Author: Keller, Anthony S.

Publication Year: 1980

Media Type: Report

Summary:

The author examines the impact of government arts support systems in Germany, Yugoslavia, France, Holland, Denmark, England and Scotland. Between June and September, 1979, through a generous fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, I traveled in Germany, Yugoslavia, France, Holland, Denmark, England and Scotland, observing the impact of government arts support systems.

Abstract:

The author examines the impact of government arts support systems in Germany, Yugoslavia, France, Holland, Denmark, England and Scotland. Between June and September, 1979, through a generous fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, I traveled in Germany, Yugoslavia, France, Holland, Denmark, England and Scotland, observing the impact of government arts support systems. During a period of four months I interviewed about 150 individuals - artists, municipal, state and national officials; institution heads; and others - who shared with me useful opinions and data about how governments finance and stimulate cultural activity. (p. 3).

CONTENTS

• I. Introduction.
• II. Why governments in Europe and the support the arts:
  • A. General observations.
  • B. The post-war European experience - Background for our intergovernmental
  • partnership agenda.
  • C. Reasons for government support.
  • D. Government support of institutions - The Berlin Philharmonic.
  • E. Government support of artists: The BKR in Holland - The Avant-garde on the Rocks.
  • F. Politics and cultural ferment - The Tomato Revolution.
  • G. The arts as agents of social change - Cultural policy in Sweden.
• III. Decentralization. The Dartington Seminar.
• IV. Decentralization - Three Cases:
  • A. The Arts Council of Great Britain and the regional arts associations.
  • B. The Maisons de la Culture in France.
  • C. German decentralization: an Antidote for the political manipulation of the art by the central government.
• V. Concluding thoughts.
  • John Cage in Bonn.
• VI. Footnotes.
• VII. Bibliography.
• VIII. Appendix.

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Categories: International, Funding