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A Study of the Worklife of Jazz Musicians (2003)
Location: Detroit, New Orleans, New York, and San Francisco
Discipline: Music / Musician
Abstract: Through a cooperative agreement between the National Endowment for the Arts and the San Francisco Study Center, the study assesses the needs of living jazz artists and how the jazz communities differ in supporting jazz musicians in Detroit, New Orleans, New York, and San Francisco.
Artist as Citizen: After the Culture Wars (1988)
Location: United States
Discipline: Visual Arts / General
Abstract: The impetus for this study was to track the condition of artists, as expressed by the artists themselves, from 1988 to 1997. The original study, INFORMATION ON ARTISTS I, licited information about artists’ work-related human and social service needs in the areas OF health care, pension, welfare, credit, live/work space and legal and financial need. The new survey, INFORMATION ON ARTISTS II, while remaining basically the same for comparison purposes, added 14 new questions on Community, Technology and Professional Status.
Artisthelp: The Artist's Guide to Work-Related Human and Social Services (1989)
Location: United States
Discipline: Arts / General
Abstract: This guide includes representative listings of resources in health care, financial and legal expertise from over 120 U.S. cities in fifty states and the District of Columbia. It includes a section on national organizations and artists’ unions with a list of benefits and services, fees, geographic area served, and eligibility requirements. It is then organized by state and city, with a profile and organizations at the state level, and, at the city level, an overview of population, artist population, form of government and an arts-related profile, and relevant organizations in each city.
Artists in the Workforce: Employment and Earnings 1970-1990 (1990)
Location: United States
Discipline: Visual Arts / General
Abstract: This report, commissioned by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) documents the employment and earnings of authors, visual artists, performing artists and architecture and design occupations. Joan Jeffri and Robert Greenblatt wrote the section on Artists Who Work With Their Hands which studies painters, sculptors, craft artists and artist printmakers who comprise one occupational category of the U.S. census.
Artists Who Work With Their Hands: Painters, Sculptors, Craft Artists and Printmakers A Trend Report (1990)
Discipline: Arts / General
Abstract: Available in Chapter II of Artists in the Work Force: Employment and Earnings, 1970-1990 Research Report #37, National Endowment for the Arts, 1996 ISBN # 0-929766-48-6)
ArtsHealth: Hong Kong
Location: Hong Kong, China
Discipline: Arts / General
Abstract: A feasibility study for arts administration training, research and international exchange sponsored by the University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, and the Asian Cultural Council.
Bibliography: Research on Artists
Discipline: Arts / General
Abstract: A partially annotated bibliography of articles, books and studies about artists done in a broad array of fields - sociology, economics, arts education, psychology, arts administration and others.
http://www.tc.edu/centers/rcac/html/rcac_biblio_frame.htm
Changing the Beat: A Study of the Worklife of Jazz Musicians (2003)
Location: New York, Detroit, San Francisco and New Orleans
Discipline: Music / Musician
Abstract: This study examines the worklife of jazz musicians in New York, Detroit, San Francisco and New Orleans. Information from jazz artists using 2 different survey sampling methodologies - respondent-driven-sampling and a random sample of musician union members - are analyzed and discussed. 2003.
National Endowment for the Arts has made available the following reports for download.
The 3 volume study is available in PDF. Volume I: Executive Summary, Volume II: American Federation of Musicians Survey Results, Volume III: Respondent-Driven Sampling.
Commuters and Broadway (1987)
Location: New York, NY
Discipline: Theater / Actor
Abstract: A study of commuters in Metropolitan New York documenting attendance patterns for the Broadway theater. Exploring the Metropolis, a non-profit group, conducted public seminars to discuss the results of the survey and to make recommendations to the Broadway theater industry.
Critical Issues in Cultural Policy: Who Decides? Who Pays? Who Benefits? (1999)
Discipline: Arts / General
Abstract: During the summer of 1999, RCAC Board Member Mark Schuster, a public policy specialist and Professor of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT, taught the most comprehensive course to date on Cultural Policy at Columbia University. Plans are underway to integrate the course permanently into the curriculum of Teachers College’s Program in Arts Administration. Dr. Schuster will return to teach again in Summer 2001.
Dedicated to Dance: The New Jersey Dance Needs Assessment Project (2006)
Location: New Jersey
Discipline: Dance / Dancer
Abstract: Commissioned by service organization DANCE NJ, this study provides a needs assessment of dancers and dancer workers--from dance teachers and choreographers to set and costume designers for dance--in the state of New Jersey.
