and vulnerability of the cultural community for civic leaders, policymakers, cultural organizations, and the general public. Two years ago, the first edition of Portfolio was lauded as a landmark study that documented the breadth, diversity, and well-being of Southeastern Pennsylvania’s nonprofit cultural resources.

More than 2,300 participants from 21 cities participated in the 41 forums, which were directed by a wide cross section of experts—from business leaders and elected officials to artists and arts-based training consultants, from human resource and education professionals to arts administrators.

Strategies for building an integrated vision of creativity and development in community-based arts and culture neighborhood development projects.

In October 2006, Americans for the Arts’ National Arts Policy Roundtable was inaugurated. Co-convened with the Sundance Preserve, the topic of the roundtable was The Future of Private Giving to the Arts in America. To better understand this phenomenon, Americans for the Arts commissioned a pilot research study by Prescott & Associates that targeted a small number of good corporate arts citizens.

In 1998 the Arts & Business Council Inc., with support from MetLife Foundation, began offering a series of arts issue forums in New York City. In 2002, with increased support from the foundation, nine cities were added to the roster, bringing the total number to 10, and the MetLife Foundation National Arts Forum Series was created.

Issued by the United State Government Accountability Office this report outlines details of the Smithsonian Institution's contract with Showtime networks.

The Executive Summary for a 360 page report on how to target new customers, testing the capactiy of the market to maintain or expand audiences, identifying possibilites for audience diversification, ticketing strategies and recommendations for growth opportunities.