Below is a list of our D’Art research topics. The topics are grouped into four themes: Artists, Good Practice, Policy and Statistics. Each topic has its own page where you can find the D’Art report (or the topic description) and resources ‘tagged’ by the IFACCA team. We welcome suggestions for additional resources at info@ifacca.org.
Ways to support, encourage, and help professional artists.
Artists' remuneration
Defining artists for tax and benefit purposes
How do governments around the world determine whether or not a person is a ‘professional’ artist for tax and benefit purposes? D'Art report number 1.
Legal services for the creative sector
Mobility: Artists' international mobility programs
Our D'Art report number 17 examines policies and strategies for international artists’ mobility and considers the different 'stakeholder' points of view.
Older artists: Policies and Programs of Support for Older Artists
Includes D'Art report number 28, which outlines a selection of policies and programs that provide support to senior artists.
Status of the artist legislation
Good practice in the operation of a national arts and culture agency.
Advocacy: Arts advocacy arguments
Conflict of interest policies in arts and culture funding agencies
What policies do national arts agencies use to manage conflicts of interests? D'Art report number 4.
Cultural Planning: Toolkits for local cultural planning and provision
Ecological sustainability
Education: International Compendium of Arts and Education Research
The development and publication of 'The Wow Factor: Global research compendium on the impact of the arts in education' and related resources.
Festivals: Assistance to Arts and Culture Festivals
National agency approaches to the support of arts and culture festivals. Includes D'Art report 21.
Independence of arts funding from government
Indigenous arts contacts
Multi-language literature funding
New Media
Performing Arts: Support for Major Performing Arts Organisations
Issues and best practice in the support of large, national, or major performing arts organisations.
Research: Coordination of arts policy research by national governments
A look at how national government arts support agencies approach research. D'Art report number 26.
Policies for supporting arts and culture.
Artists' remuneration
Associations of arts managers
Audience development initiatives
Copyright management systems
D’Art report number 3 that reviews copyright agencies and systems in the USA, Australia, the UK, Ireland, Canada, and internationally.
Cultural Planning: Toolkits for local cultural planning and provision
Dance: Successful dance policies and programs
D'Art Report number 11 provides a brief summary of dance programs, policies and challenges in various countries.
Disability: Arts and disability policies
D'Art Report number 10 looks at definitions, concepts and the terminology surrounding disability in the arts.
Ethics in cultural policy
Independence of arts funding from government
Intercultural dialogue and cultural diversity
Legal services for the creative sector
Musical instrument banks: online materials
D'Art Report number 8 surveys programs that lend musical instruments such as instrument banks, libraries and loan schemes.
Older artists: Policies and Programs of Support for Older Artists
Includes D'Art report number 28, which outlines a selection of policies and programs that provide support to senior artists.
Performing Arts: Support for Major Performing Arts Organisations
Issues and best practice in the support of large, national, or major performing arts organisations.
Philanthropy: Encouraging arts philanthropy: selected resources
Radio: Regulation of radio music
Regeneration: Culture and regeneration literature review
D'Art report number 25 is an international review that explores the art/culture and regeneration nexus across three key areas of policy interest.
Rural: Cultural development in rural and remote regions
D'Art report number 23 provides an audit of research and information on cultural development in rural and remote areas.
Venues policies
Visual Arts: National Visual Arts and Craft Sector Associations
An international survey of national non-government organisations that focus on policy development and service provision for visual artists and craftspeople and the industries they operate in. D'Art report number 29.
A global perspective on arts and culture statistics and indicators.
Government arts expenditure: Inter-country comparisons
Participation: International comparisons of arts participation data
After looking at cultural statistics programs internationally, D'Art Report number 7 reviews seven cross-country comparisons of cultural participation data.
Statistical indicators for arts policy
A discussion paper (D'Art report number 18) that identifies current global resources and work being undertaken to develop cultural indicators and provides a literature review on the topic.
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