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Institute for Community Development and the Arts

Americans for the Arts established the Institute for Community Development and the Arts to provide a research-based understanding of how the arts are being used to address social, educational, and economic development issues in communities across the country. Areas of research and publication have included at-risk youth, artist training, economic development, arts and civic dialogue, public housing, cultural tourism, and program planning and evaluation.

Monographs and Special Reports

• Arts Programs for At-Risk Youth: How U.S. Communities are Using the Arts to Rescue Their Youth and Deter Crime
• Building Creative Economies: The Arts, Entrepreneurship, and Sustainable Development
• Cultural Development in Creative Communities
• Cultural Tourism: Bridging America Through Partnerships in Arts, Tourism and Economic Development
• Cultures of Care: A Study of Arts Programs in U.S. Hospitals
• The Arts in Times of Trauma
• The Arts, Religion, and Common Ground