Resources

Rural Arts and Culture Resource Guide

Toolkits

ArtSource (Arts Education and Curriculum Toolkits). Kentucky Educational Television
Art in Action: A Cultural Inventory Toolkit. Tennessee Arts Commission.
Art Therapy Toolkit. American Art Therapy Association.
Arts Accessibility Planning Guide: A Self-Survey Tool for Small Arts Organizations in the Seven-County Metropolitan Area. Metropolitan Regional Arts Council.
Art and Culture in Communities: A Framework for Measurement. Urban Institute.
Art and Culture Economic Development Toolkit. Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs.
Artists-in-Residence Toolkit. artsACT
Arts and Economic Prosperity IV: Economic Impact of the Nonprofit Arts and Culture Industry. Americans for the Arts.
Arts and Humanities in Rural America. USDA National Agricultural Library Rural Information Center.
Arts in Healthcare toolkit for Rural Communities. University of Florida.
Building Resilience in Rural Communities. University of Queensland.
Community Capacity Building Toolkit for Rural and Regional Communities. Queensland Government, Department of Communities.
Cultural Economic Development: A Practical Guide for Communities. Michigan Office of the Governor.
Discovering Our Delta: A Learning Guide for Community Research
El Rio Do-Your-Own-Exhibition Kit
Getting Started with Program Evaluation. National Assembly of State Arts Agencies.
Handbook for Nevada Folk and Traditional Artists. Nevada Arts Council.
Hatching Art: Creating a Vital Arts Presence in Your Community. Arlington County Cultural Affairs Division. Monograph 1, no. 4. Washington, DC: Americans for the Arts, 1997. 11 p.
Historic Preservation Resources
Lessons Learned: A Planning Toolsite: Effective Media Facilitation. National Endowment for the Arts.
Masters of the Building Arts Activity Guide
Mural Guide and Toolkit. Wellington City Council.
Nonprofit Arts Tools for Results. Texas Arts Commission.
Policy Partners: Making the Case for State Investment in Culture. Center for Arts and Culture.
Promoting Tourism in Rural America
Public Art Toolkit. Forecast Public Art.
A Research-Based Communication Toolkit. National Assembly of State Arts Agencies.
Resources for Nonprofit Financial Management. Wallace Foundation.
The Smithsonian Folklife and Oral History Interviewing Guide
Tennessee Arts Advocacy Toolkit. Tennessee Arts Commission
Toolkit for Change: Using Personal Stories to Sustain Working Landscapes and Rural Communities. Dept. of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of California.
Tools for Capacity Building. National Council of Nonprofits.
Tourism Toolkit. Alabama and Mississippi Rural Tourism Conference.
Toolkit for Equal Participation. USDA Forest Service.
YouthArts Handbook: Art Programs for At Risk Youth, Americans for the Arts.

Funding

Funding Guides:

Federal Resource Guide Series for Arts Organizations. Americans for the Arts.
Artist as Entrepreneur: Guide to Federal Economic Development Grants for Arts Organizations. Americans for the Arts.
Arts and Culture Grants List
Federal Resources for Sustainable Rural Communities
The Foundation Directory
Grants.gov
National Endowment for the Humanities Funding Guide

Foundations, Funding Opportunities, and Support Organizations

Conference Sessions

Alliance of Artist Communities
Alternate Roots Annual Convening
American Folklore Society
Americans for the Arts Annual Conference
Beauty in Small Places (Regional: Indiana)
Brushy Fork Institute (Regional: Appalachia)
Imagining America Conference
National Rural Assembly
Rural Arts and Culture Summit
Rustbelt to Artist Belt

