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Major Attention Focused on Artists
The individual artist has been the focus of growing attention in recent months with innovative funding opportunities, new artist-oriented programs and some controversial developments. READ MORE...
Arts Education Remains Key Concern
Support for arts education programs remains a concern as cities and states wrestle with budget shortfalls and the Republican Study Committee calls for erasing all funding for arts education. Overseas, the UK has cut its funding of Creative Partnerships, a £38.1-million a year program that's brought professional artists, actors and musicians into more than 2500 British schools.
Plus: AM Briefs on Target, and the AM Round-up of Major Developments in
the Arts.
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CHECKLIST
A selective memo on relevant reading including
a few titles from places not on the beaten cultural path.
- 'This Space for Rent': In Europe. Arts Must Now Woo Commerce, New York Times, January 24, 2011, p. C1.
- Legal Assistance for New Artists, Wall Street Journal, January 28, 2011, p. A25
- Bridge Builders (on U.S. Cultural Diplomacy) Symphony Magazine, Winter 2011, p. 46.
- You're Engaged (on participatory art), ARTnews, January 2011, p. 84.
- Mr. January: A Sexy, Silly Calendar is Both a Product and a Marketing Tool, American Theatre, January 2011, p. 122.
- NEA Feels the Heat. With New Congress in Town, Arts Organization Draws Up Plans, Variety, January 8, 2011, online.
- Nonprofits Strategize to Help Them Cope With a Perilous 2011, The Chronicle of Philanthropy, January 13, 2011, p. 1.
- The Smithsonian Defends Censorship, The Atlantic, January 20, 2011, online.
- The Permanent Collections May Not Be So Permanent, New York Times, January 27, 2011, p. C1.
- The Influence of Messages and Benefits on Donors' Attributed Motivations: Findings of a Study With 14 American Performing Arts Presenters, International Journal of Arts Management, Winter 2011, p.4.
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