The author introduces the articles in this special issue on restructuring arts institutions in response to the change in arts funding of the 1990s.

The U.S. stands on the edge of a new frontier - a world both at home and abroad, that is in flux and out of balance. This dynamic environment will need more than a strong will and muscle to come to terms with its problems and contending forces. The new frontier is a complex global society that will demand the power of the imagination and the forces of regeneration to meet its challenges.

This bibliography on arts research lists all studies held in the Arts Research Library of the Research & Evaluation Section, the Canada Council. (from abstract)

This book examines all the major elements of the nonprofit sector ﾝhealth services, educational and research institutions, religious organizations, social services, arts and cultural organizations, and foundations ﾝdescribing each institution and its function, and then exploring how their benefits are distributed across various economic classes. The book's findings indicate that while few institutions serve primarily the poor, there is no evidence of a gross distribution of benefits upwards toward the more affluent. The source of an institution's funding is also shown to be an important

This notebook contains the background materials for annual meeting of the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies held in New York City, November 7-10, 1991. The theme of the meeting was Public Policy, Parallel Cultures and Economic Survival.

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.

This is a companion book to The Discoverers by author/historian Daniel J. Boorstin. It brings to life more than 3,000 years of achievement in the arts. Boorstin puts flesh on the great figures who have created our cultural heritage---from the pyramid builder to Picasso---enriching our world with architecture, painting, sculpture, music, drama, dance, and literature.

This report presents the findings from a comprehensive ascertainment of public radio stations' programming strategies. The study was conducted on behalf of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting by Audience Research analysis and Thomas & Clifford. More than 740 stations were contacted for the study; some 570 chose to participate.

The author discusses the role of the NEA in the cultural life of the and the public role it plays. Overall, the Arts Endowment has sought to build a broad base of public support, from within the arts world and without, while also broadening the nation's cultural base in both its variety and availability. Public support has come to be associated with greater access to, and awareness of, the arts, even as the NEA has sought not be become identified with particular aesthetic values. On the other hand, the NEA's record has proven no more immune from political controversy than other public

[These] observations [are] made by [the author] during his tenure as assistant secretary of state for cultural and educational affairs during the Johnson administration, a position since abolished. It was [the author's] hope that by giving greater attention to cultural concerns the nation's capital would become less one-dimensional, a city not totally preoccupied with political decision making. It was also one of the benefits of [the author's] position to have discovered firsthand what the term culture means to Washington's official inhabitants, namely, the dead hand of the past, opening