Cultural Policy

May 31, 2008 by admin

2007, 57 pages. The Boston Foundation, 75 Arlington St., Boston, MA, 02116, (617) 338-1700, www.tbf.org
PDF online: www.bostonindicators.org

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May 31, 2008 by admin

2007, 79 pages. The Boston Foundation, 75 Arlington Street, Boston, MA 02116, (617) 338-1700, www.tbf.org
PDF Online: www.bostonindicators.org

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May 31, 2008 by admin

2007, 18 pages. Impacts 08 � The Liverpool Model, Eleanor Rathborne Building, Bedford St South, Liverpool, L69 7ZA, +44 (0)151 794 2988, www.impacts08.net
PDF online: www.ksghauser.harvard.edu/whats_new/CI_proceedings.pdf

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May 31, 2008 by admin

Arts and education grantmakers at an historic gathering in Santa Fe in October of 2007 agreed on the need to forge a new vision for public education in the United States and to collectively explore how the arts can help shape and realize that vision.

Convened by Grantmakers in the Arts and Grantmakers for Education, more than 100 foundation representatives met formally for the first time under the aegis of their two affinity organizations to debate and discuss the role of the arts in education.

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August 31, 2007 by admin

2007, 102 pages. RAND Corporation, 1776 Main Street, P.O. Box 2138, Santa Monica, CA 90407, 310-451-7002, www.rand.org

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August 31, 2007 by admin

2007, Americans for the Arts, 1000 Vermont Avenue, NW, 6th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, 202-371-2830, www.americansforthearts.org

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August 31, 2007 by admin
Another project underway for historian Jim Smith, author of the preceding “A Profession of Philanthropy,” is a new piece, commissioned by the Aspen Institute, that examines the ways that foundation giving to arts and culture is fundamentally different from giving to other fields. We coaxed Jim to contribute a brief preview of this line of inquiry. Excerpts from this nascent work in progress have been woven together by Jim and Anne Focke into this brief, provocative piece.
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August 31, 2007 by admin
As we were recruiting writers for this issue of the Reader, we learned that John Rockwell was retiring from his position as arts critic for The New York Times. It was all too tempting to ask Rockwell to reflect on the arts as he has chronicled them through his career. His response was to address the relationship between culture and class—both in history and in the present—raising questions about patronage and access, and the differences across classes in the kinds of art that are supported and accepted.
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August 31, 2007 by admin
Poet, novelist, and dramatist Denise Chávez lives in the borderland between New Mexico and Mexico. There, following in the footsteps of the women of her family, particularly her Tiá Chita (who created a lending library in a small town in Texas), Denise is a founder of the Border Book Festival—creating a sense of community through books and writers. In visiting New Mexico, we wanted GIA members to experience the difference between its northern and southern regions.
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