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Leveraging Investments in Creativity (LINC) is a ten-year national initiative to improve the conditions for artists working in all disciplines. As a vital and immeasurable component of our cultural and collective identity, artists help us interpret our past, define our present and imagine our future. Working artists make resonant contributions to the daily lives of our communities, not only as creators, but also as entrepreneurs, educators and involved citizens. Representing more than 2 million working adults in 2001 (up from 730,000 in 1970), artists are a vibrant and ever-growing sector of the American workforce. However, artists are typically underpaid in relation to their peers with similar education and skill sets.

The kitchen is where the magic of food comes together to bind a family. The woman of the house spends most of her time in the kitchen preparing dishes with love for her family. Cuisinart is an expert in manufacturing appliances that helps the lady to enjoy cooking in style and with ease. Cuisinart is one of the top brands in designing and manufacturing kitchen articles of various kinds and for all uses. We see the chefs on television using the latest and specialized kitchen products to cook up some of the most delicious and appetizing cuisines. Now instead of dreaming of using such articles, women can live the dream; since Cuisinart has a lovely collection that will help you recreate great dishes by great chefs.

Dance Films Association, Inc. (DFA), a non-profit, tax-exempt, member-supported service organization, promotes excellence in dance on camera and public awareness of the artform through its annual Dance on Camera Festival, Dance Film Lab, publications, grants, and workshops. Its many partners help to bring its touring programs to a wide public. Dance on camera is a collaborative art, one that fuses the ageless art of dance and the century old art of film. DFA aims to impart that spirit of collaboration to the world and to encourage a keen awareness of the magical ways to interpret time, space, and energy.

ACASA, the Arts Council of the African Studies Association, promotes greater understanding of African material and expressive culture in all its many forms, and encourages contact and collaboration with African and Diaspora artists and scholars.

The Congress on Research in Dance (CORD) provides opportunities for dance professionals from a broad range of specialties to exchange ideas, resources, and methodologies through publication, international and regional conferences, and workshops. We encourage research in all aspects of dance and related fields and promote the accessibility of research materials.

In 1982 the International Dance Committee of the International Theatre Institute, UNESCO, created International Dance Day to be celebrated every year on the 29th April. The date commemorates the birthday of Jean-Georges Noverre (1727 - 1810), the creator of modern ballet. Every year a message from a well-known dance personality is circulated throughout the world. The intention of International Dance Day and the Message is to bring all Dance together on this occasion, to celebrate this art form and revel in its universality, to cross all political, cultural and ethnic barriers and bring people together in peace and friendship with a common language - DANCE.

Ford Foundation grants in arts and culture foster the creation and sharing of new art as well as the documentation, preservation and revitalization of traditional creative forms. We also seek to enrich our communities by broadening the access and involvement of diverse audiences.

The Arterial Network is an informal, dynamic network of individuals, institutions and funding partners working to support the effectiveness and growth of African arts and culture in civil society and to enhance the sustainability of creative industries in Africa.

based on the traditional map of the united states 'the fifty united plates' is a collection from american ceramic designers, corbé company. made of porcelain, the project crosses the boundaries of craft, art and design. constructed to scale the unique pieces fit seamlessly in with their neighbor, to collectively form the entire nation. 'they're a tribute to where you are, what you're making, doing, eating, loving and living.' says the designers, 'it's a local project - built for our neighbors… made only greater in its relation to another person, another place - a spread known as the fifty united plates.' using a combination of new technologies with traditional ceramic processes, each piece highlights the persona of the maker. digital files of the states are created with the information needed to effectively cut a prototype on a CNC router. liquid ceramic slip is then poured into a plaster mold - fired in an electric kiln, the casting is finished by hand and sanded to be buttery smooth. every state has approximately 40-55 square inches of interior space and they range from 11-13" at the longest dimension.

If you have set up your office at home, then you have to look after every small thing and ensure you have all essential supplies in adequate quantity. When it comes to purchasing office supplies, you have to wisely spend on expensive stationery items like printers, ink cartridges, toners and so on. Traditionally, you would hop on to the nearest office supply shop to get all supplies when you run out of them. However, today you do not have to visit the supply store every time the supplies get over. With the advent of internet and advanced technology, it has now become possible to shop from the confines of your home or office. Shopping for office stationery online is much quicker and easier. Not just the convenience, people also make great savings when they purchase office supplies in bulk online. Also, you can easily find some cheap ink cartridges, the prices of which would be almost double if you found them in the outside retail store. An added advantage of shopping online for office supplies is that you do not have carry these products home as the website will arrange for a quick home/office delivery once you place the order. You can shop for all supplies you need with a click of the mouse.

Online shopping is the new trend and convenient way of purchasing products sitting at home. You don't have to go to a mall to purchase your products. You can order the products sitting at home without the hassles of travelling and searching for a mall. The best part of online shopping is the affordability and wide range of products to choose from. In every market we have a retail and wholesale industry to cater the interest of customers with different requirements.

The Cultural Development Trust (Cuhede) was established in 2001 mainly to help both emerging and established artists be it as individuals artist or as a group with finding information and assistance and training in all aspects of Management, Financial and other administrative processes in the Arts & Cultural Sector.

The International Theatre Institute (ITI), an international non-governmental organization (NGO) was founded in Prague in 1948 by UNESCO and the international theatre community. A worldwide network, ITI aims "to promote international exchange of knowledge and practice in theatre arts (drama, dance, music theatre) in order to consolidate peace and solidarity between peoples, to deepen mutual understanding and increase creative co-operation between all people in the theatre arts".

We strive for a society that is more focused on people and process than on products; that values experimentation and the exploration of new ideas; and that recognizes the role artists and the creative process can have in achieving this vision.

The Artful Manager seeks a new set of metaphors for the administrative leaders of arts and culture. There is a need for business thinking, to be sure, with an intensity and deftness we have only begun to understand. But there is also an energy beyond money and markets that the artful manager must channel. What if, in the end, the arts organization is not a problem to be managed, but an instrument to be played?

The Westboro Home in Ontario is a residential project designed by Kariouk Associates. The house responds to the needs of the clients. They wanted a bright and lively home, yet intimate (with a sense of privacy). The house displays an interesting exterior (half black, half white), large windows and a garden filled with ornamental plantings. "The garden takes a "bite" out of the tight, permissible building area, however it allowed for an extensive amount of glass that otherwise, due to restrictive building code requirements, would not be possible. The courtyard's lot-line side remains open, while its three interior sides are filled with windows and bring natural light into the heart of the home on both living floors."

The Arts & Business Council of Miami creates working partnerships between the corporate and cultural communities in South Florida through volunteer programs, workshops, leadership, board training, collaborations and networking events.

South-South.info has as aim to offer a general view of the main contexts of exchange for contemporary dance in the countries of the southern part of the planet, including information on the principal festivals, spaces, articulators, publications, etc. With this initiative we intend to stimulate and facilitate international exchange, cooperation and circulation of artists and ideas from South to South.

The Dance Guild of Nigeria is a legal equity set up with the aim of promoting, protecting and projecting the image, aspirations and welfare of the Nigeria dance practitioner and the affiliate dance company.

Arts in Crisis: A Kennedy Center Initiative is a program designed to provide planning assistance and consulting to struggling arts organizations throughout the United States. Open to non-profit 501(c)(3) performing arts organizations, the program will provide counsel from Kennedy Center President Michael Kaiser and the Kennedy Center executive staff in the areas of fundraising, building more effective Boards of Trustees, budgeting, marketing, technology, and other areas pertinent to maintaining a vital performing arts organization during a troubled economy.