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The Arts and State Governments
At Arm’s Length or Arm in Arm?
Even though a majority of Americans claim to support public funding of the arts, state government spending on the arts is minimal — and may be losing ground relative to other types of state expenditures. Moreover, most state arts agencies, or SAAs, have not succeeded in convincing state government leaders that the arts should be integral to their planning for their states’ futures. This report, the second in a series commissioned by The Wallace Foundation to cover the findings of a multiyear RAND Corporation study of SAAs’ changing roles and missions, examines SAA leaders’ efforts to more firmly establish their agencies’ value to state government in a changing political and fiscal environment. Case studies of two SAAs are used to illustrate a more strategic approach to public management, and to clarify some of the risks and rewards of bringing the arts and political worlds closer together.
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Contents
Chapter One:
Introduction
Chapter Two:
At Arm’s Length
Chapter Three:
Catalysts for Change
Chapter Four:
Making the Case for the Arts in Montana
Chapter Five:
New Priorities for Public Arts Funding in Maine
Chapter Six:
Strategic Management of State Arts Agencies
Chapter Seven:
At Arm’s Length … But Dancing
Appendix A:
Some Facts About State Arts Agencies
Appendix B:
Montana Arts Council’s Listening Tour
The research in this report was produced within RAND Education, a unit of the RAND Corporation. The research was commissioned by The Wallace Foundation as part of its State Arts Partnerships for Cultural Participation (START) initiative, which was designed to help state arts agencies develop more-effective strategies for encouraging arts participation in their states.
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