By the 1990s, public art had evolved far beyond the lonely monument on an open plaza. Now public artists might design the entire plaza, create an event to alter the social dynamics of an urban environment, or help reconstruct a neighborhood. This provocative volume presents a rich variety of interviews with people who create and experience public art — from an artist who mounted three bronze sculptures in the South Bronx to the bureaucrat who led the fight to have them removed.
BOOK: The Flight of the Creative Class, by Richard Florida
The Flight of the Creative Class: The New Global Competition for Talent by best-selling author Richard Florida, is the follow up to The Rise of the Creative Class. The book details how we can work to create a new American society that taps “the full creative capabilities of every human being.”
Reading Improvement Through Music, Movement and Play: A Crossover Study
Four classes of second-graders were randomly divided into two groups. The reading abilities of students in both groups were assessed at the beginning of the study, and after each of the two intervention periods. During the intervention period, one group received music instruction consisting of music, movement, and play designed to enhance reading skills. The second group received corresponding time in which they were given supplemental practice or instruction in reading.
Issue Brief: Healthcare and the Arts
As Congress works toward a major reform of the national health care system, Americans for the Arts, the Society for Arts in Healthcare, and 19 other national associations have crafted a legislative request to strengthen the role of the arts in health care. The group hopes to provide creative arts therapists, artists, and arts organizations that do work in health care settings, either as volunteers or professionals, greater opportunity in this legislation.
Cultural Engagement in California’s Inland Regions
Based on two major surveys of more than 6,000 people, the report documents a wide range of cultural activity–in music, theater and drama, reading and writing, dance, and visual arts and crafts–happening outside of the boundaries of the traditional infrastructure of nonprofit arts organizations and facilities in two fast-growing and increasingly diverse inland regions of the state.
All Volunteer Force: From Military to Civilian Service
The central message of this report is that a new generation of veterans is returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan without sufficient connections to communities, is enthusiastic to serve again, and points the way forward for how our nation can better integrate them into civilian life. Although the 1.8 million veterans are from every corner of our nation, they are strongly united in their perspectives regarding civic responsibilities and opportunities as they return home. What’s more, the findings show that OIF/OEF veterans are underutilized assets in our communities, and their continued service is likely to improve their transition home. We believe there is significant potential to increase volunteering and civic engagement among this generation of veterans.
