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Policy Partners: Making the Case for State Investments in Culture

Author: Dwyer, Christine M and Frankel, Susan

Publication Year: 2002

Media Type: Report

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This report on a year-long feasibility study shows that advocates on the state level are having success developing reliable funding for arts and culture through opportunistic coalition-building that brings together the interests of public and private, cultural and non-cultural groups and agencies.

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A new cultural policy publication, Policy Partners: Making the Case for State Investments in Culture, shows that advocates on the state level are having success developing reliable funding for arts and culture through opportunistic coalition-building that brings together the interests of public and private, cultural and non-cultural groups and agencies. The study highlights policy victories in 10 states where line-item appropriations, taxes and other funding mechanisms have been used to support the arts, humanities, historic preservation and folklife. The policies profiled in the report point to the increasing evidence that governors and other state policymakers consider the development of cultural resources integral to comprehensive plans aimed at stimulating regional economic growth. The report also outlines the key conditions and capacities needed for such strategies to be used in other states. (Publishers description)

This year-long feasibility study was supported by The Pew Charitable Trusts. The report was prepared by RMC Research Corp. In Spring 2002, The Pew Charitable Trusts provided a grant to the Center for Arts and Culture, an independent, Washington DC-based policy think tank, to disseminate the ideas in this publication.

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Categories: Partnerships, Heritage & Preservation, Funding, Cultural Planning

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Pages: 81

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Name: Center for Arts and Culture

Website URL: http://www.AmericansForTheArts.org