Books

Art Works! Prevention Programs for Youth and Communities. Paula Randall. Edited by Dian Magie and Christine E. Miller. Washington, DC: National Endowment for the Arts and U.S. Center for Substance Abuse, 1997. 96 p.
Community Arts Handbooks. Patricia Boyd. Lead: South Dakotans for the Arts. 72 p.
“Don’t Get Above Your Raisin’“ Bill C. Malone. Tulanian. (Winter 2003): 5 p.
New Creative Community by Arlene Goldbard
Performing Communities: The Grassroots Ensemble Theater Research Project. An Inquiry into Ensemble Theater Deeply Rooted in Eight U.S. Communities. Saxapahaw, NC: Community Arts Network, 2002.
Spirit of the Northwest: Claiming Community Identity 1998-2000. Joint Project of the Idaho Commission on the Arts. the Oregon Arts Commission and the Washington State Arts Commission, 2000. 37 p.
University-Community Design Partnerships: Innovations In Practice. Jason Pearson. Mark Robbins series editor. Washington, DC: National Endowment for the Arts, 2002. 121 p.
Your Town: Mississippi Delta. Shelley S. Mastran editor, Mark Robbins series editor. Washington, DC: National Endowment for the Arts, 2002. 50 p.
Grassroots Theater: The Search for Regional Arts in America by Robert Gard
Rebuilding the Front Porch of America: Essays on the Art of Community Making by Patrick Overton

Articles and Reports

Rural Specific:

The Arts and the Wisconsin Idea: A Conference Report (Maryo Gard Ewell)
Arts Cuts Damage Rural Communities, The Gaurdian (Sian Rowe)
Building Creative Economies: The Arts, Entrepreneurship, and Sustainable Development. Monograph, Special Report. Washington, DC: Americans for the Arts, 2003. 15 p.
The Emergence of Rural Artistic Havens: A First Look, Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, Timothy R. Wojan, Dayton M. Lambert, and David A. McGranahan
Interview: Rural Arts Group Leads Change with Limited Resources (Elanor Whitney)
Making Exact Change: How U.S. Arts-based Programs Have Made a Significant and Sustained Impact on their Communities. William Cleveland. Saxapahaw, NC: Art in the Public Interest, 2005. 140 p.
Minnesota farm country’s newest crop: the Arts, Star Tribune, Minneapolis, MN
New Directions in Rural Economic Development, Economic Development America
Old buildings can be cheap foundation for small town arts, MPR (Jennifer Vogel)
The Power of Rural Philanthropy, Forum of Regional Associations of Grantmakers
Putting Culture Back into Agriculture, Maryo Gard Ewell
Rural America in Transition: Innovative Responses. Martin Nagy. Monograph 5, no. 2. Washington, DC: National Assembly of Local Arts Agencies, 1996. 11 p.
Rural Arts Education: A Community Approach to Addressing Government Policy and
Rural Arts ‘Punches above Its Weight’, The Daily Yonder (George Abbott)
Partnerships in Illinois Rural Schools, Ann Talbot
Strengthening Rural Economies through the Arts, NGA Center for Best Practices
Your Community Culture: A Community Cultural Assessment, The Rural Arts and Culture Program, Julie A. Avery
Authentic Passion: An Introduction to the Arts in Rural and Small Communities (Janet Brown)
Let Art Begin at Home: The Amery Story (Lamoine MacLaughlin)
Strengthening Rural Arts Participation
Swamp Gravy: Northerners tell stories in private and call it therapy. Southerners tell stories in public and call it swapping lies. Richard Owen Geer, High Performance #63, 1993.
Telling the Truth in a Small Town: Ukiah Players Theater. Erica Kohl
Towards a Commons: The Rural Arts and Culture Working Group (Matthew Fluharty)
The Worth of the Rural Creative Economy. Daily Yonder.
Yearning for arts can spur small town economic development, MPR (Jennifer Vogel)

