The author discusses the need for individuals to engage in some type of cultural activity.

The author's essays discusses and defends music and culture in the United States. Of particular importance is the author's emphasis on American music: the problems of maintaining American compositions in the repertory, the fate of orchestras and opera companies, the role of public and private funding, the destinies of performers, the nature of arts administration, and the hunt for the wider audience.

The authors examine the ten forces that they predict will transform the world during the 1990's. They identify one of these as a renaissance in the arts. In the final years before the millennium there will be a fundamental and revolutionary shift in leisure time and spending priorities. During the 1990's the arts will gradually replace sports as society's primary leisure activity. This extraordinary megatrend is already visible in an explosion in the visual and performing arts that is already well under way. From the and Europe to the Pacific Rim, wherever the affluent information economy has

Billy Taylor is the presenter (p. 89-98) while Jimmy Lyons (p. 99-101) and George Butler
(p. 103-112) are the respondents to the question of jazz in the contemporary marketplace. Taylor states the following:

Gary Giddins is the presenter (p. 33-44) while Dan Morgenstern is the respondent (p. 45-53) on the evolution of jazz. Giddins sees jazz in decline in the while Morgenstern examines alternate ways to revitalize jazz in America.

The authors using Survey of Public Participation in the Arts (SPPA) data, analyze differences in the participation of black and white Americans in a wide variety of arts activities. They document relatively small but persistent differences in the arts participation of blacks and whites. For example, blacks attend jazz concerts at higher rates than whites, while the consumption by blacks of live Euro-American performing arts events is lower than that of whites. Effects of race on these activities, however, are far less than those of educational attainment and other factors, except with

This annual survey of a representative group of nonprofit theatres was known as the TCG fiscal survey in 1974, 1975, 1976; the TCG survey in 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980; and as Theatre facts since 1981. Theatre Facts also appears as a supplement to American Theatre magazine, usually in the April issue.

Cultural objects make visible the cultural principles and categories that form the basis of any society. Art objects are not an exception, although, unlike other aspects of material culture, they not only reflect, persuade and convince members of the importance of these rules (McCracken, 1986) but they also critique and challenge the very fabric of society. This paper considers a number of ways in which art is perceived and experienced in a museum.

During 1988 and 1989 a series of surveys of public opinion was conducted for the Australia Council by the Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research. The surveys were part of the weekly omnibus survey conducted by the Roy Morgan Research Center Pty Ltd, in which around 1200 Australians are interviewed in both country and city areas. The results are presented in the main body of this report.

Paper presented at the Fifth International Conference on Cultural Economics held at the Canada Council, Ottawa, Canada, September 27-30, 1988.