The arts and state governments

Lowell, Julia, 1961-

The arts and state governments at arm's length or arm in arm? / [electronic resource] : Julia F. Lowell, Elizabeth Heneghan Ondaatje. - Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, 2006. - xvi, 68 p. : ill., map.

"MG-359-WF."--P. [4] cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-68).

1. Introduction -- Research approach -- Report overview -- 2. At arms-length -- SAAS governance structure and decisionmaking processes -- Advocacy -- Insulation or isolation? -- 3. Catalysts for change -- Budgetary trends -- Political developments -- 4. Making the case for the arts in Montana -- Brief history of the Montana Arts Council -- Montana's new strategy : marketing the arts and the agency -- 5. New priorities for public arts funding in Maine -- Brief history of the Maine Arts Commission -- Maine's strategy : strengthening communities, strengthening alliances -- 6. Strategic management of state arts agencies -- Public-value framework -- Lessons from Montana and Maine -- Relevance of lessons to other states -- Arm in arm with state government leaders? -- 7. At arms-length-- but dancing -- Risks of arm-in-arm approaches -- Rewards of arm-in-arm approaches -- Appendix A. Some facts about state arts agencies -- Appendix B. Montana Arts Council's listening tour.


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Government aid to the arts--United States--Case studies.
Art commissions--United States.
U.S. states--Cultural policy.


Electronic books.

NX740 / .L67 2006eb

700.79/73