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Title:  CALAA’s Cities Tool Kit: A Guide to Local Arts Agency Development
Author:  Hessenius, Barry and Johnson, Angela L.
Publisher:  California Assembly of Local Arts Agencies (CALAA)
Date:  2000
Abstract: This tool kit is designed to direct the development of a local arts agency, arts council, arts commission, or office of arts and culture. It is a two-part guide shaped with the following in mind: what conditions surround and what resources are needed for the creation of a local arts agency.

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Title: Free Expression in Arts Funding
Publisher: Free Expression Policy Project
Date: 2003
Abstract: The result of almost two years of research, this report surveys free expression policies among state and local arts agencies, including procedures for anticipating and handling controversy.

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Title: Fundamentals of Local Arts Management
Publisher: Arts Extension service
Date: 1987
Abstract: This revised Fundamental includes discussions of program planning, accountability and evaluation, political controversy, arts and social issues, new governing approaches, fundraising in an environment of cutbacks, and cultural inclusion.


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Title: The Grantseeker’s Guide to Project Evaluation
Publisher: Capitol Publications
Date: 1992
Abstract: A strong evaluation plan is a critical part of a grant- funded project not only because funders usually require evidence that their grantees will be able to assess the results of their projects, but also because it can provide you with reliable data to judge the effectiveness of the project’s design.

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Title: The Grant Seekers Handbook: A Guide to Finding Funds
Publisher: California Community Foundation
Date: 1990
Abstract: The Grant Seekers Handbook has been developed to emphasize the importance of careful research and planning in considering ways to support your organization or efforts.

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Title: Hotel-Motel Taxes for the Arts
Publisher: National Assembly of Local Arts Agencies
Abstract: This pamphlet examines the emergence of the hotel-motel tax as a funding source for cultural development.

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Title: In Search of Strategic Solutions: A Funder's Briefing on Nonprofit Strategic Restructuring
Publisher: Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
Date: January 2003
Abstract: In Search of Strategic Solutions: A Funders Briefing on Nonprofit Restructuring draws on five years of research, training and consulting work by La Piana Associates’ Strategic Solutions Project.

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Title: The Mayors’ Institute on City Design
Publisher: National Endowment for the Arts
Abstract: The Mayors' Institute on City Design is dedicated to improving the design and livability of America's cities through the efforts of their chief elected leaders, their mayors.

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Title: Monograph-United Arts Funds: Meeting the Challenge of Increased Private Sector Support for the Arts
Publisher: Americans for the Arts
Date: December 2003
Abstract: In communities of all sizes, united arts funds are working to broaden the base of support for the arts, promote excellence in the arts and arts management, and ensure that arts organizations are financially stable.

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Title: Monograph: Will Venture Philanthropy Revolutionize the Arts?
Publisher: Americans for the Arts
Date: November 2001
Abstract: Are significant new trends indeed developing in philanthropy or are we witnessing an evolution that has been underway for decades? Are the new donors so different from their predecessors? This Monograph examines these questions and considers how the trends are affecting giving in the cultural sector.

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Title:  Acts of Achievement: The Role of Performing Arts Centers in Education
Author:  The Dana Foundation
Publisher: Dana Press
Date:  2003
Abstract:  This study focuses on collaboration between educators, artists, and presenters. It includes case studies of performing arts centers and an essay addressing the instructional purposes of artist residencies.

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Title: The Arts and Education: New Opportunities for Research
Publisher: Arts Education Partnership
Date: 2004
Abstract: This report is intended to spark new conversations about research on arts education, encouraging researchers to see opportunities for joining colleagues from arts and education in studying complex learning expressive processes of the arts.

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Title: Champions of Change: The Impact of the Arts on Learning
Publisher: Arts Education Partnership
Date: 1991
Abstract: The ultimate challenge for American education is to place all children on pathways toward success in school and in life. Through engagement with the arts, young people can better begin lifelong journeys of developing their capabilities and contributing to the world around them.

