Author: Arey, June Batten

Publication Year: 1972

Media Type: Book

Summary:

Drawn from eight meetings held at Spring Hill Conference Center between December 1972 and December 1973, this book examines the role of state art agencies in the funding of the arts. Two themes underlying many of Spring Hill's sponsored conferences are the governance of institutions and future planning. The meetings of state arts agency board and staff members were planned to consider the purposes of state arts agencies, the programs to carry out those purposes, and the personnel necessary to carry out those purposes and programs. The inter-relationships and responsibilities of staff and board members is of central concern in the governance of state arts agencies as it is with all institutions.

Abstract:

Drawn from eight meetings held at Spring Hill Conference Center between December 1972 and December 1973, this book examines the role of state art agencies in the funding of the arts. Two themes underlying many of Spring Hill's sponsored conferences are the governance of institutions and future planning. The meetings of state arts agency board and staff members were planned to consider the purposes of state arts agencies, the programs to carry out those purposes, and the personnel necessary to carry out those purposes and programs. The inter-relationships and responsibilities of staff and board members is of central concern in the governance of state arts agencies as it is with all institutions.

Forty-two states and one special jurisdiction ultimately participated in the discussions in groups of from 12 to 17 people. Each conference began with the board member and staff person describing the structure and program of their state agency. This served to familiarize the other participants with the history and operation of the agency in each state. To some degree it also increased the opportunity to base the ensuing discussion on general principles and future planning rather than a reiteration of the way we do it in our state.(p. x-xi)

CONTENTS
1. The agencies as they see themselves.

2. Purpose of state arts agencies.
    Art or culture.
    Quality.
    Communities and grass roots.
    Institutions.
    The artist.

3. Program of state arts agencies.
    Major arts institutions.
    Continuity and general support.
    Individual artists.
    Ethnic groups.
    Technical assistance.
    Ticket endowment.
    Arts and environmental programs.
    Arts and technology.
    Artists in the school.
    Arts and public education systems.
    Colleges and universities.
    Other governmental agencies.
    International programming.
    Regionalism.
    Regional coordinators.
    Regional organizations.
    Ad Hoc interstate cooperation.
    In-state regionalism.

4. Personnel of state arts agencies.
    Structure and function.
    Board.
    Chairmen.
    Executive directors.
    Staff.
    Advisory panels.
    Judgment and responsibility.
    Meetings.
    Planning and policy meetings.
    Open meetings.
    Political action.

5. Peers and politics.
    State government reorganization.
    PPBS - Computer budgeting.
    State funding: A measure of success?
    Political interference or control.
    Pluralism of support for the arts.
    Promotion and the press.
    Humanities.
    Judging state arts agencies.
    The National Assembly of State Arts Agencies and the Associated Councils of the
    Arts.
    The National Endowment for the Arts.

Appendix A. Structure and environment of state agencies.
Appendix B. Institutions represented in the Spring Hill conferences.

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Categories: Funding