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.
The Arts in the Small Community, by Maryo Gard Ewell and Michael F. Warlum
This new version of The Arts in the Small Community – a National Plan maintains the organization and all the “big” and timeless ideas of the original as well as the examples from the five test communities, but has supplemented it with contemporary examples from communities all across the country including urban and suburban. Discussions on business, public education, and communications were rewritten to reflect the evolution on these fronts in the past thirty-five years. An appendix summarizes what is happening in the test communities today.
BOOK: Art and Reality: The New Standard Reference Guide and Business Plan for Actively Developing Your Career as an Artist, by Robert J. Abbott
Art and Reality will show you how to present your artwork in a way that will gain access to museums, universities, publishers and important galleries that might otherwise be out of reach. It guides you step-by-step through the process of developing and executing a fast track career plan.
BOOK: Fundamentals of Arts Management – 5th Edition
Since its first edition in 1987, Fundamentals of Arts Management continues to offer a useful refresher to the basics as well as new understanding regarding how to integrate and gain support for the arts in the social, economic, and cultural fabric of communities. Now in its 5th edition, Fundamentals of Arts Management updates and expands what has become a primary and trusted reference book for arts managers and students of arts administration, as well as programmers who wish to incorporate the arts in human service, education, and a range of other community organizations.
Anchoring the book are eleven tried and true chapters providing principles and best practices for managing and governing community arts organizations; raising funds; and presenting, promoting, and evaluating arts programs. Four new chapters cover fundamentals of personnel management, writing successful funding proposals, advocating effectively for the arts, and maximizing the arts’ role in the economic development of communities. Nationally recognized leaders and authors in the community arts field offer historical and contemporary context regarding the role of the arts in community, as well as insights about arts education and cultural access–two important dimensions of local arts agencies’ work.
Also new are Online Companions to several chapters. Easily accessed Online Companions offer expanded exploration of subject matter; worksheets and other practical tools that can be downloaded and used or adapted; and valuable resource listings that point to organizations, publications, and websites.
FROM THE PUBLISHER: softcover, 400 pages + online companion $65.00
BOOK: The Music Teaching Artist’s Bible — Becoming a Virtuoso Educator
From the Publisher — When the artist moves into the classroom or community to educate and inspire students and audience members, this is Teaching Artistry. It is a proven means for practicing professional musicians to create a successful career in music, providing not only necessary income but deep and lasting satisfaction through engaging people in learning experiences about the arts. Filled with practical advice on the most critical issues facing the music teaching artist today–from economic and time-management issues of being a musician and teacher to communicating effectively with students–The Music Teaching Artist’s Bible uncovers the essentials that every musician needs in order to thrive in this role. Author Eric Booth offers both inspiration and how-to, step-by-step guidance in this truly comprehensive manual that music teaching artists will turn to again and again. The book also includes critical information on becoming a mentor, succeeding in school environments, partnering with other teaching artists, advocating for music and arts education, and teaching private lessons.
The Music Teaching Artist’s Bible helps practicing and aspiring teaching artists gain the skills they need to build new audiences, improve the presence of music in schools, expand the possibilities of traditional and educational performances, and ultimately make their lives as an artists even more satisfying and fulfilling. (Recommended and on sale through Americans for the Arts and other booksellers.)
“Arts in the Balance” — survey of arts funding in Los Angeles County
“Arts in the Balance,” summarizing the fifth and concluding biennial survey of public and private arts funding in Los Angeles County, was released today by Southern California Grantmakers (SCG). SCG conducted the 2007/2008 survey in partnership with the UCLA Center for Civil Society. This year’s survey examined the extent to which arts funding sources and patterns have slumped — or, in many cases stayed much the same — over the past 10 years. The survey also provides insights into the current arts and culture funding climate within the context of trends that stand to impact the arts funding landscape in the years ahead. There are just over 1,000 arts and culture nonprofits in Los Angeles County, with approximately $1.2 billion in revenue. See News Release about the report, or the PDF of the entire survey.
