This issue of <EM>Monographs</EM> will examine the ways in which community arts organizations can make use of literary programming to reach new audiences.

This Issue Brief provides examples of arts-based education as a money-and time-saving option for states looking to build skills, increase academic success, heighten standardized test scores, and lower the incidence of crime among general and at-risk populations. It offers examples drawn from states that are utilizing the arts in education and after-school programs, and it provides policy recommendations for states looking to initiate or strengthen arts education programs that improve productivity and foster workforce development.

This is a revised edition of a study first done by the author in 1970. Published by University of Wisconsin, Graduate School of Business, Center for Arts Administration. The present study seeks to explore systematically the problems and to answer them by drawing on empirical knowledge and established theories of social psychology and administrative science. Specific objectives include an examination of the activities of the arts administrator, the nature of the problems he encounters in his work, the people with whom he works, and the environment in which he functions. Common features of...

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.

This groundbreaking report shows that New York's vast creative sector, from arts organizations to ad agencies, is one of the city's most important, and least understood, economic assets.

This final report of the Maricopa Regional Arts and Culture Task Force illustrates the economic importance of arts and culture; outlines the financial challenges facing Maricopa County, Arizonas arts and culture institutions; and recommends strategies and actions for improving the arts and culture sector.