Cultural Policy

April 30, 2009 by giarts-ts-admin

In The Place of the Arts in Multi-focus Foundations, Bruce Sievers writes that the rationale for supporting both the arts and the nonprofit sector as a whole is integrally linked to their capacity to advance pluralism, promote voluntary action, accommodate diversity, and champion individual visions of the public good. “Civil society,” Sievers notes, is increasingly the accepted concept to describe this sphere of social action.

April 30, 2009 by giarts-ts-admin

As we, individually or collectively, set out to make a case for the many ways the arts have relevance in today's world of economic turmoil and change, it's helpful to be clear what we mean by terms like “art,” “culture,” and “industry” and also to understand what the same terms might mean to others. The words we use are telling. Their use has a history that says much about where the work we call “art” resides in our collective lives from one period to the next.

All My Relations

April 30, 2009 by giarts-ts-admin

2008, 33 pages. International Funders for Indigenous Peoples, P.O. Box 1040, Akwesasne, NY, 13655, 518-358-9500, www.internationalfunders.org

http://sites.google.com/site/cagcircle/docs/allmyrelationsoct162008.pdf

April 30, 2009 by giarts-ts-admin

2008, 77 pages. Imagining America, 203 Tolley Building, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 13244, 315-443-8590, www.curriculumproject.net

http://www.curriculumproject.net/pdfs/08.CP.report.pdf

The Cultural Economy

April 30, 2009 by giarts-ts-admin

2008, 661 pages. Sage Publications, 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA, 91320, www.sagepublications.com

http://www.uk.sagepub.com/booksProdDesc.nav?prodId=Book230746

This text analyses the dynamic relationship in which culture is part of the process of economic change that in turn changes the conditions of culture. It brings together perspectives from different disciplines to examine such critical issues as:

Economics and Culture

April 30, 2009 by giarts-ts-admin

2003, 208 pages. Cambridge University Press, 32 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, 10013, 212-924-3900, www.cambridge.org

This book brings together two very disparate areas, economics and culture, considering both the economic aspects of cultural activity, and the cultural context of economics and economic behavior. The author discusses how cultural goods are valued in both economic and cultural terms, and introduces the concepts of cultural capital and sustainability.

Midwestern Voices and Visions

April 30, 2009 by giarts-ts-admin

2009, 40 pages. Published by the Alliance of Artists Communities, 255 South Main Street, Providence, Rhode Island, 02903, 401-351-4320, www.artistcommunities.org

http://www.artistcommunities.org/files/files/
MidwesternVoicesAndVisions.pdf

New Flow

April 30, 2009 by giarts-ts-admin

2008, 120 pages.

http://www.missionmodelsmoney.org.uk/u/
new_flow_tim_joss.pdf

Open Dialogue XI:

April 30, 2009 by giarts-ts-admin

2008, 110 pages. Western States Arts Federation, 1743 Wazee Street, Suite 300, Denver, Colorado, 80202, 303-629-1166, www.westaaf.org

http://www.taac.com/open-dialogue/open-dialogue-xi

Complete proceedings of the WESTAF-sponsored symposium, Open Dialogue XI, held in Denver, Colorado July 12-15, 2007. Presenters included Doudou Diène, A.B. Spellman, Louis LeRoy, Tatiana Reinoza Perkins, Maria-Rosario Jackson, and many more.

April 30, 2009 by giarts-ts-admin

Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy; Lawrence Lessig, Penguin Press, 2008, 352 pages. ISBN-10: 1594201722