The arts play an important role in building community, enhancing education and youth development and strengthening the economy of Vermont.
Support for the arts and cultural sector is a sound investment of public dollars—an investment that provides significant returns in the form of stabilized, revitalized communities, a better quality of life, and an education system that prepares our young people to be engaged citizens and productive members of the 21st century workforce.
In this section you will find the resources you need to demonstrate these key points effectively to community leaders and elected officials across the state.
KCAAEN Arts Education Advocacy Tool Kit
The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2009
The Arts Beyond the School Day: Extending the Power
The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2000
Critical Evidence: How the Arts Benefit Student Achievement
National Assembly of State Arts Agencies and the Arts Education Partnership, 2006
Eloquent Evidence: Arts at the Core of Learning
National Assembly of State Arts Agencies and the Arts Education Partnership
The Impact of Arts Education on Workforce Preparation
National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, 2002
Summit on the Future of Vermont
Vermont Council on Rural Development, 2009
Making Exact Change: How U.S. arts-based programs have made a significant and sustained impact on their communities
By William Cleveland, Art in the Public Interest, 2005
A Report from the Community Arts Network
The Arts Ripple Effect: A Research-Based Strategy to Build Shared Responsibility for the Arts
Fine Arts Fund in Cincinnati, 2009
Social Impact of the Arts Project
Mark Stern and Susan Seifert, University of Pennsylvania, School of Social Work (ongoing)
The Informal Arts: Finding Cohesion, Capacity, and Other Cultural Benefits in Unexpected Places
by Alaka Wali, Rebecca Severson, and Mario Longon, Chicago Center for the Arts
Advancing Vermont's Creative Economy
Vermont Council on Rural Development, 2004
New England’s Creative Economy: The Nonprofit Sector
New England Foundation for the Arts, December 2009
Creative Industries: Business & Employment in the Arts
Americans for the Arts (AFTA), (c) 2009
The Creative Economy: A New Definition
New England Foundation for the Arts, (c) 2007
Strengthening Rural Economies through the Arts
National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, 2005
The Role of the Arts in Economic Development
National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, 2001
Arts & the Economy: Using Arts and Culture to Stimulate State Economic Development
National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, 2009
Alliance of Artists' Communities
A national service organization that supports the field of artists communities and residency programs. It does this by encouraging collaboration among members of the field, providing leadership on field issues, setting professional standards, raising the visibility of artists communities, and promoting philanthropy in the field.
Americans for the Arts
Americans for the Arts is the nation's leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts in America. With more than 40 years of service, they are dedicated to representing and serving local communities and creating opportunities for every American to participate in and appreciate all forms of the arts.
Artists & Communities: America Creates for the Millenium
The Artists & Communities site features individual pages for each of the state projects. These pages include a project description, up to six images from the project, and e-mail and Web site links to the host organization, artist(s), and state arts agency if available.
ArtJob
Online resource for employment and opportunities in the arts throughout the United States, including full- and part-time positions, internships, grants, fellowships, and calls for entries.
Arts Edge
An on-line resource to help artists, teachers, and students gain access to and/or share information, resources, and ideas that support the arts as a core subject area in the K-12 curriculum.
ArtPerk
A Web site for artists seeking to locate display opportunities and gallery openings. ArtPerk lists opportunities throughout the nation and offers unique features to help artists find show opportunities in a quick, user-friendly way.
Arts Journal
ArtsWire
A subscriber based service with public pages too. Features a weekly digest of arts news and a database of cultural resources available on the web.
Art and Design Associations on the World Wide Web
Provides links to over 560 associations whose members are interested in variety of visual arts, architecture, design, and allied fields.
Community Arts Network
Creative Capital
A terrific resource for individual artists as well as information about Creative Capital's funding program. The "Toolbox" section has a wealth of information on funding, insurance, and other resources for individual artists.
Cultural Policy and the Arts National Data Archive (CPANDA)
Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education
National Association of Fine Artists
A professional organization committed to the support and development of the fine artist. NAFA membership and applicable benefits are offered in all fifty states for practicing fine artists, art students, hobbyists, and industry professionals.
National Assembly of State Arts Agencies
The National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (NASAA) is the membership organization of the nation's state and jurisdictional arts agencies. NASAA's mission is to provide member agencies with the information, resources and representation they require to engage issues proactively and serve the public effectively.
National Endowment for the Arts
An on-line guide to the National Endowment for the Arts-an overview of the grantmaking programs of the single largest arts funder in the United States and the Arts Resource Center- includes a catalogue of publications, contact information for a broad range of national arts service organizations, and a library of on-line publications.
National Endowment for the Humanities
A federal agency that supports learning in history, literature, philosophy and other areas of the humanities. The NEH funds research, education, museum exhibitions, documentaries, preservation and activities in the states.
New England Foundation for the Arts
National Assembly of State Arts Agencies
State Arts Agency Oral History Project
The State Arts Agency Oral History Project provides the voices of fifty five former Executive Directors of State and territorial arts councils during the formative decade of these organizations - the period between 1965 and 1975.
Other State Arts Agencies Around the U.S.
A list of links to other state and regional arts agencies around the U.S.