Annual Report: FY 2004-2005Southern Arts Federation has published a combined annual report for the fiscal years 2004 and 2005. In addition to a change in leadership during this period, there were challenges presented to SAF in the cultural landscape within the region. Read about the changes, challenges, and successes in this look back. From Blues to Benton to Bluegrass: The Economic Impact of the Arts in the SouthRead how the arts play an important role in the economy of the South. This report is now available both in paper and electronic format. Send us an email to request a paper copy or download the electronic version. 2005 Southern Visual Arts SummitIn June 2005, Southern Arts Federation convened a regional, visual arts summit bringing together 31 individuals from various sectors of the visual arts community to provide a multi-perspective environmental scan of contemporary visual arts in the South; to identify the community's challenges and needs; and to develop possible strategies for working together to overcome these challenges to meet those needs. Latinos and Latinas in the SouthThe Southern Arts Federation (SAF) contracted folklorist Dr. Norma Cantú to facilitate a series of public meetings and identify cultural resources and traditional artists in four emerging Latino communities. Public meetings were held in Dalton, Georgia; New Orleans, Louisiana; Winter Park, Florida; and Raleigh, North Carolina. Dr. Cantú, with the research assistance of Rose Rodriguez Rabin, has developed a report that provides an overview of the project, a brief history of the region’s Latino communities, an analysis of demographics, an overview of meetings and recommendations for services and programming. This project was supported with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. Diario las Americas provided Spanish translations. For more information about this report or the traditional arts, contact Teresa Hollingsworth.
Arts Education in the Age of AccountabilitySAF, in collaboration with the SouthEastern Regional Vision for Education (SERVE), has distributed Arts Education in the Age of Accountability (PDF). The purpose of this brief is to inform policy makers about the place of arts education in 'No Child Left Behind' federal legislation and about arts education research published in Critical Links: Learning in the Arts and Student Academic and Social Development . Traditional Arts Professional DevelopmentFor over ten years, the Southern Arts Federation has developed and presented professional development training specifically for traditional performing artists and presenters striving to successfully present the traditional arts to their audiences. The Traditional Arts Professional Development (PDF) report, prepared by Blake Leland and Leslie Gordon, provides a historic overview and programming details regarding these endeavors. For more information about this report or the traditional arts, contact Teresa Hollingsworth. Regional Traditional Arts Programs and ServicesPrepared by Jon Kay in 2001, A Survey and Analysis of Regional Traditional Arts Programs and Services updates Betsy Peterson's research in A Survey Study of Folk and Traditional Arts for the Mid Atlantic Region (pages 21-26) published by the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation in 1994. This new report commissioned by the Southern Arts Federation with support from the Traditional Arts Growth Initiative from the National Endowment for the Arts, provides the status of traditional arts programs and services offered by seven Regional Arts Organizations. For more information about this report or the traditional arts, contact Teresa Hollingsworth.
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