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The Arts: Featured Research

Improving Arts Education Is Key To Stemming Audience Decline — Sep. 8, 2008

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.

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Public and Private Collaboration Can Provide Arts Education, Aid Child Development — Jun. 18, 2008

Amid cutbacks in school arts education funding, public and private organizations in six urban regions have collaborated to expand access to arts learning for children in and outside of public school.

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The Arts Debate: What do People Value About the Arts? — Mar. 29, 2008

In 2006 and 2007, Arts Council England ran a large inquiry called 'the arts debate'. A summary of the feedback from this inquiry offers insight into what people value about the arts and what principles should guide publicly funded arts organizations.

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A Vision for the Arts in Los Angeles — May 14, 2007

The arts in L.A. are booming. But the city, major players, the public, and the arts sector lack a shared vision for realizing its full potential. On October 5, 2006, RAND hosted a Policy Forum to guide strategic thinking about the future of the arts in Los Angeles.

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Greater Collaboration and Centralization of Functions Needed to Support Arts — Mar. 9, 2007

The arts sector in Philadelphia and other big cities would benefit greatly from a strong local agency to coordinate cultural activities and help make arts an integral part of each community.

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Strategies for Building Support for State Arts Agencies — Aug. 7, 2006

State arts agencies have contributed to a nationwide flourishing of professional artists and art organizations. Those agencies seeking increased state government support for the arts should strengthen their relationships with elected officials and raise their profile with the public.

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Visual Arts Picture Isn't as Rosy as It First Appears — Aug. 11, 2005

Despite record museum attendance, booming commercial popularity, soaring prices for artists' work and well-publicized museum expansions, the relationship between visual artists, institutions and patrons faces significant challenges.

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Reframing the Debate About the Benefits of the Arts — Feb. 15, 2005

The key to spreading the benefits of the arts is to engage greater numbers of Americans. To that end, attention and resources must be balanced between building the supply of the arts and cultivating demand for them.

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LA Schools’ Arts Need Coordination With Arts Groups — Sep. 15, 2004

Arts education programs in Los Angeles public schools could become more effective if schools and local arts organizations work together to create a coherent, standards-based arts curriculum.

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Arts Agencies Need to Reach Out to Broader Public — Jun. 4, 2004

With tight budgets forcing cuts in state spending nationwide, the state arts agencies will have to increase public participation in and government backing for their arts programs to avoid a continued cycle of budget woes.

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