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: Kramer, Bryan J.

Publication Year: 2015

Media Type: Book

As modern marketing becomes increasingly technology-based, it’s important to remember that the tech is a means to an end: sharing stories, information, and emotion to make a human connection. Shareology explores the history of sharing and how it…

Categories: Marketing and Communications

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Publication Year: 2015

Media Type: Report

"Welcome to the second NCAR Report, in which we share evidence-­‐based insights into the health of US arts and cultural organizations. There is no one-­‐size-­‐fits-­‐all performance measure or objective for such a diverse field, only answers to…

Categories: Local Arts Agencies, Funding, Federal, Economic Impact

Purple rectangle with white text "Beyond the Building: Performing Arts and Transforming Place"

Author: Jenna Moran, Jason Schupbach, Courtney Spearman, and Jennifer Reut

Publication Year: 2015

Media Type: Report

In 2014, the National Endowment for the Arts hosted Beyond the Building to better understand how performance-based organizations transform places through their artistic practices. 

Categories: Creative Industries, Performing Arts Organizations

Author: Bye, Carolyn

Publication Year: 2015

Media Type: Conference paper/presentation

It is a pleasure to be a part of this day and a part of your initiative, Cultural Policy at the Grassroots. My remarks are based on a report I authored for The McKnight Foundation, A New Angle – Arts Development in the Suburbs. The report looks at…

Categories: Legislation, Funding, Cultural Planning

Author: Polin, Jane L.

Publication Year: 2015

Media Type: Report

In the 2001 landmark school financing case Campaign for Fiscal Equity vs. State of New York, Justice DeGrasse addressed the role of the arts in education. In his ruling, access to a complete education—an education that includes the arts—is the right…

Categories: Legislation, Arts Education, Access and Equity

Author: Dr. Clement Price

Publication Year: 2015

Media Type: Report

Immigration has long stirred America’s imagination of its past and of the enduring value of the Republic to the world’s oppressed masses. No other society, we have believed, has been more hospitable to foreigners than ours. The historical settlement…

Categories: Cultural Diplomacy and Exchange

The cover of The Arts in Neighborhood Choice

Author: Sanrkar, Mousumi

Publication Year: 2015

Media Type: Report

To better understand the impact of local arts and cultural events on Americans’ choices about where to live, researchers at the National Endowment for the Arts worked with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to ask a series of…

Categories: Community Development, Housing

Author: Mastran, Shelley

Publication Year: 2015

Media Type: Report

This working paper, Fostering Innovations in State Cultural Policy focuses on historic preservation and was prepared for the National Trust for Historic Preservation. It has two parts. Part 1: Readiness of the Historic Preservation Community to…

Categories: Heritage & Preservation, Cultural Planning

Author: Garrett, Ian

Publication Year: 2015

Media Type:

Excerpted from Arts & America: Arts, Culture, and the Future of America’s Communities. This essay looks at the role of arts and issues of environment and sustainability over the next 10 to 15 years. The full book of essays can be purchased in…

Categories: Community Development

Author: Lord, Clayton

Publication Year: 2015

Media Type:

First essay in the book Arts & America: Arts, Culture, and the Future of America’s Communities featuring an introduction by Americans for the Arts CEO Robert L. Lynch. The full book can be purchased in Americans for the Arts online store.

Categories: Creative Workforce, Creative Industries, Community Development, Access and Equity