The three models described in this issue of Monographs are like good teachers. They share an earnest concern for providing arts education programs in communities where the schools have been challenged by local economic difficulties. They have thoughtfully examined the resources of the community and have constructed their own particular approaches toward a solution.

Arts incubators are a new, but growing, phenomena in the world of local arts agencies. They are facilities that create a nurturing environment for small and emerging arts organizations by offering low-cost or subsidized space and services.

November 1994 Monograph highlights findings from our 1993 Survey of Local Arts Agencies.

Drawing on his multi-national perspective and his belief that contemporary governments must address cultural planning and support with the same energy and enthusiasm as economic or environmental policies, Lewis makes a strong case that cultural norms are being established by large industrial enterprises. He says that the traditionally defined options for government in regard to the arts are out of date and inadequate. In this article he makes a strong and controversial case for an increased and expanded...role for government. (p. 5-6) Includes references [bibliography].

February 1993 Monograph highlights the Local Arts Agency Facts Survey for fiscal year 1991

Paper presented at the conference Museums and Communities, held at the International Center of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, March 21-23, 1990, and sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation and the Smithsonian.

Cultural plans generally are shaped by responding to the arts from an aesthetic rather than a cultural thrust; thus the spokespersons for community needs are primarily arts audiences, artists and arts organizations together with community leaders interested in education, tourism, and economic development.

Presented at Different Voices: a Social, Cultural, and Historical Framework for Change in the American Art Museum, a two-part symposium presented by the Association of Art Museum Directors. Part 1 was held in Chicago, Illinois, June 1-8, 1990. Part 2 was held in Honolulu, Hawaii, January 31, 1991-February 1, 1991.

The Steamboat Springs Master Plan for Culture and Livability is a 1991 community plan for civic improvement. The overall goal is to promote the quality of cultural life in Steamboat Springs and Routt County.

Review by Kathy Dwyer Southern of the book The Community Cultural Planning Work Kit (Amherst, Ma., University of Massachusetts, Arts Extension Service, 1987, 1990 (two volumes) 114 p.)