The arts are facing an "arts population explosion" at a time when resources and capital are becoming tighter by the day. This pamphlet describes cooperative planning and gives examples of joint use of resources to help arts organizations and institutions know what they are about, where they are going, how they will get there, and with whom they can cooperate to their mutual benefit. Cooperative use of resources among arts organizations can include joint purchasing, group health policies, joint fund raising, publicity, community calendars, shared facilities, and a myriad of other money-saving techniques. Examples illustrate some of the ways that arts organizations have made best use of their resources by cooperating with other organizations. (Author/MLF)