Rural Case Studies and Model Programs

Allen County Common Threads Theater Project Case Study: Arts Council of Greater Lima. Sue Wood. Washington, DC: Americans for the Arts, 2004? 24 p.
Arts and Culture: Community Connections — Contributions from New Survey Research. Chris Walker. Washington, DC: Urban Institute, 2002. 11 p.
The Arts and the Wisconsin Idea: A Conference Report. Maryo Gard Ewell. Saxapahaw, NC: Community Arts Network, 2003. 6 p.
Bright Stars: Charting the Impact of the Arts in Rural Minnesota. Minneapolis, MN: McKnight Foundation, 2005. 81 p.
Ecoartists: Engaging Communities in a New Metaphor. Patricia Watts. Saxapahaw, NC: Community Arts Network, 2005. 8 p.
HUD: Integrating the Arts into Community Development and Revitalization. Nina Ozlu. Monograph 3, no. 5. Washington, DC: National Assembly of Local Agencies, 1994. 22 p.
A Legacy of Leadership: Investing in America’s Living Cultural Heritage Since 1965. Washington, DC: National Endowment for the Arts, 2000. 96 p.
Moby Dick — Case Study: Perseverance Theatre. Jeffrey Herrmann, Peter Dubois, Susan McInnis. Washington, DC: Americans for the Arts, 2003. 19 p.

General Articles and Reports

Arts, Culture, and Community Development:

Building America’s Communities II: A Compendium of Arts and Community Development Programs. Washington, DC: Americans for the Arts and the Institute for Community Development and the Arts, 1997. 44 p.
The CAN Report: The State of the Field of Community Cultural Development — Something New Emerges. A Report from the Community Arts Network Gathering, May 2004, by Linda Frye Burnham, Steven Durland and Maryo Gard Ewell. Saxapahaw, NC: Art in the Public Interest, 2004. 76 p.
Community Cultural Planning: Developing and Design to Meet Local Needs. Craig Dreeszen. Monograph 1, no. 8. Washington, DC: Americans for the Arts, 1998. 7 p.
Connecting Californians: Finding the Art of Community Change”. Cocke, Burnham, Kohl, McGarvey, et al. Saxapahaw, NC; San Francisco, CA: Community Arts Network; The James Irvine Foundation, 2001. 8 p.
Cultural Development in Creative Communities. Bill Bulick with Carol Coletta, and others. Monograph. Washington, DC: Americans for the Arts, 2003. 11 p.
Cultural Tourism: Bridging America Through Partnerships in Arts, Tourism and Economic Development. Louise Glickman. Washington, DC: Americans for the Arts, 1997. 11 p.
Ten Characteristics of a Healthy Community: How the Arts Can be Integrated: A Report from the First Joint Convention of Americans for the Arts and the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies. Mara Walker, Johanna Misey Boyer. Monograph. Washington, DC: Americans for the Arts, 2002. 19 p.
Creativity, Faith, and a Stronger Community (Maryo Gard Ewell)

Arts Learning:

Arts Corps 2006-2007: Evaluation Report. Seattle, WA: Arts Corps, 2007. 17 p.
Arts Education Partnerships: Lessons Learned from One School District’s Experience. Melissa Rowe, and others. Santa Monica, CA: Rand, 2004. 88 p.
Arts Programs for At-Risk Youth: How U.S. Communities are Using the Arts to Rescue Their Youth and Deter Crime. Washington, DC: Americans for the Arts, 1998. 16 p.
Learning Partnerships: Improving Learning in Schools with Arts Partners in the Community. Craig Dreeszen, Arnold Aprill, and Richard Deasy. Washington, DC: Arts Education Partnership, 1999. 22 p.
Schools, Communities, and the Arts: A Research Compendium. by Nancy Welch, with Andrea Greene. Tempe: Morrison Institute for Public Policy, Arizona State University, and National Endowment for the Arts. 1995. 146 p.

Economic Impact:

