California Lawyers for the Arts (CLA) has historically supported the concept of resale royalties as a matter of fairness for visual artists and has continued to make its position known through amicus briefs in the current litigation challenging the validity of the California Resale Royalty Act before the U.S. Court of Appeals.
Foundation Grants to Rural Areas From 2005 to 2010: Trends and Patterns
Grants to U.S. rural-based organizations accounted for 5.5 percent of the real value of domestic grants by large foundations during 2005 to 2010, with a slight downward trend over the period.
Public Funding for the Arts: 2015 Update
The arts in America are supported by a complex mix of funds, including individual contributions, corporate and foundation support, earned revenues, and government grants. Although government funds comprise a modest percentage of total arts income, they are an essential part of the American arts ecosystem, supporting community arts development, achieving a wide geographic dispersal of grants, and making arts funds accessible to communities that may have limited access to other resources.
Minding the gap: Elucidating the disconnect between arts participation metrics and arts engagement within immigrant communities
A growing gap between national metrics of arts participation and the many, evolving ways in which people participate in artistic and aesthetic activities limits the degree to which such data can usefully inform policy decisions. The National Endowment for the Arts’ Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA) is the primary source of arts participation data in the USA, but this instrument inadequately evaluates how members of minority and immigrant communities participate in the arts.
Arts Participation among People with Disabilities
Nearly 28 million U.S. adults have some type of disability related to hearing, sight, cognition, walking, and other activities of daily living. The latest NEA research offers the first, nationally representative analysis of arts-participation patterns among people with disabilities.
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