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.

Transcript of Yo-Yo Ma's lecture, for the 26th Annual Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy on April 8. 2013.

Issue briefing on sales tax for artists, sculptors and small businesses.

This is one of a series of Animating Democracy papers looking at different segments of the arts-for-change field.

The Regional Arts & Culture Council in Portland, Oregon, invites artists producing work in visual, performing, literary and/or media arts to submit qualifications for an artist-in-residence project at Bud Clark Commons (650 NW Irving) which provides living quarters and services to individuals experiencing homelessness. The selected artist/team will create work in any media that engages and/or is a result of collaborating with the tenants and staff at the facility. The budget for the project is $25,000. The deadline for submissions is 5:00 p.m. Friday, November 18, 2011. The expected...

This report and its predecessor, How Artist Space Matters (2010), explore how and why art spaces benefit in-house artists, arts organizations, and surrounding neighborhoods and regions. Artspace Projects developed the two case studies detailed in this report, the Riverside Artist Lofts (Reno, NV) and Tashiro Kaplan Artist Lofts and Tashiro Arts Building (Seattle, WA), as well as the three Twin Cities projects explored in our first report. The report provides both an in-depth exploration of how the Riverside and...

Transcript of Kevin Spacey's lecture, for the 24nd Annual Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy on April 4, 2011.

This summary provides the key findings of How Art Spaces Matter: II, the second in a series of studies commissioned by Artspace and conducted by Metris Arts Consulting which explores how and why art spaces benefit in-house artists, arts organizations, and surrounding neighborhoods and regions.

This report offers a detailed answer to a relatively straightforward question: Do artist spaces matter, and if so how? More specifically, do they make it possible for artists to increase the amount of time they devote to art making, share equipment, engage in collaborations, and/or increase income? Do they help arts organizations financially stabilize or grow? Do they bolster neighborhood businesses? Are they linked to physical upgrades in the surrounding area? Do they help increase or stabilize property values without displacement? Are they associated with increased civic involvement,...

Transcript of Wynton Marsalis' lecture, for the 22nd Annual Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy on March 30, 2009.