RAND research on the arts includes explorations of national, state, and local arts policies; the impact of such policies on the availability of and accessibility to performing arts such as music, dance, and drama; and the use of arts education to help cultivate an audience for performing arts organizations.
COMMENTARY
While female suicide bombers in Iraq have been getting all the headlines, a very different cadre of women has emerged on the scene with the opposite goal of forging peace and paving over the sectarian differences. Above all, these activists want to take back the streets and neighborhoods of their country, write Edward O'Connell and Cheryl Benard.
REPORT
State arts agencies — key players within the U.S. system of public support for the arts — face a wide varitey of challenges to their typical roles as grantmakers. The author concludes that future state arts policy is likely to focus more on efforts to develop the creative economy and to grow the audience for the arts.
RESEARCH BRIEF
This research brief describes an effort carried out to describe and understand the strategies being used by innovative state arts agencies to deal with today's financial and political realities.
NEWS RELEASE
Policymakers have underestimated the critical role of arts learning in supporting a vibrant nonprofit cultural sector. Despite decades of effort to make high-quality works of art available to Americans, demand for the arts has failed to keep pace with supply.
RESEARCH BRIEF
This research brief summarizes a study about what it means to cultivate demand for the arts, why it is important to do so, the role of arts learning in this effort, and arts and education policy changes needed to build future arts audiences.
NEWS RELEASE
RAND Study Says Arts Policy Should Focus on
Building Individual Appreciation of the Arts
NEWS RELEASE
Arts Agencies Need to Reach Out to Broader Public in Order to Avoid Cycle of Budget Woes.
RESEARCH BRIEF
This research brief describes work documented in Arts Education Partnerships: Lessons Learned from One School District's Experience (MG-222-EDU).
REPORT
This book examines recent trends in the performing arts and discusses howthe arts are likely to evolve in the future.
REPORT
This report presents an introduction to the best of the growing body of literature on participation-building.
RESEARCH BRIEF
Media coverage of the performing arts in America paints a contradictory picture. The authors conclude that the structure of the performing arts system is undergoing a fundamental shift.
REPORT
A listing of about 215 books and magazine articles on the "live" performing arts, excluding cinema and music halls, but including theater, opera, ballet, and concerts. Community and campus theater is included.
PEOPLE
Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in economics, University of California, Berkeley; B.A. in economics, Wellesley College
PEOPLE
Adjunct Staff
Ph.D. in sociology, University of Wisconsin; B.A. in government, Wesleyan University
PEOPLE
Senior Communications Analyst
Ph.D. in English, University of Washington
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