Cite these sources often as PROOF
that the arts foster so many good things
in our society!


Colorado Business Committee for the Arts' Economic impact study of the arts in Denver
http://www.cbca.org

ARTS EDUCATION AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS: A LANDMARK REPORT
Gaining the Arts Advantage: Lessons from School Districts That Value Arts Education
http://www.pcah.gov/gaa/index.html
Funded by the GE Fund, The John D. And Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and Binney & Smith.
Additional Support Provided by National Endowment For The Arts, U.S. Department Of Education
and the White House Millennium Council.

"How the arts contribute to education," an evaluation of research by Kent Seidel, Ph.D.
http://www.aaae.org/artsbro/arts_bro.htm
Commissioned by the Association for the Advancement of Arts Education

"New National Study Indicates At-Risk Youth Benefit from Arts Programs"
Can be found at the National Endowment for the Arts website at
http://arts.endow.gov

Schools, Communities, and the Arts: A Research Compendium
http://aspin.asu.edu/~rescomp/contents.html
Research on quality arts education programs, a compendium put together by the Morrison Institute for Public Policy at Arizona State University with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. Testimony of Benjamin O. Canada, Ph.D., Superintendent of Portland Public Schools (Oregon) On behalf of Americans for the Arts, June 29, 1999
http://www.artsusa.org/advocacy/canada.html
 

Op-Editorials & News Clips in Support of the Arts:
Washington Times, Washington DC
10/2197, "Arts, humanities enrich our lives1 our culture"
(Hillary Rodham Clinton's syndicated column)

Pensacola News Journal, Pensacola, FL
7/6/97, "National Endowment for the Arts much too valuable to kill"

Houston Chronicle, Houston, TX
7/5/97, "Beauty is Truth: Government has a role in nurturing the arts"

The Oregonian, Seattle, OR
712197, "Beyond Art: A broader view of the work,
potential of the NEA shows it to be more worthy of support"'

Union News, Springfield, MA
4/29/97, "Art, culture investments pay huge public dividends"

The Herald, Miami, FL
6/5/97, "War on the Arts"

Winston-Salem Journal, winston-Salem, NC
7/20/97, "Eliminating NEA would diminish the soul of a nation"

Democrat & Chronicle, Rochester NY
7/10/97, "The NEA still has much merit"

Washington Times, Washington DC
7/4/97, "NEA grants have encouraged private donations to the arts and humanities"

Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Ml
718/97, "Arts Funding: NEA boosts people, communities; continue funds"

Democrat & Chronicle, Rochester NY
7/11/97, "Keep art in the budget picture"

The Star-Ledger, Newark, NJ
8/1/97, "Save the endowment and make the arts accessible to all"

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Atlanta GA
6/21/97, "Local arts' best patron"

Casper Star-Tribune, Casper, WY
6/22197, "Wyoming people benefit from arts funding"

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, MO
6/23/97, "Save the NEA for Art's Sake"

Saint Paul Pioneer Press, St. Paul, MN
7/16/97, "Art Attacks"

The Flint Journal, Flint, Ml
7/27197, "Endowment for the Arts worth funding, preserving"

New York Times, New York, NY
11/18/97, "Cities are Fostering the Arts As a Way to Save Downtowns"

Boston Globe, Boston, MA
7/6/97, "A loss of art?"

New York Times, New York, NY
7/16/97, "Finding Government Profit on Aid to the Arts"

New York Times, New York, NY
9/4/97, "The arts and business do mix"