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The Performing Arts Program, as part of a review of their strategy, re-envisioned their Strategic Framework. While the focus of their grantmaking remains the same, this new framework clearly articulates the program's strategy. Also available for download is the Performing Arts Program Arts Ecosystem.

The Performing Arts Program, as part of a review of their strategy, considered the arts ecosystem in the San Francisco Bay Area and developed this model as a result. This ties directly to the program's strategic framework, also available for download.

A follow-up study to the original publication An Unfinished Canvas: Arts Education in California: Taking Stock of Policy and Practice, by SRI International.

An Unfinished Canvas: District Capacity and the Use of New State Funds for Arts Education in California

This is the Executive Summary of a report on Phase II of the Involving Youth in Nonprofit Arts Organizations initiative of The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

This report is on Phase II of the Involving Youth in Nonprofit Arts Organizations initiative of The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

An Unfinished Canvas: A Review of Large-Scale Assessment in K-12 Arts Education

A study to investigate the training and preparation of teachers to provide standards-aligned arts instruction, their familiarity with and use of the state's standards, their ongoing professional development, the resources available, and the barriers to the delivery of standards-aligned arts instruction.

This study examines the allocation of funding and instructional time in 10 schools across five states to understand the impact on elementary arts education.

An Unfinished Canvas: Arts Education in the San Francisco Bay Area – A Supplemental Status Report

The future of nonprofit arts organizations large and small depends on attracting the best new talent to administer their affairs, to serve as artists and audiences, and to act as advocates, boosters, and financial supporters.

A landmark study on the state of arts education in California reveals that the vast majority of California's schools fail to meet state standards

While artists and arts activities traditionally are pigeonholed in one of three categories-a commercial sector, a nonprofit sector, and a community sector- in fact, artists move more fluidly among them than generally is thought.

A study of artists' work-related human and social service needs in the San Francisco Bay Area. (You may download the document for reference and research purposes only.)