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The arts and state governments : at arm's length or arm in arm?
- Title
- The arts and state governments : at arm's length or arm in arm? / Julia F. Lowell, Elizabeth Heneghan Ondaatje.
- Author
- Lowell, Julia, 1961-
- Publication
- Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, 2006.
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- Additional Authors
- Ondaatje, Elizabeth Heneghan.
- Description
- xvi, 68 pages : illustrations, map; 26 cm
- Summary
- 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, or SAAs, to address a changing political and fiscal environment and present their findings on the risks and rewards of bringing the arts and political worlds closer together.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Case studies
- Case studies.
- Études de cas.
- Note
- "MG-359-WF."--P. [4] cover.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-68).
- 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.
- ISBN
- 0833038672
- 9780833038678
- LCCN
- 2006009929
- 9780833038678
- OCLC
- ocm65400195
- 65400195
- SCSB-9126896
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library