Art Lessons: Learning From The Rise And Fall Of Public Arts Funding
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| Rating | : | 4.65 (729 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0465004377 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-31 |
| Language | : | English |
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Five Stars Farrell GREAT. The definitive book on the National Endowment for the Arts Laurence Jarvik It is a shame the publisher reportedly pulped the unsold copies of this seminal book instead of permitting the author -- and others -- to purchase them. This book gives the best account of the background to the NEA controversy and explains why the National Endowment for the Arts has been a bureaucratic mess since it was first se. "An indispensible and brilliant book about the NEA." according to A Customer. Finally, an objective and impartial history of the troubled National Endowment for the Arts. Fascinating to read, engrossing in its details, brilliant in its analysis, ART LESSONS is a "must read" for anyone who wants to understand why the NEA has gotten in the trouble it finds itself. A perfect 10
In a lively, slashing history of public arts funding in the U.S. Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. from the end of WWII to the present, she finds that "Americans venerate the arts even though they seldom attend or participate." Highbrow arts institutions, knowing they can depend on NEA grants and wealthy donors, cling timidly to tradition, in her analysis. . In her plan, Congress would get out of the culture business, and a 5% tax on movie tickets, video rentals and sports would create a new, nonelitist endowment for the arts. Meanwhile, the relatively small amounts spent on the "cutting edge" support a vested "avant-g
Offering a fresh look at what's wrong with how Americans fund the arts--and why--this book, based on wide-ranging interviews and massive research, goes beyond identifying the failures of the present system to offer a plan for fixing it.