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Title: Creativity and Youth: Enriching Young Lives Through the Arts
Publisher: National Endowment for the Arts
Date: May 2002
Abstract:  In early 2000, the National Endowment for the Arts made a strategic commitment to increase available funding for after-school, weekend and summer arts projects involving children in underserved communities. During its initial two years, the popular Positive Alternatives for Youth program has awarded more than 340 grants.

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Title: Critical Links: Learning in the Arts and Student Academic and Social Development
Publisher: Arts Education Partnership
Date: 2002
Abstract:  Critical Links brings together a group of studies focused on understanding the cognitive capacities developed in learning and practicing the arts and the relationship of those capacities to students' academic performance and social development.

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Title: How the Arts Can Enhance After-School Programs
Publisher: U.S. Department of Education
Abstract: This report consists of a brief summary of recent research findings about arts and after-school programs, a description of the key elements of successful programs, and examples of partnerships between schools and community-based organizations.

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Title: Imagine! Introducing Your Child to the Arts
Publisher: National Endowment for the Arts
Date: 2004
Abstract: This book revises and updates two earlier publications, its namesake of 1997, and Three R’s for the’90s. Now included areperspectives on the arts and children informed by recent research on children’s learning and development, and an easy-to-use chart that relates the stages of child development to sample arts experiences you and your child can participate in together.

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Title: The Impact of Arts Education on Workforce Preparation
Publisher: NGA Center for Best Practices
Date: May 1, 2002
Abstract: This offers examples drawn from states that are utilizing the arts in education and after-school programs, and it provides policy recommendations for states looking to initiate or strengthen arts education programs that improve productivity and foster workforce development.

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Title: Monograph-Community Schools of the Arts: An Arts Education Resource for Your Community
Publisher: Americans for the Arts
Date: October 2003
Abstract: This Monograph provides an overview of community schools of the arts and their potential benefits to your community, as well as ways local arts agencies and other community organizations can tap these vibrant resources.

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Title: Planning an Arts-CenteredSchool
Publisher: The Dana Foundation
Date: 2002
Abstract: This collection of papers aims to define the variety of teaching frameworks that makes it possible to plan an arts-centered school intelligently. We hope it will facilitate the development of a promising infusion of the arts into education throughout the United States.

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Title: Strategies to Strengthen Arts Education in California Schools
Publisher: The Model Arts Program Network
Date: 2003
Abstract: Strategies to Strengthen Arts Education in California Schools is designed as a resource that focuses on a variety of experiences and strategies to help districts plan and implement their arts education programs.  

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Title: Young Children and the Arts: Making Creative Connections
Publisher: Arts Education Partnership
Date: 1998
Abstract: The purpose of this text is to help guide organizations that specialize in the arts and are concerned about early childhood education in developing arts-based early childhood programs and resources and linking the arts to the literacy of your children.

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Title: Building Community through Arts Experiences
Date: May 1994
Abstract: Businesses and the corporate sector are searching for ways to lend support to the communities that they serve, and simultaneously universities are looking to those communities for service opportunities that will benefit their students in holistic ways. Business and educational groups can team together to strengthen communities and work to give students of all ages a greater sense of unity and belonging.

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Title:  Classical Music Consumer Segmentation Study:
How Americans Relate to Classical Music and Their Local Orchestras
Publisher:  John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Date:  April 2003
Abstract: The study examines the relationship between consumers of classical music and the orchestras in their communities.  It studies the classical music audience demographic, how audiences relate to classical music and to the orchestra, and what marketing strategies could increase attendance at local orchestras.

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Title: Community Cultural Planning: a Guidebook for Community leaders
Publisher: Americans for the Arts
Date: 1998
Abstract: Americans for the Arts developed this guidebook to help you navigate the cultural planning process and ensure optimal benefits for your community.

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Title: The Economic and Cultural Impact of The Arts in California: Local Officials Tell their Communities’ Stories
Publisher: California Arts Council
Abstract: The purpose of this publication is to provide compelling, in-depth information about the value of the arts in California communities, highlight outstanding examples of local programs and share additional resources that local community leaders can use.

