In the spring of 2000, the Nebraska Arts Council commissioned WESTAF to conduct an economic impact study of the arts industry in Nebraska.
In the summer of 2000, the Oregon Arts Commission, Northwest Business for Culture and the Arts, and the Regional Arts and Culture Council commissioned WESTAF to conduct an economic impact study of the nonprofit arts sector in Oregon.
In 2000, WESTAF convened a second symposium at the Aspen Institute, Cultural Policy in the West II. Experts in the fields of technology, youth culture, demographics, and politics shared their perspectives on important trends and discussed the relationship of these areas to the culture sector.
This report examines the organizational standards and effectiveness of arts advocacy organizations nationwide and offers models of best practices that have succeeded.
The purpose of this report is to assist those who are engaged in discussions regarding the investment of cultural trust funds.
This briefing paper, prepared for the Nevada Arts Council, offers case studies of state arts agencies that have developed cultural trusts.
Prepared for the Idaho Commission on the Arts, this report examines the impact of alternative funding methods for state arts agencies.
In the fall of 1999, Utah’s Arts and Humanities Council, Office of Museum Services, Department of Community and Economic Development, State Historical Society, Salt Lake City Arts Council, and Cultural Alliance commissioned WESTAF to conduct an economic impact study of the cultural sector in Utah.
In February 2000, United Arts of Wake County commissioned WESTAF to conduct an economic impact study of the culture industry in Wake County.
Convened at the Aspen Institute in 1999, participants in this symposium discussed the nature of cultural policy in the West and features of the region’s policy environment that influence and shape cultural policy in the region.
For much of U.S. history, non-Native scholars have been the principal interpreters of Native life and lifeways. This report presents a series of case studies of Native interpreters reclaiming their own voices concerning cultural representations.
WESTAF commissioned argumentation expert Robert Trapp to consider ways that arguments for the support of folk arts could be made more effectively.