Author: Grist, Edward T.

Publication Year: 1979

Media Type: Conference paper/presentation

Summary:

Paper presented at First International Conference on Arts and Economics, sponsored by the Association for Cultural Economics, held in Edinburgh, Scotland, August 8-10, 1979.

Abstract:

Paper presented at First International Conference on Arts and Economics, sponsored by the Association for Cultural Economics, held in Edinburgh, Scotland, August 8-10, 1979. Comment by James F. Richardson appears on p. 290.

Subsidy is the key to financing the arts in Great Britain. Without it, the performing arts would have suffered a lingering death. National finance for the arts is channeled through the Arts Council of Great Britain; however, there is no direct government control over its allocation. There is a private sector, comprising the West End, some seaside theaters, and touring companies, but most of the performing arts, including the theater, survive through subsidy. (p. 284)

CONTENTS
The university theatre and the contact theatre company.
Managerial problems.
Managerial problems: a microcosm of general arts management.
References [bibliography].

Arts & Intersections:

Categories: Fundraising