Author: Parkhurst, Carolyn

Publication Year: 1997

Media Type: Periodical (article)

Summary:

This issue of Monographs will examine the ways in which community arts organizations can make use of literary programming to reach new audiences.

Abstract:

Literature can be an effective tool for bringing art to new segments of the community. This issue of Monographs will examine the ways in which community arts organizations can make use of literary programming to reach new audiences. The emergence of literary activity in the Twin Cities - Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota - serves as a useful model; in this community, literary organizations and local arts agencies have worked together to elevate literature to a visible, public art form, and have, in a relatively short period of time, created a thriving literary community that continues to bring literature to new and varied audiences. (p. 1)

CONTENTS
The Minnesota Model: Reaching New Audiences with Literature.
"An Opera Out of an Apartment": The Benefits of Literature.
The Minnesota Model: The Emergence of a Literary Community.
Making the Model Possible: Funding and Board Structures.
"About a Hundred Songbirds Saying Your Name": The Results of Literary Programming.
"A Natural Ecology of Readers and Writers": The Basics of Literary Programming.
About Americans for the Arts.

Arts & Intersections:

Categories: Marketing and Communications, Creative Workforce, Creative Economies, Civic Dialogue and Social Change