Gifts of the Muse: Reframing the Debate About the Benefits of the Arts

Offers an alternative view of how arts benefits society based on understanding individual, intrinsic benefits as the gateway to more public benefits. Argues that efforts to sustain the supply of the arts should be balanced with a focus on building demand

Ready for Fall? Near-Term Effects of Voluntary Summer Learning Programs on Low-Income Students' Learning Opportunities and Outcomes

This report is the second of five volumes from a five-year study, funded by The Wallace Foundation and conducted by the RAND Corporation, designed as a randomized controlled trial that assesses student outcomes in three waves: in the fall after the 2013 summer program (reported here), at the end of the school year following the program, and after a second summer program in 2014 (to show the cumulative effects of two summer programs). The goal of the study is to answer one key question: Do voluntary, district-run summer programs that include academics and enrichment activities improve student academic achievement and other outcomes, such as social and emotional competence

Cultivating Demand for the Arts: Arts Learning, Arts Engagement, and State Arts Policy

Based on interviews and a review of literature and data, examines supply-and-demand issues for the arts and proposes ways for state arts agencies to cultivate long-term audiences through institutional support. Discusses policy implications

Guide to the Literature on Participation in the Arts

Provides an introduction to the best of the growing body of literature on building participation in the arts. Includes a list of the most important books and articles on specific aspects of arts participation

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Cultivating demand for the arts: arts learning, arts engagement, and state art

Revitalizing Arts Education Through Community-Wide Coordination

Based on site visits, interviews, and literature and document reviews, presents a comparative case study of how six community initiatives were launched to improve arts education through collaboration among multiple organizations and how they evolved

The Performing Arts in a New Era

Aimed at increasing policy and financial support for nonprofit culture in the United States, this report identifies key trends affecting audiences, artists, arts organizations, and financing for all the performing arts