The arts and state governments : at arm's length or arm in arm?

The arts and state governments at arm's length or arm in arm?

State government spending on the arts is minimal-and may be losing ground relative to other state expenditures. The authors examine efforts made by state arts agencies to address a changing political and fiscal environment and present their findings on the risks and rewards of bringing the arts and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lowell, Julia, 1961- (-)
Other Authors: Ondaatje, Elizabeth Heneghan
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation 2006.
Edition:1st ed
Subjects:
Government aid to the arts > United States > Case studies.
Art commissions > United States.
U.S. states > Cultural policy.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009423731606719
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • Research approach
  • Report overview
  • 2. At arms-length
  • SAAS governance structure and decisionmaking processes
  • Advocacy
  • Insulation or isolation?
  • 3. Catalysts for change
  • Budgetary trends
  • Political developments
  • 4. Making the case for the arts in Montana
  • Brief history of the Montana Arts Council
  • Montana's new strategy : marketing the arts and the agency
  • 5. New priorities for public arts funding in Maine
  • Brief history of the Maine Arts Commission
  • Maine's strategy : strengthening communities, strengthening alliances
  • 6. Strategic management of state arts agencies
  • Public-value framework
  • Lessons from Montana and Maine
  • Relevance of lessons to other states
  • Arm in arm with state government leaders?
  • 7. At arms-length-- but dancing
  • Risks of arm-in-arm approaches
  • Rewards of arm-in-arm approaches
  • Appendix A. Some facts about state arts agencies
  • Appendix B. Montana Arts Council's listening tour.

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