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Scotland, CEMA and the Arts Council, 1919-1967
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2013; US$ 99.95As a case study of the relationship between arts and cultural policy and nationalism, this book examines the overlooked significance of Scotland in the development of British arts policy and institutions. Euan McArthur provides a clear account of the background to and evolution of the Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts (CEMA) and the... more...
The Visual Artist's Guide to
Constable & Robinson 2012; US$ 1.44Part of the Visual Artist's Guide series, this classic guide provides information about the issues relevant to visual artists today. It covers a range of groups and organizations that serve as resources for any visual artist. more...
Die Nationalität von Kunstwerken
De Gruyter 2011; US$ 112.00This text provides an overview of the regulations and other applications which refer to the legal term: the nationality of works of art. In this context, criteria relevant for determining nationality are identified by means of legal discussion as well as art history-based discussion. This work concludes with an explanation of the application of such... more...
Art in Public
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 24.00Presents a vigorous case for the arts, arguing for their crucial political, cultural and economic contributions to civil society. more...
The Artist's Guide to Grant Writing
Crown Publishing Group 2010; US$ 16.99The Artist?s Guide to Grant Writing is designed to transform readers from starving artists fumbling to get by into working artists who confidently tap into all the resources at their disposal. Written in an engaging and down-to-earth tone, this comprehensive guide includes time-tested strategies, anecdotes from successful grant writers, and tips... more...
Franklin Furnace & the Spirit of the Avant-Garde
Intellect 2010; US$ 20.00Franklin Furnace is a renowned New York-based arts organization whose mission is to preserve, document, and present works of avant-garde art by emerging artists - particularly those whose works may be vulnerable due to institutional neglect or politically unpopular content. Over more than thirty years, Franklin Furnace has exhibited works by hundreds... more...
Arts, Inc.
University of California Press 2010; US$ 21.95In this impassioned and persuasive book, Bill Ivey, the former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, assesses the current state of the arts in America and finds cause for alarm. Even as he celebrates our ever-emerging culture and the way it enriches our lives here at home while spreading the dream of democracy around the world, he points... more...
Good and Plenty
Princeton University Press 2009; US$ 21.95Americans agree about government arts funding in the way the women in the old joke agree about the food at the wedding: it's terrible--and such small portions! Americans typically either want to abolish the National Endowment for the Arts, or they believe that public arts funding should be dramatically increased because the arts cannot survive in... more...
State Arts Policy
RAND Corporation 2008; US$ 9.95Projects what the future likely holds for state arts agencies and for state arts policy if current trends and current strategies for addressing economic, political, and demographic challenges continue. more...
Cultivating Demand for the Arts
RAND Corporation 2008; US$ 9.95Examines what it means to cultivate demand for the arts, why it is important to do so, how it can be done though broad-based arts learning, and what state arts agencies and other policymakers in both the arts and education can do to make it happen. more...