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Title:  From Mission to Motivation: A focused approach to increased arts participation
Author:  Bash, Sharon Rodning
Publisher:  Metropolitan Regional Arts Council
Date:  2003
Abstract: This workbook is a planning tool for community arts organizations to stimulate active involvement in their groups.  Extending beyond traditional audience development, the workbook emphasizes creating long-term goals for building audience investment in an organization.

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Title: Monograph-Cultural Development in Creative Communities
Publisher: Americans for the Arts
Date: November 2003
Abstract: This Monograph will summarize the work of Richard Florida and other economic development strategists and define the implications for cultural development. It will then suggest specific cultural development and planning practices which link to current economic development and broader community building strategies.

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Title: Monograph-Great Cities: A Laboratory for Cultural Policy
Publisher: Americans for the Arts
Date: March 2002
Abstract: In this Monograph, learn how Cultural Initiatives set out to evaluate Silicon Valley’s commercial, cultural, and community sectors and envision “how things might work better.”

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Title: Monograph- Live/Work Space: Housing for Artists in Your Community
Publisher: National Assembly of Local Arts Agencies (NALAA)
Date: August 1995
Abstract: With all the talk recently about community (what happened to it, how to get it back, etc.), and with the current brouhaha about arts and culture in our society, it seems an appropriate time to examine the realities of live/work space and its impact not only on the artist, but on the community at large. Here’s a look at artists’ housing communities that are both positive models for existing programs and inspirations for the future ones.

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Title: Monograph- Local Arts Agencies: Crisis and Opportunity
Publisher: Americans for the Arts
Date: September 2003
Abstract: With the arts community facing many challenges, Americans for the Arts engaged Wolf, Keens, and Co. to develop a more current and complete picture of what is happening in the local arts agency field so that others may learn new strategies for growth and survival.

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Title: Monograph- Cultural Tourism: Bridging America through Partnerships in Arts, Tourism and Economic Development
Publisher: Americans for the Arts
Date: January 1997
Abstract: This report focuses on the economic impact of cultural tourism and cultural tourism marketing.

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Title: Sign-up for Culture: The Arts Marketer’s Guide to Building an Effective E-mail list
Publisher: Patron Publishing
Date: June 2004
Abstract: This book is dedicated to the growing number of arts marketers who are leading their organizations toward the digital marketing future.

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Title: 2002-2003 Arts Education Performance Indicators
Publisher: Executive Committee of the Los AngelesCountyTask Force on Arts Education
Date: February 2004
Abstract: These Arts Education Performance Indicators (AEPI) document the status of arts education in each of the County’s 82 school districts, providing a framework to evaluate self-reported school district data on critical success factors for arts education. It is a crucial component of the County’s ability to measure and track district improvement over time.

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Title: Americans for the Arts: 2003 Annual Report
Publisher: Americans for the Arts
Date: October 2003
Abstract: Americans for the Arts has been the nation’s leading organization working to create a climate in which the arts can thrive in every community in our country. In partnership with our members and stakeholders, we have established a track record of success that is based on targeted collaboration and the strategic leveraging of resources.

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Title: Arts Action Plan
Publisher: Jerry Allen & Associates
Date: September 2002
Abstract: The creation of the Arts Action Plan for Northeast Minneapolis has been many years in the making, and is the result of seven months of careful and intense thought and research into how to sustain and support Northeast Minneapolis artists’ community and unique history.

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Title: The Arts Advantage to California in the Changing World
Publisher: Joint Committee on the Arts
Date: Monday, December 3 2001
Abstract: As one of the state’s unsung assets, the Committee must take a lead role in protecting the arts. This interim hearing will be a key venue to raise the arts asset discussion to a higher level.

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Title: Arts Board Survey: Mayor’s Task Force on Arts and Culture
Publisher: Santa Ana
Date: November, 1996
Abstract: This report highlights the main characteristics of the arts boards, including: budgets, term limits, fundraising methods, and primary responsibilities of the board.

