Author: Center for Government, Society, and the Arts

Publication Year: 1981

Media Type: Report

Summary:

With a background of the federal administration's budget cuts and often rumored refocusing of federal support for the arts, the Forum focused on what public policy towards the arts is and ought to be, on what place art has in contemporary society, and on what should be the university's role in the arts. Participants in the forum included members of federal, state, and local arts organizations, civic and business leaders, educators, and concerned citizens.

Abstract:

With a background of the federal administration's budget cuts and often rumored refocusing of federal support for the arts, the Forum focused on what public policy towards the arts is and ought to be, on what place art has in contemporary society, and on what should be the university's role in the arts. Participants in the forum included members of federal, state, and local arts organizations, civic and business leaders, educators, and concerned citizens.

CONTENTS
Public support for the arts by Michael Straight.
The arts in America by David Rockefeller, Jr.
The local arts network: a colloquium with Irvin Brobeck, Janet Daeger and Peter Jablow.
Economic development and the arts: a colloquium with Joseph Golden, David Cwi, and Marian Van Landingham.
The university as arts patron and preserver: a colloquium with James Melchert, Stephen Burton and Norris Houghton.
The arts as social commentary - the documentary film: a colloquium with Lyn Goldfarb and Joel Foreman.
The artist and society: a colloquium with Julia Swoyer, Stephen Goodwin and Al Nodal.
The arts in Northern Virginia in 2000: a colloquium with Joseph Fisher, James Backas, and Michael Kelly.

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Categories: Funding