Links
We’ve come to know about some really great organizations and resources over the course of our 30+ years. If you know of something that should be displayed in this area of our webpage, please fill out our tech request form and that idea will be forwarded to the proper authorities!
ANIMATING DEMOCRACY
Animating Democracy, a program of Americans for the Arts Institute for Community Development and the Arts, fosters arts and cultural activity that encourages and enhances civic engagement and dialogue. It is based on the premise that democracy is animated when an informed public is engaged in the issues affecting people's daily lives. The arts and humanities can contribute unique programs, settings, and creative approaches that reach new and diverse participants, stimulate public dialogue about civic issues, and inspire action to make change.
http://www.artsusa.org/AnimatingDemocracy/
CAN
The Community Arts Network (CAN) maintains a fantastic site devoted to information exchange, research and critical dialogue within the field of community-based arts. The CAN web site is managed by Art in the Public Interest, which also publishes an informative monthly email newsletter. API founders and long-time ROOTS friends, Linda Burnham and Steve Durland, have been carrying to the torch for activist art for many years now.
http://www.communityarts.net
DEKALB COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS
This site contains a comprehensive list of dozens of arts resource, both for DeKalb County artists and others.
http://www.dcarts.org
FRACTURED ATLAS
- Fractured Atlas is a non-profit organization that provides services and support
to artists and arts organizations. ROOTS is a member of Fractured Atlas' Open Arts Network. As such, there are some reciprocal member benefits. You can read more about this relationship [here].
http://www.fracturedatlas.org/
FULTON COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL
http://www.fultonarts.org/
GOTOUR
The Field has put together a terrific resource for touring performing artists, administrators, venues, and audiences.
http://www.gotour.org
IMAGINING AMERICA
Imagining America is a national consortium of colleges and universities committed to public scholarship in the arts, humanities, and design. Public scholarship joins serious intellectual endeavor with a commitment to public practice and public consequence.
http://www.imaginingamerica.org/index.html
LATIN AMERICAN FOLK INSTITUTE
The Latin American Folk Institute is a non-profit organization dedicated to build community through art education and affordable cultural programs. LAFI promotes the art, music, and folklore of the Americas. LAFI partners with organizations and professional instructors to provide affordable art, music and dance classes to under-served members of the community. Using the arts as a vehicle to inspire cross-cultural understanding, LAFI makes the rich cultural heritage of the Americas accessible to everyone via educational and cultural program.
http://www.lafi.org/
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LATINO ARTS & CULTURE (NALAC)
The National Association of Latino Arts and Culture (NALAC) is the nation’s leading nonprofit organization exclusively dedicated to the promotion, advancement, development, and cultivation of the Latino arts field. In this capacity, NALAC stimulates, facilitates intergenerational dialogues among disciplines, languages, and traditional and contemporary expressions.
http://www.nalac.org/
NETWORK OF ENSEMBLE THEATERS
The Network of Ensemble Theaters (NET) is a consortium of North America's permanent ensemble companies. NET is committed to preserving and passing on the legacy of the ensemble theater movement. The companies making up the NET include some of the most prestigious and vital ensembles in the United States as well as new ensembles that will inherit and reinvent this movement.
http://www.ensembletheaters.net/
NYFA SOURCE
New York Foundation for the Arts maintains a free national information resource for visual, media, performing and literary artists. It is a treasure trove of information and opportunities for all artists and friend of the arts.
http://www.nyfa.org
THE PUFFIN FOUNDATION
Since its founding in 1983, the Puffin Foundation Ltd. has sought to open the doors of artistic expression by providing grants to artists and art organizations who are often excluded from mainstream opportunities due to their race, gender, or social philosophy.
http://www.puffinfoundation.org/
THE ROOTS READER
Since 1987, Community Arts Network and its predecessor, High Performance magazine, have published many stories by and about the members of Alternate ROOTS. They have started a Web anthology of these articles, plus more culled from ROOTS publications and other sources. You'll find new and archival stories about ROOTS and its activities, as well as diverse articles by artists associated with ROOTS that we hope will reveal the depth and breadth of thinking that has emerged from the ROOTS context over the past two decades.
http://www.rootsreader.org
TECHSOUP
Techsoup is a nonprofit exclusively serving other nonprofits. We distribute software from Microsoft, Cisco, Symantec, Intuit, Adobe and almost 20 other major companies, as well as refurbished hardware for as little as 10% of retail cost.
http://www.techsoup.org
US ARTISTS REPORT
This site contains information from the Investing in Creativity study, a national research initiative about the various factors that enable artists to pursue their careers -- artists' support programs, policy initiatives, and characteristics of place, among other issues. The study was conducted by the Urban Institute with support from 38 public- and private-sector funders. It also includes links to related research projects and initiatives.
http://www.usartistsreport.org/index.asp
US SOCIAL FORUM
The US Social Forum was more than a conference, more than a networking bonanza, more than a reaction to war and repression.
http://www.ussf2007.org/
The USSF provided space to build relationships, learn from each other's experiences, share our analysis of the problems our communities face, and brought renewed insight and inspiration.
Another extremely successful US Social Forum took place in 2010 in Detroit:
http://www.ussf2010.org/
Check back often. New resource links are added constantly!
Links to member's websites, and to other sites of interest will be available here soon...