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Title: Arts for All: Los AngelesCountyRegional Blueprints for Arts Education
Publisher: The Los Angeles County Arts commission
Date: July 16, 2002
Abstract: Arts for All presents a comprehensive series of policy changes, educational initiatives, and establishment of a new infrastructure to promote systemic and balanced provision of the arts.

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Title: Arts Work in California Schools
Publisher: Model Arts Program Network
Date: 2003
Abstract: One of the projects of the Model Arts Program Network for the 2002-2003 school years is to initiate an online survey and reporting system based on the network’s Arts Education Program Toolkit. This update provides an overview of this year’s pilot project. The online reporting process enables districts to track their own and other districts’ progress in implementing and expanding arts instruction.

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Title: Beyond Collaboration: strategic Restructuring of Nonprofit Organizations
Publisher: National Center for Nonprofit Boards
Date: 1998
Abstract: This report reviews the challenges facing nonprofit boards and chief executives. It also examines the motivations and inhibitions that encourage or discourage these leaders in considering nontraditional alternatives such as mergers, consolidations, and joint ventures.

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Title: City of Reno Cultural Master Plan
Publisher: Public Art/ Cultural Planning and Management
Date: July 10, 2001
Abstract: Jerry Allen and Associates is pleased to present this Cultural Plan for the City of Reno, Nevada. It contains 37 specific recommendations that will shape the development of the arts and culture in the region over the next five years.

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Title: Countywide Cultural Arts Plan
Publisher: Ventura County Arts Council
Date: June 2001
Abstract: The strategic plan for cultural arts in Ventura County. The primary focus for the VCAC continues to be increasing community access to the arts in our region and the professional development of artists and cultural organizations.

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Title: Creative Community Index
Publisher: Cultural Initiatives Silicon Valley
Abstract: The Creative Community Index helps illustrate a growing body of evidence that the arts produce tangible social and economic benefits.

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Title: Current Research in Arts Education: An Arts in Education Research Compendium
Publisher: California arts council
Date: 2000-2001
Abstract: This research compendium is a project of the California Arts Council and ARTS, Inc., that connects the research world with the real world of the classroom.

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Title: Downtown Cultural District Plan
Date: December 1998
Abstract:  A follow up to the City’s successful Cultural Plan of 1992, this plan outlines the future development of cultural facilities to serve the needs of visual and performing arts organizations.

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Title: Inner-City Arts Biennial Evaluation- Executive Summary
Abstract: Founded in 1989, Inner-City Arts is a highly successful, nonprofit children’s art school serving young people living in downtown Los Angeles. The students participating at the Center are among this nation’s neediest youths who live in an environment rife with violence and a high crime rate.

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Title: Local Arts Agency Salary and Benefits Survey Fiscal Year 2001
Publisher: Americans for the Arts
Date: April 2003
Abstract: This report of the findings from the Fiscal 2001 Local Arts Agency Salary and Benefits Survey provides detailed information on the compensation practices of 386 local arts agencies with paid staff.

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Title: Los Angeles County Arts Commission: Report of Activities
Publisher: Los Angeles County Arts Commission
Date: 2001 to 2003
Abstract: The accomplishments of the Los Angeles County Arts Commission for the fiscal years 2001-2003.

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Title: Measuring the Economic Impact of Visitors to Sports Tournaments and Special Events
Publisher: Division of Professional Services
Date: 1999
Abstract: The goal of this study was to collect reasonably accurate data from a substantial number of events, and to estimate the economic impact of these events. These results can be used to estimate economic impact in communities that did not lend themselves to the collection and analysis of empirical data.

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Title: Public Art Funding: Developing Percent-for-Art Programs
Publisher: Americans for the Arts
Date: December 2000
Abstract: Philadelphia’s idea was simple: set aside a small portion of the construction costs of public projects for the inclusion of artworks which would enhance the stark modernist architecture of the time. From this was born a movement that has overtaken the country and become the primary method by which public art is funded in the United States.

