03128nam 22005414a 450 991021998910332120200520144314.00-8330-4087-11-4337-0957-0(CKB)1000000000345709(EBL)300531(OCoLC)476078270(Au-PeEL)EBL300531(CaPaEBR)ebr10152610(MiAaPQ)EBC300531(oapen)doab114612(EXLCZ)99100000000034570920060322d2006 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe arts and state governments at arm's length or arm in arm? /Julia F. Lowell, Elizabeth Heneghan Ondaatje1st ed.Santa Monica, CA RAND Corporation20061 online resource (xvi, 68 pages) illustrations, map"MG-359-WF."--P. [4] cover.0-8330-3867-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-68).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.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.Government aid to the artsUnited StatesCase studiesArt commissionsUnited StatesU.S. statesCultural policyGovernment aid to the artsArt commissionsU.S. statesCultural policy.700.79/73Lowell Julia1961-987405Ondaatje Elizabeth Heneghan973388MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910219989103321The arts and state governments2256761UNINA