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Record Nr.

UNINA9910219989103321

Autore

Lowell Julia <1961->

Titolo

The arts and state governments : at arm's length or arm in arm? / / Julia F. Lowell, Elizabeth Heneghan Ondaatje

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Monica, CA, : RAND Corporation, 2006

ISBN

0-8330-4087-1

1-4337-0957-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource  (xvi, 68 pages) : illustrations, map

Altri autori (Persone)

OndaatjeElizabeth Heneghan

Disciplina

700.79/73

Soggetti

Government aid to the arts - United States

Art commissions - United States

U.S. states - Cultural policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"MG-359-WF."--P. [4] cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-68).

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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 politics closer together. This volume is the



second in a series that covers the findings of a multiyear study of the changing roles and missions of state arts agencies.