Posted on March 25th, 2010 by Advance the Arts Admin
Guest post by Margy Waller,
Cincinnati Fine Arts Fund
Many of us have spent years searching for the strongest possible message and the best case on which to build support for the arts. Yet, the messages we have used to create dialogue in communities across the country have not yielded the broad sense of shared responsibility [...]
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Posted on February 9th, 2010 by Advance the Arts Admin
Embracing dynamic adaptability
in the Bay Area
Is there anything special arts funders can do to help nonprofits and artists deal with the continued effects of a down economy? Something beyond continued funding opportunities, capacity building, and technical support?
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Posted on November 20th, 2009 by Advance the Arts Admin
Launching the East Bay Cultural Corridor
Talk about a multiplier effect: Here’s how two community foundations leveraged private foundation dollars to seed a four-city partnership for the arts. It’s an equation worth knowing in regions where acting together is the better path for growing a vibrant, sustainable arts landscape.
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Posted on September 23rd, 2009 by Advance the Arts Admin
Michael Kaiser, sponsored by
Sacramento Region Community Foundation
This is the story of what a community—even one facing economic and social issues—can do to stake a claim for arts, and of how a community foundation can spark this public commitment.
California’s challenges are visible in its capital, where images of a tent city housing hundreds displaced by [...]
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Posted on December 16th, 2008 by Advance the Arts Admin
SparkOC.com
Where is art? Thanks to SparkOC.com, that’s a question of the past for cultural consumers in Orange County. The area’s arts council and community foundation teamed to create a one-stop info source for area residents and visitors.
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Posted on April 21st, 2008 by Advance the Arts Admin
Orange County Cultural Indicators Report
Who knew? A surprising 64 percent of residents say that they or their family members create or participate in arts. It’s a fact that shows the value of research, and it came from the Orange County Cultural Indicators Report, this community’s first-ever study of arts giving and donor perceptions. The study [...]
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Posted on April 21st, 2008 by Advance the Arts Admin
Creative Monterey County
While lots of communities want to build a creative economy, too few are able to pull everyone together around a plan. Not so in Monterey County, where collaboration, research and dialogue led to a countywide blueprint for collective action. The process was led by the Community Foundation for Monterey County in tandem with [...]
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Posted on April 21st, 2008 by Advance the Arts Admin
Arts and Economic Prosperity III
A new study helps answer the old question: What do arts bring to communities? It documents the economic impact of the nonprofit arts and culture industry, and covers 156 communities and regions representing all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The study was conducted by Americans for the Arts. It [...]
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Posted on April 21st, 2008 by Advance the Arts Admin
Arts Council for Monterey County
Less public support for arts is the trend in many communities. Monterey County has reversed the pattern. Here is a happy story of increased commitment to arts by a local government, and of collaboration between a community foundation and arts council to make it happen. It begins in the context [...]
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