CULTURE BUILDS COMMUNITIES

#109 ArtShow: Youth and Community Development, A Resource Guide
Shirley Brice Heath and Laura Smyth, published by Partners for Livable Communities, 1999. 96 pages. ($10.00)
This book was written for a popular audience to learn from Ms. Heath’s 10 years of research for the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Her research shows that arts and culturally based, after-school programs for at-risk youth have the most success in reaching young people and helping them develop skills for productive and successful lives.
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#158 ArtShow: Youth and Community Development
Partners for Livable Communities, 2000. ($10.00)
A 40 minute video directed by Shirley Brice Heath. The video is based on Ms. Heath’s 10 years of research on the positive learning environments of arts and culturally based, after-school programs for at-risk youth. A companion to the ArtShow publication.
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#125 Culture Builds Communities: A Guide to Partnership Building and Putting Culture to Work on Social Issues
Partners for Livable Community, Kathy Booth, 1995. 86 pages. ($25.00)
A workbook demonstrating how cultural resources can address social concerns, like youth at risk, and leverage community revitalization projects. The book includes 20 case studies and lots of advice on how to develop cultural programs with a community focus, create strategic partnerships, and implement sustainable projects.
*We apologize but this book is out of print. Partners will be selling a
photocopy of the publication for $13

#119 Institutions as Fulcrums of Change: A Creative Reimagination of Every Community’s Assets
Partners for Livable Communities, Kathy Booth, 1996. 92 pages. ($20.00)
Thought provoking resource that explains how institutions found in every community – parks, zoos, libraries, arts organizations, police departments, schools and churches – can be important catalysts for community building agendas. Using 36 case studies and an extensive resource list, this book offers a number of outstanding strategies that have enabled traditional institutions to do unusual work.

#947 Cultural Learning Strategies
Partners for Livable Communities, 2002. 10 pages. ($5.00)
A report prepared for the Neighborhood Housing Services, Multi-Family Housing Task Force, to explore how learning centers in neighborhood housing service members could include cultural youth mentoring programs. The following programs are included in the report: Alamo Area Mutual Housing Association in San Antonio; the Mutual Housing Association of Hawaii; Rocky Mountain Housing Authority and the Sacramento Mutual Housing Authority.

#873 Culture Builds Communities: The Power of the Arts to Strengthen Neighborhoods
Partners for Livable Communities, Maura Ciccarelli, Susan Coppa, 2001. 28 pages. ($10.00)
A summary booklet that describes Partners’ four-year program, supported by the William Penn Foundation, of putting culture to work as a community building block in Philadelphia neighborhoods. The program focused on four areas where arts-based programming has an impact: community building, youth development, cultural identity and understanding, and economic development.

#108 The Art of Work and the Work of Art
Partners for Livable Communities, Hannah Roberts, 1999. 40 pages. ($15.00)
A booklet featuring best practices from around the country of school-to-work initiatives that use the arts and cultural resources.
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#153 Museums in the Life of the City
The Philadelphia Initiative for Cultural Pluralism, Portia Hamilton-Sperr, 1992. 48 pages. ($15.00)
This book, dealing with the role of museums in a changing society, highlights 11 pilot projects of community organizations and museums forming partnerships to address difficult community issues. The report shows that museums are valuable fulcrums of change and can be a resource for any community dealing with the issue of multi-cultural understanding.

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