From the Field
Strengthening the Social Fabric of Communities PolicyLink, in partnership with ArtPlace America’s Community Development Investments program (CDI), recently published Strengthening and Connecting to the Social Fabric of Communities. This new research focuses on how creative placemaking can be uniquely situated to encourage social cohesion and strengthen residents’ ability to advocate for their desired outcomes. Using […]
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SAA Support for Local Arts Agencies State arts agency (SAA) grant-making data, provided to NASAA through Final Descriptive Reports, are an important source for describing ways in which state arts agencies serve the public. Using that data, our latest edition of the State Arts Agency Fact Sheet, Support for Local Arts Agencies, details how SAAs […]
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Vaccine News Is Changing Plans to Visit Cultural Entities in 2021 Impacts Experience, a research firm for the cultural sector, has published an update to its weekly Intent to Visit metric. This predictive behavior metric measures when people are actively planning to visit cultural organizations—especially useful in predicting how they are responding to the pandemic […]
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Culture in Crisis: Policy Guide for a Resilient Creative Sector UNESCO’s new report, Culture in Crisis: Policy Guide for a Resilient Creative Sector, offers best practices on how policymakers and funders can advocate for the inclusion of the creative sector in recovery plans and contribute to a more resilient cultural sector. Researchers conducted open-format virtual […]
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2020 State Legislative Roundup NASAA has released its State Legislative Roundup 2020, the latest in its annual review of state legislation important to state arts agencies and the arts community. Although this legislative year was anything but normal, NASAA continued to track bills affecting SAA structure, governance, funding, arts education, programming, public art and space, […]
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New Resources for Creative Placemaking Several exciting new resources are now available as part of the collaboration between Art Place America and NASAA, Strengthening the State Arts Agency Support System for Creative Placemaking. Together, these three resources provide a previously unavailable articulation of the many ways in which state arts agencies support creative placemaking, and […]
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Arts, Culture and Immigration In collaboration with Welcoming America, ArtPlace America has released its eight cross-sector field scan, Bridging Divides, Creating Community: Arts, Culture, and Immigration. The field scan draws from a literature review, an analysis of 140 creative placemaking projects, and 30 interviews to arrive at cultural strategies to support advocacy and social services […]
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Facts & Figures on America’s Creative Economy NASAA’s newest infographic, Facts & Figures on America’s Creative Economy, offers a visual guide to important and effective creative economy talking points. This new infographic divides information into three critical sections: Economic Impact & Participation, The Creative Workforce, and Creative Places & Innovation. As part of NASAA’s new […]
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High-Performing Arts Organizations A new publication by SMU DataArts, The Alchemy of High-Performing Arts Organizations, examines 20 visual and performing arts organizations to understand strategies that contribute to financial sustainability and growth. These 20 organizations were selected based on their high financial performance or successful financial turnaround, allowing SMU DataArts to map the path from […]
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Strategic Planning Surveys NASAA’s updated Strategic Planning Surveys page offers a collection of surveys that state arts agencies use to accurately gauge the impact of their work and guide them in their strategic planning process. Implementing these surveys—which constitutes an important part of engaging a wide selection of stakeholders—requires considering multiple factors that influence responses, […]