TY - BOOK AU - Lowell,Julia AU - Ondaatje,Elizabeth Heneghan ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - The arts and state governments: at arm's length or arm in arm? AV - NX740 .L67 2006eb U1 - 700.79/73 22 PY - 2006/// CY - Santa Monica, CA PB - RAND Corporation KW - Government aid to the arts KW - United States KW - Case studies KW - Art commissions KW - U.S. states KW - Cultural policy KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - "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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10152610 ER -