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Information on Artists
Location: Multiple cities, United States
Discipline: Arts / General
Abstract: A database on artists in Boston, Cape Cod, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St.Paul, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and western Massachusetts.
Information on Artists II: Actors (1997)
Location: Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York, and San Francisco
Discipline: Theater / Actor
Abstract: An update in four of the original cities in Information on Artists a decade later: Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York, and San Francisco. The executive summary is from the New York Study, but all studies can be ordered through the order form attached to the excerpt of the Full Report. The reports themselves are lengthy and we suggest that you order a hard copy. It will take approximately two weeks for arrival, but the documents can be downloaded in Adobe Acrobat for the same price.
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Information on Artists II: Los Angeles (1997)
Location: Los Angeles, California
Discipline: Arts / General
Abstract: An update in four of the original cities in Information on Artists a decade later: Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York, and San Francisco. The executive summary is from the New York Study, but all studies can be ordered through the order form attached to the excerpt of the Full Report. The reports themselves are lengthy and we suggest that you order a hard copy. It will take approximately two weeks for arrival, but the documents can be downloaded in Adobe Acrobat for the same price.
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Information on Artists II: Minneapolis/St. Paul (1997)
Location: Minneapolis/St. Paul
Discipline: Arts / General
Abstract: An update in four of the original cities in Information on Artists a decade later: Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York, and San Francisco. The executive summary is from the New York Study, but all studies can be ordered through the order form attached to the excerpt of the Full Report. The reports themselves are lengthy and we suggest that you order a hard copy. It will take approximately two weeks for arrival, but the documents can be downloaded in Adobe Acrobat for the same price.
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Information on Artists II: New York (1997)
Location: New York, NY
Discipline: Arts / General
Abstract: An update in four of the original cities in Information on Artists a decade later: Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York, and San Francisco. The executive summary is from the New York Study, but all studies can be ordered through the order form attached to the excerpt of the Full Report. The reports themselves are lengthy and we suggest that you order a hard copy. It will take approximately two weeks for arrival, but the documents can be downloaded in Adobe Acrobat for the same price.
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Information on Artists II: Race Report (1997)
Location: Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York, and San Francisco
Discipline: Arts / General
Abstract: An update in four of the original cities in Information on Artists a decade later: Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York, and San Francisco. The executive summary is from the New York Study, but all studies can be ordered through the order form attached to the excerpt of the Full Report. The reports themselves are lengthy and we suggest that you order a hard copy. It will take approximately two weeks for arrival, but the documents can be downloaded in Adobe Acrobat for the same price.
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Information on Artists II: San Francisco (1997)
Location: San Francisco, California
Discipline: Arts / General
Abstract: An update in four of the original cities in Information on Artists a decade later: Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York, and San Francisco. The executive summary is from the New York Study, but all studies can be ordered through the order form attached to the excerpt of the Full Report. The reports themselves are lengthy and we suggest that you order a hard copy. It will take approximately two weeks for arrival, but the documents can be downloaded in Adobe Acrobat for the same price.
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Information on Artists III: Bay Area (2004)
Location: Bay Area, California
Discipline: Arts / General
Abstract: Information on Artists III is a 2004 update on the work-related, human and social service needs and realities of artists in the San Francisco Bay Area. It refers to prior studies in 1997 and 1988.
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Information on Artists III: New York Special Focus Aging Artists (2006)
Location: New York, NY
Discipline: Arts / General
Abstract: This study capitalizes on two previous studies of artists in New York in 1988 and 1997. It looks at artists 62 and over in areas of work-related human and social service needs including health care, pension and welfare, live/work space, education, income, income from art as well as areas of physical and emotional change.
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Information on Artists Working Group (1989)
Discipline: Arts / General
Abstract: In the Fall of 1989, representatives from the artists, arts service and arts funding communities joined Research Center staff members to develop strategies for translating the Center's newly gathered artist information into a useful form for practitioners.
Labor Relations and the Arts (1985)
Discipline: Arts / General
Abstract: In Spring 1985, Columbia University's School of the Arts and Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations co-sponsored a conference on labor relations and the performing arts. The edited proceedings from that conference, plus additional articles, were published as two special issues of the Journal of Arts Management and Law. Volume II won the Education Press Distinguished Achievement Award for overall excellence in journals. Journal of Arts Management and Law. 16.1 and 16.2 (1986).
