The arts and state governments : : at arm's length or arm in arm? / / Julia F. Lowell, Elizabeth Heneghan Ondaatje.
State government spending on the arts is minimal-and may be losing ground relative to other state expenditures. The authors examine efforts made by state arts agencies to address a changing political and fiscal environment and present their findings on the risks and rewards of bringing the arts and...
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| Year of Publication: | 2006 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 68 pages) :; illustrations, map |
| Notes: | "MG-359-WF."--P. [4] cover. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.