2002-10-15
The Performing Arts in a new era
Several of the authors of CANs essays about the field of community arts refer to a devastating RAND study of the financial prospects for U.S. performing-arts organizations. The same study, mentioned in APInews #25, has been quoted at every arts conference since it came out in September 2001.
Small organizations, its says, will probably survive by looking to their communities, and large organizations will harvest the big philanthropic bucks. Its the mid-sized groups that have to worry. The study, "The Performing Arts in a New Era" by Kevin McCarthy, Arthur Brooks, Julia Lowell and Laura Zakaras, costs $20 in paperback, but its available as a free download from RAND's Web site. The site also offers a quick-reading research brief.
Small organizations, its says, will probably survive by looking to their communities, and large organizations will harvest the big philanthropic bucks. Its the mid-sized groups that have to worry. The study, "The Performing Arts in a New Era" by Kevin McCarthy, Arthur Brooks, Julia Lowell and Laura Zakaras, costs $20 in paperback, but its available as a free download from RAND's Web site. The site also offers a quick-reading research brief.
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