Author: Netzer, Dick

Publication Year: 1977

Media Type: Book

Summary:

The author evaluates public funding policies towards the arts. As an economist, [the author] begins with the proposition that a state of affairs in which artistic creation outstrips available funding is not inherently undesirable, that creative individuals will always be able to conceive of more artistic productions than can be financed, no matter how much money is available to them. With that point in mind, he proceeds to identify the conditions under which public support generally is justified and the objectives such support should have.

Abstract:

The author evaluates public funding policies towards the arts. As an economist, [the author] begins with the proposition that a state of affairs in which artistic creation outstrips available funding is not inherently undesirable, that creative individuals will always be able to conceive of more artistic productions than can be financed, no matter how much money is available to them. With that point in mind, he proceeds to identify the conditions under which public support generally is justified and the objectives such support should have.

[The author] seeks to determine the criteria use for making grants by the agencies through which public support for the arts is channeled. One product of this effort is a detailed statistical presentation that clearly illustrates the economic effects and general orientation of public support for the arts in the past decade. The author makes recommendations designed to guide arts agencies in using the funds available to them in the public interest. (p. vii-viii).

CONTENTS
Foreword.
Preface.

1. The open questions.
2. The case for large-scale public support of the arts.
3. Patterns of public support.
4. Direct subsidy programs in the .
5. Support for the arts and the public interest.
6. The direction of public policy: some recommendations.

Appendix:
     A. Public support for the arts in Britain by Geraldine L. Katz.
     B. Some highlights of government support for the arts in the .
     C. Detailed breakdown of grants made by the National Endowment for the Arts,
         Fiscal 1971-74.
     D. Cross-tabulations by purpose and program of grants made by the National 
         Endowment for the Arts, Fiscal 1971-74.
     E. State arts agencies: programs and funds.
     F. Persons interviewed for the case studies.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.

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Categories: Funding