The Arts: Featured Projects
How Local Arts Education Systems Can Deliver High-Quality Learning — Feb. 16, 2007
A RAND Education project is analyzing six local attempts to improve arts education for children. The study examines how collaborative and coordinated efforts strive to achieve high-quality arts learning experiences across communities.
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Developing Sustainable Strategies for Metropolitan Arts and Culture — Jul. 12, 2006
In many cities, the arts are a powerful draw, bringing locals and tourists into the urban core for activities and events. This study examines the historical, institutional, social and demographic factors of 11 metropolitan areas to recommend effective approaches to sustaining their cultural sectors.
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Reinventing the State Arts Agency: The Search for New Missions and Roles — Oct. 12, 2005
State arts agencies provide more than half of all public-sector arts funding in the United States. The State Arts Partnerships for Cultural Participation (START) initiative was designed to help them develop new and more effective ways of encouraging greater local participation in the arts and culture. This study is looking at the new strategies emerging from that initiative.
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Examining the State of the Arts in America — Feb. 15, 2005
What are the overall trends affecting the arts in the last few decades, and what do they imply about the future of the arts in America? A series of studies seeks to address this question, each report focusing on a different art form.
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