Blog Posts for Cultural Districts

Thank you to the many people who have been blog contributors to, and readers of ArtsBlog over the years. ArtsBlog has long been a space where we uplifted stories from the field that demonstrated how the arts strengthen our communities socially, educationally, and economically; where trends and issues and controversies were called out; and advocacy tools were provided to help you make the case for more arts funding and favorable arts policies.

As part of Americans for the Arts’ recent Strategic Realignment Process, we were asked to evaluate our storytelling communications platforms and evolve the way we share content. As a result, we launched the Designing Our Destiny portal to explore new ways of telling stories and sharing information, one that is consistent with our longtime practice of, “No numbers without a story, and no stories without a number.”

As we put our energy into developing this platform and reevaluate our communications strategies, we have put ArtsBlog on hold. That is, you can read past blog posts, but we are not posting new ones. You can look to the Designing Our Destiny portal and our news items feed on the Americans for the Arts website for stories you would have seen in ArtsBlog in the past.

ArtsBlog will remain online through this year as we determine the best way to archive this valuable resource and the knowledge you’ve shared here.

As ever, we are grateful for your participation in ArtsBlog and thank you for your work in advancing the arts. It is important, and you are important for doing it.

Cultural Governance: A Comparative Study of Three Cultural Districts

Date of Publication (formatted): 
August, 2001
Summary: 

This article reviews the concept of cultural governance analyzing three cultural districts: the Scientific and Cultural Facility District (SCFD) in Colorado; the Metropolitan Zoological Park and Museum District (MZPMD) in Missouri; the Allengheny Regional Asset District (ARAD) in Pennsylvania. The author highlights the importance of strategic coalitions, stable funding mechanisms (i. e. sales taxes), effectiveness of regional governance, and of institutionalization of public funded programs.

Cultural Districts and Urban Development

Date of Publication (formatted): 
December, 2000
Summary: 

This article is a best-practice analysis of cultural district development in several American cities. This article was published in the International Journal of Arts Management, an essential reading for the arts management community.

Redefining a Southern City's Heritage: Historic Preservation Planning, Public Art, and Race in Richmond, Virginia

Date of Publication (formatted): 
July, 2005
Summary: 

This article examines local politics, racial attitudes, and public art standards in Richmond, VA, through the lens of a case study- the erection of the Arthur Ashe statue on Monument Avenue.

Destination New York-New Jersey: Tourism and Travel to the Metropolitan Region; Part 2 of Tourism and the Arts in the New York-New Jersey Region

Date of Publication (formatted): 
December, 1993
Summary: 

There are more reasons to visit New York City and its surrounding region than almost anywhere else in the world. This region boasts an amazing diversity of attractions as it is a global center for the arts, entertainment, business, and retailing and home to many of the country's most important historic landmarks and other sightseeing attractions. Visitors are supported by a vast network of businesses, including nearly 70,000 hotel rooms and 25,000 restaurants in the City alone.

Developing Cultural Centers

Date of Publication (formatted): 
December, 1964
Summary: 

There are many points in common between the story I have to tell and what has been happening in this country. Time and time again as I read the Rockefeller Panel Report on the performing arts, I had the pleasure of sidelining passages that we might have written ourselves. This is my delicate way of suggesting how good it is! The one great difference lies in the all-important role in our project played by our federal goverment, and I expect it would interest you if I went into this in some detail.

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