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Title: Public Opinion Survey 2001
Publisher: California Arts Council
Date: 2001
Abstract: This study was designed to provide the arts community with reliable data on the public’s attitudes towards the arts at a point in time. It is the intent of the California Arts Council and the project’s funders to conduct follow-up studies within on to two years to track the public’s beliefs.

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Title: Santa Clarita Beautification Master Plan
Publisher: RRM Design Group
Date: December 11, 2001
Abstract: The Beautification Master Plan is a tool to aid the City of Santa Clarita in accomplishing their long-term goal of citywide streetscape improvements and beautification.

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Title: Santa Clarita Valley Tourism Bureau Marketing Plan 2002-2005
Publisher: Santa Clarita Valley Tourism Bureau
Date: 2002-2005
Abstract: This is the first marketing plan endeavor for the Santa Clarita Valley Tourism Bureau since the incorporation of the tourism programs from the Santa Clarita Chamber of Commerce to the City of Santa Clarita.

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Title: The State of the Nonprofit and Community Sector in Greater Los Angeles: Positioning for the Future-The 2003 Report
Publisher: UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research
Date: 2003
Abstract: This review of The State of the Nonprofit and Community Sector in Greater Los Angeles and its companion summary report depict active, creative, and in many places overworked and under funded institutions dedicated to a better Southern California.

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Title: The 16th Annual Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy
Publisher: Americans for the Arts
Date: September 9, 2003
Abstract: 2003 marked the 16th Annual Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy, established to honor her memory and to provide an opportunity for public discourse at the highest levels on the importance of the arts and culture to our nation’s well-being.

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Title: Field Directory: A Resource Guide of Local, State, Regional, and National Arts Organizations
Publisher: Americans for the Arts
Date: 2003-2004
Abstract: Americans for the Arts is pleased to provide the 2003-2004 Field Directories: A Resource Guide of Local, State, Regional, and National Arts Organizations. It is your best resource for contact and address organizations.

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Title: Flintridge Foundation Awards for Visual Artists 2003/2004
Publisher: Flintridge Foundation
Date: 2004
Abstract: Honoring the recipients of the 2003/2004 Awards for visual Artists is no simple task. The ten artists were selected from a pool of 904 applicants who in turn represent the extraordinarily divergent state of West Coast art practice.

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Title: Greater Los Angles Arts Resource Directory and Arts & Education Guide: Fourth Edition
Publisher: ARTS, Inc.
Date: 1999
Abstract: In a landscape that reinforces dispersion, anomaly and sometimes just plain indifference, ARTS, Inc. has gathered the forces of commitment, focus, and the folks who understand and flourish within contradiction.

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Title: Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience
Publisher: National Endowment for the arts
Abstract: A program for U.S. military personnel and their families aimed at preserving the stories and reflections of American troops who have served our nation on the frontlines.

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Title: Resources for Recovery
Publisher: Heritage Preservation
Date: May 2000
Abstract: A natural disaster can devastate a cultural institution and the collections it holds, leading disaster preparedness to become a high priority in the last decade.

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Title: Santa Clarita Valley of the Golden Dream
Publisher: The Newhall Signal and Saugus Enterprise
Date: 1992
Abstract: Author Jerry Reynolds chronicles the valley’s heritage through a series of colorful historical vignettes featuring fascinating area happenings and notable (as well as notorious) residents.

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Title:  State of the Arts
Author:  Isenberg, Barbara
Publisher:  Harper Collins
Date:  2000
Abstract: State of the Arts explores the unusual artistic freedom present in California.  Through interviews of California artists, Isenberg takes a look at how the state’s past and present have molded an environment that cultivates creativity.

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Title: Writing America
Publisher: National Endowment for the Arts
Date: original in 1997, revised in 1999
Abstract: This revised edition of Writing America features the work of 50 Literature Fellowship winners—one from each state—who paint a vivid portrait of the United States in the last decades of the twentieth century.