http://www.metafilter.com/activity/18447/posts/mefi/ MetaFilter posts by geryon en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 120 http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/40414 What Can Art Do for You? We’ve all heard that Art <a href="http://chicago.about.com/cs/theate1/a/032804_theater_p.htm">enriches our communities,</a> <a href="http://www.ncarts.org/newsletter/fall99pgs/benefit.html">makes our children smarter,</a> and <a href="http://www.artsusa.org/common/contenta.asp?id=198">brings in money and jobs.</a> In response to <a href="http://www.wallacefoundation.org/NR/rdonlyres/9120074D-0BFA-4B86-A428-2433BD224179/0/GiftsoftheMuseExSumm.pdf">the recently released RAND study</a> (PDF) which critiqued the arguments made by arts organizations for the funding of the arts, Doug McLennan of ArtsJournal.com invited <a href="http://www.artsjournal.com/muse/bios.php">“11 prominent arts people”</a> to discuss if there is a better way to advocate for the arts. <a href="http://www.artsjournal.com/muse/2005/03/common_sense.php">Why do we need to market the arts?</a> <a href="http://www.artsjournal.com/muse/2005/03/music_is_the_be.php">Shouldn’t Art advocate for itself?</a> Are there different ways to sell the benefits of the arts in this day and age? tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.40414 Mon, 14 Mar 2005 13:09:54 -0800 arts advocacy RAND artsjournal geryon