Author: Foster, Nicole; Grodach, Carl; and Murdoch III, James
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Media Type: Periodical (article)
Using data from the Cultural Data Project, the authors determine where newly established New York City arts organizations locate in terms of neighborhood racial, income, and industry diversity.
Categories: Economic Impact, Cultural Diversity, Community Development, Access and Equity
Author: Metris Consulting
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Media Type: Sample document
"We [Metris Consulting]] reflect on a list of questions during the arc of each of each project, from project design to reporting and presenting findings. These questions help us check our assumptions and make our work accessible to and reflective of…
Categories: Organizational Planning, Cultural Diversity, Access and Equity
Author: Lee, Dahyun
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Media Type: Periodical (article)
Through the case study of the Guernica Peace Mural Project (GPMP) in Columbus, Ohio, which involved American and Somali groups, I explore how participatory community arts generate social capital to promote intergroup social cohesion.
Categories: Public Art, Participation, Community Development
Author: Alaka Wali, Ph.D.; Rebecca Severson, M.A.; and Mario Longoni, M.A.
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Media Type: Report
A team with the Chicago Center for Arts Policy found that the informal arts help to build both individual identify and group solidarity.
Categories: Cultural Planning, Community Development
Author: Montanari, Massimo
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Media Type: Book
Elegantly written by a distinguished culinary historian, Food Is Culture explores the innovative premise that everything having to do with food—its capture, cultivation, preparation, and consumption—represents a cultural act. Even the "choices" made…
Categories: Heritage & Preservation, Cultural Diplomacy and Exchange
Author: Nina Levent and Irina D. Mihalache
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Media Type: Book
Food and Museums is the first book to explore the diverse, complex relationship between museums and food. This edited collection features theoretical analysis from cultural historians, anthropologists, neuroscientists, and food studies scholars;…
Categories: Visual Art, Heritage & Preservation
Author: South African Department of Arts and Culture
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Media Type: Report
International and regional studies have highlighted the integral relationship between culture and sustainable development. This can be extended into the relationship of arts and culture and food security. [Executive Summary]
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Author: Nicole Kistler
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Media Type: Report
Ths report reviews work in Seattle establishing the role that the arts play related to urban agricul-ture in order to foster a culture of urban agri-culture, and make lively places and healthy communities.
Categories: Visual Art, Public Art
Author: Craig Pearson and Judith Nasby
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Media Type: Book
Craig Pearson and Judith Nasby discuss the evolution of how we think about agriculture, its use of the land and impact on landscape, and how landscape has been portrayed historically in art. They also offer a wider discussion on the role that…
Categories: Visual Art
Author: Johanna Misey Boyer
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Media Type: Toolkit
Creativity Matters is based on the report of the first national conference on creative aging, cosponsored in 2006 by NJPAC and NCCA. Three dozen interviews with leading practitioners and an extensive literature review expanded the toolkit's content.
Categories: Aging