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Record Nr.

UNINA9910219985203321

Autore

Zakaras Laura

Titolo

Cultivating demand for the arts : arts learning, arts engagement, and state arts policy / / Laura Zakaras, Julia F Lowell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Monica, CA, : RAND Corp., 2008

ISBN

1-282-03322-0

9786612033223

0-8330-4637-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (151 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

LowellJulia <1961->

Disciplina

700.1/030973

Soggetti

Arts - Economic aspects - United States

Consumption (Economics) - United States

U.S. states - Cultural policy

Arts - Study and teaching - United States

Art appreciation - Study and teaching - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-125).

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER ONE- Introduction; Background; What's at Stake; Research Questions; Research Approach; Report Organization; CHAPTER TWO- A Framework for Understanding Supply, Access, and Demand; Art as Communicative Experience; Framework for Understanding Supply, Access, and Demand; Implications for Cultural Policy; CHAPTER THREE- Enabling Individual Engagement with Works of Art; Research on the Influence of Arts Learning in Cultivating Participation; Knowledge and Skills That Enable Engagement

Policy Endorsement of a Comprehensive Approach; CHAPTER FOUR- The Support Infrastructure for Youth Arts Learning; K-12 Arts Education; After-School Programs; Arts Learning in the Community; Higher Education; Summary: Performance of the Infrastructure for Youth Arts Learning; CHAPTER FIVE- The Support Infrastructure for Adult Arts Learning; Higher Education; Arts Learning in the Community; Arts Journalism; Summary: Performance of the Infrastructure for Adult Arts Learning; CHAPTER SIX- The Role of State Arts Agencies; SAA



Grantmaking; Brief History of SAA Support for Youth Arts Learning; Conclusion; CHAPTER SEVEN- Conclusions and Policy Implications; Key Points; Policy Implications; Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

Examines what it means to cultivate demand for the arts, why it is important to do so, how it can be done though broad-based arts learning, and what state arts agencies and other policymakers in both the arts and education can do to make it happen.