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: Cohen, Randy

Publication Year: 2018

Media Type: Infographic

The arts are fundamental to our humanity. They ennoble and inspire us—fostering creativity, goodness, and beauty. The arts bring us joy, help us express our values, and build bridges between cultures. The arts are also a fundamental component of a…

Categories: Advocacy, Arts Action Fund, Arts and Military, Arts Education, Community Development, Creative Economies, Creative Industries, Creative Workforce, Cultural Planning, Economic Impact, Tourism

Author: National Coalition for Core Arts Standards

Publication Year: 2018

Media Type: Report

The second report of the National Coalition for Core Arts Standards detailing the status of arts education standards across the states since the 2014 publication of the National Core Arts Standards. 

Categories: Advocacy, Arts Education

Image of fact sheet, Arts Facts: Spending by Arts Audiences (2018)

Author: Americans for the Arts

Publication Year: 2018

Media Type: Infographic

The nonprofit arts, unlike most industries, leverage significant amounts of event-related spending by their audiences. Attendance at arts events generates related commerce for hotels, restaurants, parking garages, and more.  

Categories: Arts Facts, Cultural Facilities, Cultural Planning, Funding, Participation

Arts Facts: Cultural Tourism one pager cover

Author: Americans for the Arts

Publication Year: 2018

Media Type: Infographic

This one pager prepared in 2018 by Americans for the Arts 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.  

Categories: Arts Facts, Tourism

Image of fact sheet, Arts Facts: Artists Employment (2003-2017)

Author: Americans for the Arts

Publication Year: 2018

Media Type: Infographic

This is a one pager of quick facts about the number of artists employed in the United States compiled from research by the Americans for the Arts Research and Policy Department.  

Categories: Artists-Resources for, Arts Facts, Creative Industries, Creative Workforce

Image of fact sheet, Arts Facts: National Endowment for the Arts (2018)

Author: Americans for the Arts

Publication Year: 2018

Media Type: Infographic

This Arts Fact one pager shows the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) appropriations history for fiscal years 1966-2018.

Categories: Advocacy, Arts Action Fund, Arts Facts, Federal, Funding, Local Arts Agencies

Image of the fact sheet, Arts Facts: Government Funding to Arts Agencies (2018)

Author: Americans for the Arts

Publication Year: 2018

Media Type: Infographic

Government Funding to Arts Agencies, Federal, State, and Local: 1997 - 2017 are highlight in this one page fact sheet.

Categories: Arts Facts, Federal, Funding, Local Arts Agencies

Image of the fact sheet, Arts Facts: SAT Scores and the Arts 1999 - 2016

Author: Americans for the Arts

Publication Year: 2018

Media Type: Infographic

Students with four years of high school arts and music classes have higher SAT scores than students with one-half year or less.

Categories: Arts Education, Arts Facts

The Integration of the Humanities and Arts with Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Higher Education cover

Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Publication Year: 2018

Media Type: Report

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have released the report, The Integration of the Humanities and Arts with Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Higher Education. This report examines the evidence behind the assertion…

Categories: Health Wellness and Healing, Technology and Innovation

Report: Art as Infrastructure cover image

Author: Los Angeles County Arts Commisson

Publication Year: 2018

Media Type: Report

This report is an evaluation of a range of outcomes at the four sites in the Creative Graffiti Abatement Project in Los Angeles County. This report evaluates the success of arts-based strategies in shifting perceptions, increasing positive activity…

Categories: Transportation & Infrastructure