New Curriculum in Non Profit Law in Central and Eastern Europe: Budapest (1993)
Location: Budapest, Hungary
Discipline: Arts / General
Abstract: This is the second part of a curriculum workbook on nonprofit management in Central and Eastern Europe and focuses on Hungary and on Budapest in particular. This resource book was prepared in 1993 for a working seminar in Budapest, Hungary with arts management and arts law professionals to discuss the nonprofit sector in Hungary, the transition to a Civil Society, and mechanisms to increase philanthropy. Taught by Professors Joan Jeffri and Peter Swords, founder of the Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York, this resource book included a case study on the Budapest Festival Orchestra as well as supporting bibliography.
New Curriculum in Non Profit Law in Central and Eastern Europe: St. Petersburg (1993)
Location: St. Petersburg, Russia
Discipline: Arts / General
Abstract: This is the first part of a curriculum workbook on nonprofit management and law in Central and Eastern Europe and focuses on Russia and on St. Petersburg in particular. Included are background papers for a five-day seminar held in St. Petersburg in 1993: Government and Culture, S.A. Basov The Art of Making Choices in Cultural Policy, J. Mark Schuster The Independent Arts and New Organizations, Zakhar Kolovskii Independent Arts, Joan Jeffri The workbook also includes the Law of the Russian Federation, a general history and cultural background of St. Petersburg, and a case study on the A-Ya Society in St. Petersburg.
New Curriculum in Nonprofit Law (1993)
Discipline: Arts / General
Abstract: New Curriculum in Nonprofit Law has developed curriculum materials in arts law and cultural policy for Central and Eastern Europe.
Notes from the Black Keys
Discipline: Music / Musician
Abstract: Notes from the Black Keys was commissioned by the Music Assistance Fund to better understand the training and career development of black symphony orchestra musicians in the United States.
Philanthropy and the American Artist: A Historical Overview (1997)
Discipline: Arts / General
Abstract: Philanthropy and the American Artist: A Historical Overview traces the history of support for individual artists since the country began. Paying special attention to women and minorities, this article was spurred by the integration of artists into society in the mid-1800s as small businessmen in Philadelphia, New York and Boston. In a little over a hundred years artists are entrenched in the culture wars and, ironically, while more and more voices are being heard, the philanthropic community may not be ready to hear them..
Citation: Jeffri, Joan. "Philanthropy and the American Artist: A Historical Overview Cultural Policy, Vol. 3, No. 2 (1997), pp. 207-233
Professionalism and the Visual Artist (1994)
Discipline: Visual Arts / General
Abstract: A comparison of visual artists in the United States and Australia.
Citation: Jeffri, Joan. "Professionalism and the Visual Artist," Cultural Policy, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1994), pp. 99-108.
Research on Artists (2000)
Discipline: Arts / General
Abstract: A Working Conference at Princeton University: May 24-25, 2000 A collaboration between the Research Center for Arts and Culture and Princeton University’s Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies, the conference brought together an international set of scholars in order to encourage methodological innovation by sharing approaches in the field, enable leading artist researchers from around the world to discuss issues of shared concern, and develop projects that will advance the field of artist research. Two of the conference’s projects, Bibliography: Research on Artists and Studies of Artists: An Annotated Bibliography, are available via links from this site.
Seminar in Arts Management and Arts Law
Location: Budapest, Hungary
Discipline: Arts / General
Abstract: Seminar in Arts Management and Arts Law took place in Budapest. Thirty-five arts managers, artists and nonprofit lawyers discussed management and philanthropy for the arts and culture in a civil society in Hungary.
St. Petersburg 2003 (2003)
Location: St. Petersburg, Russia
Discipline: Arts / General
Abstract: A decade long partnership between CEC International Partners and the city of St. Petersburg, Russia uses RCAC to develop position papers and curriculum materials.
Studies of Artists: An Annotated Bibliography
Discipline: Arts / General
Abstract: compiled by Princeton University's Center for Arts and Culture (www.princeton.edu/~artspol)
Telling Their Story: A Study of Storytellers in the United States
Discipline: Writing / Storyteller
Abstract: Using the method of Respondent-driven sampling, this study concentrates on the needs and realities of storytellers involved in Performance, Presentation and Practice, ranging from indigenous, to paid to organizational storytellers.
The aDvANCE Project: a study of Career Transition for Professional Dancers (2004)
Discipline: Dance / Dancer
Abstract: This is the first study of its kind, a coordinated inquiry into the career transition of professional dancers in different countries. In total, eleven countries were included: sample surveys were undertaken in Australia, Switzerland, and the United States to provide insights into the challenges of career change as seen from the viewpoint of the individual dancer, and country profiles were written in eight additional countries to illustrate further the global environment of dance. The expected launch date for report is fall 2004.
