Fifth annual Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy was presented by the American Council for the Arts, at the National Gallery of Art, East Wing Auditorium, Washington, DC, March 18, 1991. The lecturer, Franklin D. Murphy discussed the propriety of government at any level providing support for the arts. In addition, he discusses the importance of art in enriching people's lives, and the need to continue to express artistic freedom without political influence.

Fourth annual Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy was presented by the American Council for the Arts, at the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC, March 20, 1991. The speaker, John Brademas, discusses the role of the federal government in supporting the arts, in particular reviewing that relationship from 1989 to 1991. He pays particular attention to the work of the Independent Commission; and considers ways of reinvigorating the National Endowment for the Arts.

This chapter describes the Touring Arts Team, a program supported by the Iowa and South Dakota arts councils.

The 2nd annual Hancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy was presented on April 12, 1989, at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC. by the Friends of Nancy Hanks and the American Council for the Arts. The speaker was Leonard Garment.

Leonard Garment is counsel and heads the public policy practice group of Dechert Price & Rhoads. He began his career in 1949 with the firm of Mudge, Stern, Williams & Tucker, became partner in 1956, and remained with the firm as the head of the litiga­tion department until he joined partner Richard M. Nixon at the White House in 1969. Garment

This lecture delivered by Arthur Schlesinger as the first annual Nancy Hanks Lecture on the Arts and Public Policy, April 13, 1988, at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC; and presented by the Friends of Nancy Hanks and the American Council for the Arts.

Each listing in this directory includes the name, address, phone number, contact person(s), board president and the are served by a local arts council, arts center, or university/college with community arts development interests in Illinois. A local arts council is defined as a community or regional organization or agency of city government, which provides financial support, services or other programs for a variety of arts organizations, individual artists and the community.

This article traces the development of the AISP software program for the benefit of local arts agencies in Pennsylvania|In March of 1982, four executive directors of major Pennsylvania local arts agencies (LAAs) met informally to discuss common needs and problems regarding information management. During this brief plenary session, the four agreed that there was a need for a statewide initiative in the area of computers and information systems for local arts agencies. These conversations were the genesis of the Pennsylvania Arts Information Systems Project (PAIS).

The National Endowment for the Arts, for an agency of its small size and budget, is unusually complex, board in scope, and national in impact. This national impact is in part the result of the Endowment's integral relationship with 56 state and territorial arts agencies, 8 regional organizations, and may local arts agencies, which share with the federal agency many common goals, policies, and constituents. The purpose of this report of the Policy Study Group convened by the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies is to inform the Presidential Task Force of the relationship between the Arts

This is a directory of technical assistance resources for Local Arts Agencies (LAAs): resources you might be able to find in your own community and state, and resources available from regional and national organizations, as well as publications. (p. 4)

This report examines that cities and counties can support the arts in the local community.