Arts and Culture in the Metropolis Strategies for Sustainability

by McCarthy, Kevin F.; Ondaatje, Elizabeth Heneghan; Novak, Jennifer L.

• ISBN13: 9780833038906
• ISBN10: 0833038907
• Edition: DVD
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-02-16
• Publisher: RAND Corporation

Summary

The nonprofit arts currently face an environment that challenges the way they have grown and raises the prospect of future consolidation. The authors focus on the relationship among the components of local communities' arts ecology and develop a new framework for evaluating systems of support to the arts. They then use this framework to assess the strengths and weaknesses of Philadelphia1s arts sector.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. iii
Figures	p. ix
Tables	p. xi
Summary	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xix
Introduction	p. 1
The Context	p. 1
The Study	p. 3
Objectives of the Monograph	p. 3
Research Approach	p. 4
The Organizational Infrastructure of the Local Arts Sector	p. 4
The Structure of Local Support	p. 4
The Larger Sociodemographic and Economic Context	p. 5
Organization of the Monograph	p. 6
The Roots of the Challenges Facing the Nonprofit Arts	p. 7
Historical Patterns	p. 7
The 1960s	p. 8
The 1990s to the Present	p. 11
Short- and Long-Term Issues	p. 13
The Ecology of the Arts Sector	p. 15
Introduction	p. 15
Nonprofit Arts Organizations	p. 17
Arts-Presenting Organizations	p. 18
Financial Support	p. 21
Community Context	p. 24
Sociodemographics	p. 24
Historical and Institutional Factors	p. 26
Discussion	p. 30
Community Responses	p. 33
Introduction	p. 33
Organizational Arrangements	p. 33
Structure	p. 34
Division of Labor Among Agencies	p. 38
Organizational Functions	p. 40
Financing	p. 41
Technical Assistance	p. 45
Art Presentation	p. 46
Promotion and Advocacy	p. 47
Economic Development	p. 49
Using the Framework As a Strategic Planning Tool	p. 51
Comparing Communities by Service Levels	p. 52
Ratings by Grant Levels	p. 52
Ratings by Technical Assistance Function	p. 54
Ratings by Arts Presentation and Public Art Functions	p. 54
Ratings by Promotion and Advocacy Functions	p. 54
Ratings by Economic Development Function	p. 55
Support Systems and the Local Arts Ecology	p. 56
Philadelphia	p. 59
Introduction	p. 59
Philadelphia's Arts Ecology	p. 59
The Arts Infrastructure	p. 59
Strengths and Weaknesses of the Arts Infrastructure	p. 61
The Support Structure	p. 64
Strengths and Weaknesses of the Support Structure	p. 68
The Regional Environment	p. 69
Strengths and Weaknesses of the Regional Context	p. 73
Threats, Opportunities, and Strategies to Deal with Them	p. 75
Threats	p. 75
Opportunities	p. 78
Recommendations	p. 81
The Longer Term	p. 88
List of Interviewees by City	p. 91
Bibliography	p. 97
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