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: Smith, Dalouge

Publication Year: 2017

Media Type: Report

This report outlines the successes of the San Francisco Youth Symphony's programming and highlights several statistics from their second phase. 

Categories: Performing Arts Organizations, Creative Youth Development, Arts Education

Author: Loveless, Tom

Publication Year: 2017

Media Type: Report

This Brown Center Report (BCR) on American Education is the sixth and final edition in the third volume and the 16th issue overall. The series began in 2000. As in the past, the report comprises three studies. Also in keeping with tradition, the…

Categories: Creative Youth Development, Arts Education

Author: Richard Wike; Bruce Stokes; Jacob Poushter; and Janell Fetterolf

Publication Year: 2017

Media Type: Report

A Pew Research Center survey released in June 2017 found a decline in international tourism and of respondents only 49 percent of from 37 countries held a favorable view of the U.S., as compared to a favorable view of 64 percent when Obama left…

Categories: Tourism, International, Economic Impact, Advocacy

Front cover of The Jobs in New England's Creative Economy and Why They Matter featuring a blue ribbon on the right side and orange ribbon on the bottom

Author: UMass Donahue Institute

Publication Year: 2017

Media Type: Report

This report builds upon our prior studies (The Creative Economy Initiative: The Role of the Arts and Culture in New England’s Economic Competitiveness in 2000 and The Creative Economy: A New Definition in 2007) as well as the real-time online…

Categories: Creative Economies, Creative Industries, Creative Workforce, Economic Impact

Author: Amy Schwartzman

Publication Year: 2017

Media Type: Report

"This Guide introduces a network-building approach, called “cultural placekeeping,” for both safeguarding and strengthening local arts and culture communities. Organizing a self-help emergency action network to supplement and coordinate with the…

Categories: Cultural Planning, Community Development

Author: Greenbalt, Alan

Publication Year: 2017

Media Type: Report

This report discusses the history and issues surronding government support for the arts.

Categories: Funding, Federal, Arts Action Fund, Advocacy

Author: Nspiregreen

Publication Year: 2017

Media Type: Sample document

In early winter 2016, the City of Alexandria engaged Nspiregreen, a local consulting firm, to assist with development of a Streetscape Toolbox (toolbox).This toolbox is primarily intended for use by private property owners to guide the development…

Categories: Visual Art, Public Art, Private Sector

Author: Myatt, Alice

Publication Year: 2017

Media Type: Report

This handbook outlines the process of creating GEOLOOM, a tool to foster creative placemaking through capturing the broad range of arts and culture in Baltimore, Maryland. While Baltimore is a city of approximately 600,000 residents, the process can…

Categories: Partnerships, Cultural Planning, Community Development

Front cover of "The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes" featuring an image of people on one side of a large gap in the ground with homes on the other side.

Author: Aurand, Andrew, Ph.D., MSW; Emmanuel, Dan, MSW; Yentel, Diane, MSSW; and Errico, Ellen

Publication Year: 2017

Media Type: Report

The report released by the National Low Income Housing Coalition in March 2017 by finds that no state has an adequate supply of affordable rental housing for the lowest income renters.

Categories: Community Development, Housing

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Author: Vidyard

Publication Year: 2017

Media Type: Report

This report shares trends from analyzing data colleced from Vidyard video platform of more than 500 businesses over 600 million video streams in the year 2016.

Categories: Marketing and Communications