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The Artist Alone: Work-Related Human and Social Service Needs (1987)
Discipline: Arts / General
Abstract: Journal of Arts Management and Law, special monograph, Fall 1987.
The Artist Speaks Series:The Actor Speaks (1994)
Discipline: Theater / Actor
Abstract: As part of the Artists Training and Career Project, 150 oral history interviews were conducted in the fields of acting, crafts and painting with 35 artists in each field and 15 related experts. These oral histories informed a questionnaire that was then sent to 6,000 actors, 4,000 craftspeople and 2,000 painters. They focused on the career development of these artists, from early childhood through mature careers and included artists from the unknown to the very well known, from all parts of the country, from amateur to professional, and from a great variety of ethnic and cultural backgrounds.
Citation: Jeffri, Joan, The Actor Speaks: Actors Disuss Their Experiences and Careers. Westport, Greenwood Press: 1994.
The Artist Speaks Series:The Craftsperson Speaks (1992)
Discipline: Crafts / Craftpeople
Abstract: As part of the Artists Training and Career Project, 150 oral history interviews were conducted in the fields of acting, crafts and painting with 35 artists in each field and 15 related experts. These oral histories informed a questionnaire that was then sent to 6,000 actors, 4,000 craftspeople and 2,000 painters. They focused on the career development of these artists, from early childhood through mature careers and included artists from the unknown to the very well known, from all parts of the country, from amateur to professional, and from a great variety of ethnic and cultural backgrounds.
Citation: Jeffri, Joan, The Craftsperson Speaks: Artists in Varied Media Discuss Their Crafts. New York, Greenwood Press: 1992.
The Artist Speaks Series:The Painter Speaks (1993)
Discipline: Painting / Painter
Abstract: As part of the Artists Training and Career Project, 150 oral history interviews were conducted in the fields of acting, crafts and painting with 35 artists in each field and 15 related experts. These oral histories informed a questionnaire that was then sent to 6,000 actors, 4,000 craftspeople and 2,000 painters. They focused on the career development of these artists, from early childhood through mature careers and included artists from the unknown to the very well known, from all parts of the country, from amateur to professional, and from a great variety of ethnic and cultural backgrounds.
Citation: Jeffri, Joan, The Painter Speaks: Artists Discuss Their Experiences and Careers. Westport, Greenwood Press: 1993.
The Artists Training and Career Project: Actors (1991)
Discipline: Theater / Actor
Abstract: The Project is an in-depth study of training and career development patterns of actors, painters, and craftspeople. It includes a national survey, a collection of personal narratives, and a publication series.
The Artists Training and Career Project: Craftspeople (1991)
Discipline: Crafts / Craftpeople
Abstract: The Project is an in-depth study of training and career development patterns of actors, painters, and craftspeople. It includes a national survey, a collection of personal narratives, and a publication series.
The Artists Training and Career Project: Painters (1991)
Discipline: Painting / Painter
Abstract: The Project is an in-depth study of training and career development patterns of actors, painters, and craftspeople. It includes a national survey, a collection of personal narratives, and a publication series.
The Arts in Education Evaluation Study
Discipline: Arts Education
Abstract: A collaboration with Teachers College to create a model for the evaluation of corporate sponsored arts education projects for Chesebrough-Pond's Inc. The results of this work will help arts education teachers, administrators, and corporate marketing departments to understand how they can serve each other’s needs.
The Museum and the Public (1997)
Discipline: Museum
Abstract: During the spring of 1997, RCAC board member Stephen Weil was the first Scholar-in-Residence in the Program in Arts Administration at Teachers College, Columbia University. On April 2, 1997, Weil offered a public lecture entitled "The Museum and the Public."
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The Playwright’s the Thing (1999)
Discipline: Writing / Storyteller
Abstract: A 1999 study of the current situation of playwrights in the United States.
The Study of Young Artists
Location: Portugal
Discipline: Arts / General
Abstract: The Study of Young Artists at the Institute for Social Sciences at the University of Lisbon used the Center’s work to create a parallel survey of artists under the age of thirty-five in Portugal.
Violating Art (1987)
Location: New York, NY
Discipline: Theater / Actor
Abstract: A discussion, held in March 1987 at Symphony Space, New York City, focused on artists' work in unique public spaces including urban and natural landscapes.