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RAND is building a research capability in the arts to provide useful data and analysis to policymakers, arts practitioners, and the academic community. View all Arts Documents Available Online or find general information at Reports and Bookstore.

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The Arts Debate: What do People Value About the Arts? — Mar. 29, 2008

Woman looking at painting

In 2006 and 2007, Arts Council England ran a large inquiry called 'the arts debate'. A summary of the feedback from this inquiry offers insight into what people value about the arts and what principles should guide publicly funded arts organizations.

A Vision for the Arts in Los Angeles — May 14, 2007

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, AP Images/Reed Saxon

The arts in L.A. are booming. But the city, major players, the public, and the arts sector lack a shared vision for realizing its full potential. On October 5, 2006, RAND hosted a Policy Forum to guide strategic thinking about the future of the arts in Los Angeles.

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The Performing Arts in a New Era

Cover: The Performing Arts in a New Era

The Performing Arts in a New Era is the first book to provide a comprehensive overview of the performing arts, including analysis of opera, theater, dance, and music, in both their live and recorded forms. The authors focus on trends affecting four aspects of the performing arts — audiences, performers, arts organizations, and financing — and offer a vision for the future.

State Arts Agencies 1965-2003: Whose Interests to Serve?

Cover: State Arts Agencies 1965-2003

Numerous U.S. state and jurisdictional governments cut their arts budgets in 2003 and 2004. The author argues that the reason for these cuts is not just a one-time fiscal crisis, but the political weakness of state arts agencies that has arisen because of a growing mismatch between their roles and structures and the cultural and political realities they face. A shift in the arts agencies' focus and funding may be a solution, but it cannot take place until important conceptual and practical issues are resolved.

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