Publications

President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities: 2001-2008

This publication highlights the synergy of collaborations the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH) forged with each of the cultural agencies—NEA, NEH, and IMLS over the last eight years, opening new opportunities for international cultural relations from expanding programs with Mexico to catalyzing groundbreaking initiatives with China to launching new programs like AFI Project: 20/20. In addition, the book documents how the PCAH moved the First Lady's interests forward in youth arts and humanities learning by expanding Coming Up Taller, in preservation by raising the profile of Save America's Treasures, and in special initiatives like the National Medals by making it a White House signature event.

Symposium on Film, Television, Digital Media and Popular Culture (2006 - PDF)

Los Angeles artists, entrepreneurs, and business leaders through film, television, and digital media affect cultural perceptions and realities everywhere. This report summarizes the perspectives of these leaders and the many PCAH members that are a part of this creative community. Together they explain the creation and dissemination of film, television, digital media, and popular culture, and explore ways to enlist these media to increase international understanding. The Symposium catalyzed a new PCAH partnership with American Film Institute and the cultural agencies—N EA, NEH and IMLS.


Save America's Treasures Preserving the Legacy of our National Experience (PDF)

Demonstrates how successful and critical this program's relatively small investment has been in rescuing, restoring and conserving our nation's cultural and historic treasures. Through twelve detailed briefs, the report outlines the breadth of our nation's cultural and historic patrimony, as well as the magnitude of its vulnerability. One result highlighted by this publication is that Save America's has succeeded in galvanizing a whole host of citizen to invest in and care for many irreplaceable national treasures.

This publication highlights the synergy of collaborations the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH) forged with each of the cultural agencies—NEA, NEH, and IMLS over the last eight years, opening new opportunities for international cultural relations from expanding programs with Mexico to catalyzing groundbreaking initiatives with China to launching new programs like AFI Project: 20/20. In addition, the book documents how the PCAH moved the First Lady's interests forward in youth arts and humanities learning by expanding Coming Up Taller, in preservation by raising the profile of Save America's Treasures, and in special initiatives like the National Medals by making it a White House signature event.

Champions of Change: The Impact of the Arts on Learning, Edward P. Fiske, with Arts Education Partnership, 1999 (PDF)

This report responds to questions posed by school and community leaders throughout the United States about public school districts that have made competence in the arts as well as literacy one of the fundamental purposes of schooling for all their students.

Gaining the Arts Advantage: Lessons from School Districts that Value Arts Education, with Arts Education Partnership, 1999 (PDF)

This report documents the levels of academic achievement achieved through involvement in the arts. It also discusses the advantages gained for students from lower income or disadvantaged backgrounds when these students learn in and through the arts. The author's research also touches on the correlation between involvement in performing arts and student success in mathematics and reading.

Creative America (The President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, 1997) (PDF)

This landmark report highlights the educational, economic and social contributions that culture makes to our society, including trends in private funding and earned income for cultural organizations.