SEARCH RESULTS FOR CENTER FOR ART AND CULTURE: 56 ITEMS FOUND

Author(s): Dr. Clement Price
Date of Publication: May 10, 2015

Immigration has long stirred America’s imagination of its past and of the enduring value of the Republic to the world’s oppressed masses. No other society, we have believed, has been more hospitable to foreigners than ours. The historical settlement of newcomers brings to mind poignant narratives of journeys from desperate places to the Golden Door of modern American society.

Author(s): Polin, Jane L.
Date of Publication: May 10, 2015

In the 2001 landmark school financing case Campaign for Fiscal Equity vs. State of New York, Justice DeGrasse addressed the role of the arts in education. In his ruling, access to a complete education—an education that includes the arts—is the right, not the privilege, of students attending public schools in the state of New York. He went on to acknowledge the potential special benefits of an arts education for students from disadvantaged circumstances.

Author(s): Bye, Carolyn
Date of Publication: May 10, 2015

It is a pleasure to be a part of this day and a part of your initiative, Cultural Policy at the Grassroots. My remarks are based on a report I authored for The McKnight Foundation, A New Angle – Arts Development in the Suburbs. The report looks at suburban arts in a metropolitan context and has many parallels for the work that you are doing here in Prince William County.

Author(s): Mastran, Shelley
Date of Publication: May 10, 2015

This working paper, Fostering Innovations in State Cultural Policy focuses on historic preservation and was prepared for the National Trust for Historic Preservation. It has two parts. Part 1: Readiness of the Historic Preservation Community to Identify, Share, and Replicate State Level Policy Innovations and Part 2: Descriptive Examples of Successful Policy Innovations.

Author(s): Cummings, Milton C.
Date of Publication: Jun 26, 2009

The essay that follows has two objectives. First, to provide a brief survey of some of the major cultural policy initiatives of the United States government from the 1930’s until recent times. Second, to underscore some of the broader patterns and trends that can be discerned in America’s cultural relations with other countries and other peoples.

Author(s): McGill T., Lawrence and Toepler, Stefan (Editors)
Date of Publication: Dec 01, 2005

Envisioned as a means to map current research in the field and to identify areas of overlap as well as existing gaps, the directory compiles results of a Fall 2005 survey shared with numerous individuals and institutions involved in cultural policy research. The web-based questionnaire was designed to capture recent U.S.-based projects, publications and events that are both research-based and policy-focused.

Author(s): Cameron, Ben
Date of Publication: May 25, 2005

Given my background, you would normally expect me to make this argument from the viewpoint of the not- for-profit sector or from the arts community that I am now privileged to represent.

Author(s): Center for Arts and Culture
Date of Publication: May 25, 2005

The Center for Arts & Culture, in partnership with the Arts Council of Fairfax County and George Mason University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts, sponsored a summit on Wednesday, May 25, 2005 at GMU’s Mason Hall. The summit, “Fairfax County Cultural Policy: A Challenge to Our Community,” attracted over 70 attendees. Participants represented a broad cross-section of the county’s arts & cultural, political and business community. What follows is a two page summary and recommendations document.

Author(s): Center for Arts and Culture
Date of Publication: Jul 01, 2004

Attitudes towards the United States as a country and Americans as a people are more negative in early 2004 than in 2002 and close to all time lows.The decline in positive attitudes towards the United States and Americans is both palpable and contrary to national security. This negative view is more pronounced in attitudes towards us as a country (related to U.S. policies) than as a people (related to American values and culture). Still, as a people, while reduced majorities in Europe remain positive towards us, this is not so in Muslim countries. Majorities in those countries hold

Author(s): Mary L. Eckstein, Mary L. and Leong, Susie
Date of Publication: Jul 01, 2004

Recognizing that national issues and conditions affect state and local levels, in 2003 the Center for Arts and Culture began a project to examine how government policies affect community based cultural organizations. Because reduced state funding directly impacts local support for the arts—but is not discussed or monitored as closely and systematically as at the state-level—this project is proving to have strong resonance among local communities across the country. State and local budget cuts have caused many cultural organizations to merge or simply go out of business. How

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