Below are selected publications from over three decades of RCAC research. These articles and books present an overview and commentary on topics relating to Research Center studies and a broad array of cultural policy issues.
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» “National Center for Creative Aging” with Gay Hanna, Encyclopedia of Aging and Adulthood, John Wiley & Sons (Forthcoming 2016)
» ART CART: SAVING THE LEGACY, by Joan Jeffri
In Public: a journal of Imagining America, “Organizing. Culture. Change.” Vol. 3 Issue 1, Spring 2015.
» Are We Ignoring Our Most Loyal Supporters? by Joan Jeffri
Chamber Music America Magazine, New York: Chamber Music America, September 2013.
» ART CART: SAVING THE LEGACY, by Joan Jeffri, Victoria Raveis, and Patricia Miller
A model for positive aging and the productivity of professional artists,” Arts & Health: An International Journal for Research, Policy and Practice, DOI: 10.1080/17533015.2013.811277.
» The Central Role of Creativity in Aging, by Gay Hanna
Journal of Art for Life, vol. 4: No. 1, Spring 2013.
» Beyond traditional art education:Transformative lifelong learning in community-based settings with older adults. Pam Lawton and Angela LaPorte. (2013).
Studies in Art Education, 54(4), 310-320
» Life After Dance: Career Transition of Professional Dancers, by Joan Jeffri
(© The International Journal of Arts Management, Vol. 8, No. 3, Spring 2006)
» Managing Uncertainty: The market for contemporary art in the US, by Joan Jeffri
(from Understanding International Art Markets & Management, ed. Iain Robertson, Routledge, 2005)
» After the Ball is Over: Career transition for dancers around the world, by Joan Jeffri
(Printed in the International Journal of Cultural Policy, Vol. 11, No. 3, 2005)
» Research on the Individual Artist: Seeking the Solitary Singer, by Joan Jeffri
(Printed in The Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society, Spring 2004)
» Nature‘s Journeymen: The Education and Training of the American Artist, by Joan Jeffri
(Printed in The Business of Being an Artist, ed. Janet Summerton, City University of London, 1995)
» Training the New Philanthropists, by Joan Jeffri
(Printed in The Journal of Arts Management and Law, Summer 1989)
» Notes from the Artplex: Research Issues in Arts Administration, by Joan Jeffri
(Printed in The Journal of Arts Management and Law, Spring 1988)
» Artists as Consumers, by Joan Jeffri
(Printed in American Demographics, April 1988)
» The Artist Alone: Work-Related, Human, & Social Service Needs (Selected Findings), by Joan Jeffri, Joseph Hosie, and Robert Greenblatt
(Printed in The Journal of Arts Management and Law, Vol. 17, No. 3, 1987)
» Off Off Broadway Theater: The Cost of Growing Up, by Joan Jeffri
(Printed in the Performing Arts Review: The Journal of Management and Law of the Arts , Vol. 9, No. 3, 1979)