Humanities and the Arts

The arts—from visual arts and literature to performing arts such as music, drama, and dance—provide benefits that extend beyond individual enjoyment and personal enrichment, to include exposure to new perspectives, sharpened learning skills among young people, expanded capacity for empathy, and stronger social bonds in communities. RAND studies have shown that the many benefits of arts education and involvement can be sustained and enhanced by strengthening public appreciation of humanities and the arts.

Dissertation
Treasures in the Basement? An Analysis of Collection Utilization in Art Museums
Surveys indicate that 72 percent of U.S. museum artworks reside in storage facilities. Experts argue that keeping many of these works in storage is not advancing the museums' missions and, additionally, that maintaining artworks in storage is costly....
Jan 1, 2002
Report
From Celluloid to Cyberspace: The Media Arts and the Changing Arts World
Examines the organizational features of the media arts, placing them in the context of the broader arts environment and identifying the major challenges they face.
Jan 1, 2002
Report
State of the Performing Arts in America
What is the state of the performing arts in America at the beginning of the 21st century? What does the future hold for America’s performing arts? This report identifies trends affecting audiences, artists, arts organizations, and financing for each of the performing arts, including opera, theater, dance, and music.
Aug 30, 2001
Report
A New Framework for Building Participation in the Arts
This report presents the findings of a RAND study that looks at the process by which individuals become involved in the arts and attempts to identify ways in which arts institutions can most effectively influence this process.
Jan 1, 2001
Research Brief
The Performing Arts: Trends and Their Implications
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.
Jan 1, 2001
Dissertation
Arts, Markets, and Governments: A Study in Cultural Policy Analysis
Many arts firms are experiencing increasing costs relative to their revenues. This dissertation argues that demand management, if properly defined and pursued, represents at least a partial solution to this problem.
Jan 1, 1998
Report
The Use of Subsidies in the Production of Cultural Services.
The possible roles of subsidies provided by the National Endowment for the Arts and the implications for the way in which subsidies are given out are discussed. Although a professed goal of the NEA is to make cultural activities available to more pe...
Jan 1, 1976
Report
Performing Arts Centers and Economic Aspects of the Performing Arts: A Selective Bibliography
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.
Jan 1, 1969
Report
Value-Considerations in Public Policy Issues of the Year 2000.
The list of "Values and Rights" of the Commission on the Year 2000 of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences is used as a basis for an attempt to isolate and analyze those probable and possible changes in values that policymakers of the future mus...
Jan 1, 1967
Report
The History and Development of the Electronic Computer Project at the Institute for Advanced Study
An indication of some of the early history of the electronic digital art, and a discussion of the digital computer work at Princeton.
Jan 1, 1953
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Humanities and the Arts

Treasures in the Basement? An Analysis of Collection Utilization in Art Museums

From Celluloid to Cyberspace: The Media Arts and the Changing Arts World

State of the Performing Arts in America

A New Framework for Building Participation in the Arts

The Performing Arts: Trends and Their Implications

Arts, Markets, and Governments: A Study in Cultural Policy Analysis

The Use of Subsidies in the Production of Cultural Services.

Performing Arts Centers and Economic Aspects of the Performing Arts: A Selective Bibliography

Value-Considerations in Public Policy Issues of the Year 2000.

The History and Development of the Electronic Computer Project at the Institute for Advanced Study

Catherine H. Augustine

Susan A. Resetar

Todd A. Richmond

Melissa Rowe

James V. Marrone

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