National Arts Publications Database

The National Arts Publications Database is a bibliographic tool that gives access current and historical information on a multitude of topics related to arts administration and policy. The database contains over 7,000 bibliographic records—providing arts administrators, policy researchers, and advocates with an asset to help them locate information on arts policy and practice and arts administration resources and best practices. Many recent entries to the database may also include the actual publication for download as well. When possible, Americans for the Arts has included the publication for download, but in many cases the database is purely bibliographic by design.

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Author: Seyed Sina Mousavi, Naciye Doratli, Seyed Nima Mousavi, and Fereshte Moradiahari

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Media Type: Conference paper/presentation

Tourism has a vital role in development of different destinations all around the world. Accordingly, culture is assumed as one of the primary beneficiaries and is regarded as a key asset in tourism development by promoting both tangible (i.e.…

Categories: Tourism, Economic Impact, Cultural Planning

Author: Arts NSW

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Media Type: Report

The Cultural Tourism Toolkit is designed to assist small regional communities to enhance, profile and package their cultural offering. It has the dual aim of encouraging the growth of regional arts and culture and making them a vital part of the…

Categories: Tourism, Economic Impact, Cultural Planning

Author: Mike Robinson and David Picard

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Media Type: Report

We can safely say today that, thanks to the boom in tourism in recent decades, never before in the history of humanity have the inhabitants of this planet travelled as much, or been as much engaged in the discovery of other cultures. So, what are we…

Categories: Tourism, Economic Impact, Cultural Planning

Author: European Cultural Tourism Network

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Media Type: Sample document

The purpose of this Charter is to bring together in a single, comprehensive and integrated document the main principles, features, findings, conclusions and recommendations on good practices regarding ‘Culture & Heritage Added-value to Regional…

Categories: Tourism, Cultural Planning

Author: Heather J. Clawson and Kathleen Coolbaugh

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Media Type: Periodical (article)

The YouthARTS Development Project, ini-tiated in 1995, is a collaborative effort among Federal agencies, national arts or-ganizations, and a consortium of three local arts agencies in Atlanta, GA; Portland, OR; and San Antonio, TX, designed to…

Categories: Creative Youth Development, Arts Education

Author: Schupbach, Jason

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Media Type: Report

This book is to help you understand what are the tools for arts-based community development. It’s a primer, and a scan of where some of the best thinking is in 2016. It’s meant to help get you started.

Categories: Cultural Planning, Community Development

Author: Palmer, Joni M.

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Community interest in public art has continued to grow throughout the country. Urban areas and metropolitan regions are unique because public art programs have existed in these communities for decades. But what are some of the challenges and…

Categories: Public Art, Cultural Planning

Author: Gard, Robert E.

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Media Type: Book

To Change the Face and Heart of America, a collection of writings by Robert E. Gard, celebrates the 50th anniversary of one of Gard's seminal texts, The Arts In the Small Community. In this unique collection, Gard’s daughter, Maryo Gard Ewell,…

Categories: Local Arts Agencies, Community Development

Author: Borrup, Tom Ph.D.

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Media Type: Sample document

Cultural Planning at 40 - A Look at the Practice and Its Progress sheds light on the aspirations, accomplishments, shortcomings, and methods used in cultural planning over the past decade and compares it with a similar study from 1994 by Dr. Craig…

Categories: Cultural Planning, Cultural Districts, Creative Economies, Community Development

Author: Iwasaki, Marcia; Johnson, Elisheba; and Yampolsky, Ruri

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Media Type: Case study

The Seattle Office of Arts & Culture (ARTS) was the second U.S. city to adopt a percent for art program in 1973. As the city has grown and expanded so too has the public art program and the Office itself. One current goal of the public…

Categories: Public Art, Cultural Diversity, Creative Workforce