Arts and the Kentucky Economy. Eric C. Thompson, Mark C. Berger, Steven N. Allen. Lexington: Center for Business and Economic Research, Gatton College of Business and Economics, University of Kentucky, 1998. 34 p.
Culture and Commerce: Traditional Arts in Economic Development. Chris Walker, Maria Jackson, Carole Rosenstein. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute, 2003. 52 p.
The Artistic Dividend: The Arts’ Hidden Contributions to Regional Development. Ann Markusen, David King. Minneapolis: Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, 2003. 25 p.
The Economic Impact of the Arts in Watauga County, North Carolina. James Stoddard, Dinesh Dave, Todd Cherry. Boone, NC: Appalachian State University, 2003. 81 p.
The Economic Impact of the Cultural Industry on the State of South Carolina. Columbia: Division of Research, Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina, 2002. 18 p.
Economic Impact of Florida’s Arts and Cultural Industry. William Stronge. West Palm Beach: Florida Cultural Alliance, 2004. 16 p.
“HandMade Communities.” Fred D. Baldwin. Appalachia. January-April 1998, 5 p.
How States Are Using Arts and Culture to Strengthen Their Global Trade Development: Executive Summary. Issue Brief. Washington, DC: National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, 2003. 15 p.
The Impact of Folk Festivals. Matlock, Derbyshire, UK: Association of Festival Organisers, 2004. 15 p.
Louisiana: Where Culture Means Business. Mt. Auburn Associates. Baton Rouge: Office of the Lt. Governor, Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism,Offi ce of Cultural Development, Louisiana Division of the Arts, 2005. 200p.
New Mexico Arts: Nurturing the State’s Economy. Dinah Zeiger, with Anthony Radich. Denver, CO: Western States Arts Federation, 2005. 66 p.
The Role of the Arts in Economic Development. Issue Brief. Washington, DC: National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, 2001. 9 p.

Folklore:

The Changing Faces of Tradition: A Report on the Folk and Traditional Arts in the United States. Elizabeth Peterson. Research Division Report #38. Washington, DC: National Endowment for the Arts, 1996. 96 p.
“Feasts of Unnaming: Folk Festivals and the Representation of Folklife.” Robert Cantwell. In Public Folklore, edited by Robert Baron and Nicholas R. Spitzer, pp. 263-305. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1992. 370 p.
Folk Art: Sometimes Fine Art, Sometimes Craft, It Defies Definition. Dan Guillory. Illinois Issues (December 2002): 9 p.

Funding Trends:

Arts and Humanities: Background on Funding. Susan Boren. CRS Report for Congress, RS20287. Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service, The Library of Congress, 2005. 6 p.
Arts Funding IV: An Update on Foundation Trends. New York: Foundation Center, 2003. 4 p.
Arts Funding Into the 21st Century. Dian Magie. Washington, DC: President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, 1997. 24 p.
How the United States Funds the Arts. Washington, DC: National Endowment for the Arts, 2004. 23 p.
National Investment in the Arts. Bruce A. Seaman. Arlington, VA: Center for Arts and Culture, 2002. 70 p.

Miscellaneous and General:

American Canvas. Gary O. Larson. Washington, DC: National Endowment for the Arts, 1997. 194 p.
The Arts and Humanities as Agents for Social Change: 4th International Congress of Educating Cities, Summary Report. Grady Hillman. Chicago: Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, 1998. 47 p.
Gifts of the Muse: Reframing the Debate About the Benefits of the Arts. Kevin F. McCarthy, and others. Santa Monica, CA: Rand, 2004. 104 p.
The Performing Arts in a New Era. Kevin McCarthy, and others. Santa Monica, CA: Rand, 2001. 137 p.
Raising the Barre: The Geographic, Financial, and Economic Trends of Nonprofit Dance Companies. Thomas M. Smith. Research Division Report #44. Washington, DC: National Endowment for the Arts, 2003. 44 p.

Participation and Informal Arts:

Arts Participation in America. Arthur L. Dirks. Bridgewater, MA: The Author, 1999. 6 p.
Come as You Are: Informal Arts Participation in Rural and Urban Areas, National Endowment for the Arts
A New Framework for Building Participation in the Arts. Kevin F. McCarthy, Kimberly Jinnett. Santa Monica, CA: Rand, 2001. 112 p.
The Demand for Informal Arts
Higher Ground: Informal Arts, Cultural Policy, and the Evolving Role of Non-Profits (Tom Borrup)
More Than a Pastime: Informal Arts Improve Communities and Increase Arts Participation
The Pro-Am Revolution

Resources

Rural Arts and Culture Resource Guide

Table of Contents:

Toolkits

Funding

Conference Sessions

Books

Articles and Reports

Rural News and Commentary

Rural and Related Blogs

Arts Management Blogs and Resources

Rural and Related Radio

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