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DOCUMENT RESUME SO 026 476 ED 416 106 McMurray, Virginia Lee AUTHOR Great Ideas! TITLE Mississippi Arts Commission, Jackson. INSTITUTION National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC.; SPONS AGENCY Mississippi State Legislature, Jackson. Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review Committee. 1994-00-00 PUB DATE 64p.; Printed on colored paper. NOTE Mississippi Arts Commission, 239 North Lamar Street, AVAILABLE FROM Jackson, MS 39201; telephone: (601) 359-6030. Reports - Descriptive (141) Non-Classroom (055) PUB TYPE Guides MF01/PC03 Plus Postage. EDRS PRICE *Art Education; *Community Education; *Community Programs; DESCRIPTORS Dance; Drama; Elementary Secondary Education; *Financial Support; Folk Culture; Handicrafts; Multicultural Education; Music; Outreach Programs; Visual Arts ABSTRACT This publication documents the successes of a Mississippi Arts Commission program, entitled the "Artist Is In!". The program was created to provide arts experiences in rural and inner-city communities which have historically had little access to the arts. The program produced other benefits: spurred economic development and tourism; improved educational opportunities; increased civic pride; provided opportunity to address social issues; enhanced cross-cultural understanding; and raised esteem for arts among business professionals and public officials. The publication provides a detailed overview of 9 successful programs and summaries of 16 other projects, all of which use a combination of teachers, artists, and craftspeople to teach children about art and cultural heritage. Also included are two how-to sections with practical advice on beginning and maintaining an arts-in-the-community program. 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CONTENTS 1 Great Ideas Make a difference for your community using ideas from through the arts Mississippi's Artist Is In! program. 21 Success Stories Spur your creativity with details of nine of our favorite projects. 43 More Success Stories Discover more ideas from other Mississippi projects. 55 Tips Plan for success with practical advice from Artist Is In! organizers 67 Building on Success To help you get started, here's how and what's planned Artist Is In! began in Phase Two. t Ideas Gr Commission program, In Mississippi, the Artist Is In! This Mississippi Arts the power of the arts funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, has put to work in communities throughout the state. Its success is documented in Great Ideas. experiences in Since its beginning in 1991, the Artist Is In! has provided arts historically had little access to the 25 rural and inner-city communities which have broaden their understanding of arts. It has given Mississippians new opportunities to the state's traditional arts and crafts, visual arts, and performing arts will continue, and to have a wonderful time in the process! Most of these programs thanks to partnerships developed as part of the project. leaders have The Artist Is In! produced other important benefits. Communities' improved described how the projects spurred economic development and tourism, educational opportunities, generated civic pride, addressed important social issues and enhanced cross-cultural understanding. It also increased respect for the power of the arts among business professionals and public officials. This success can be duplicated inspiring overview Turn the page for our scrapbook of photos and quotes, an small towns of nine programs which use the arts to achieve outstanding results in details of these efforts in Success Stories and summaries of across Mississippi. Find other Artist Is In! projects in More Success Stories. of Artist Is In! Tips pulls together important lessons from Mississippi organizers and reveals its exciting future. Building on Success explains the project's beginning community, alert you to We hope Great Ideas will help you jump start efforts in your for the arts truly have opportunities and challenges, and inspire your creativity the power to change communities. Jane Crater Hiatt Executive Director, Mississippi Arts Commission 4 BEST COPY AVAILABLE our retreat "Before choir members some a had never held piece of printed music before. The auditorium a was packed with racially mixed audience of almost 300." tt t,2 4 t V BLE AVA1 a -...111Alm- Gene "ng C"c Pride ith Photo a ure _ Festival 4 a. t: k2, 1r It I v I baiii- I. v vh -47 , vtgp 4 tat flt .,,,o, ,. ,, , 0 yet ' k .14.1 .e% 4 44 ..nr4/W1040 A Allit 4. 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