BOOKS - Entering Cultural Communities
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464991
464991
Entering Cultural Communities
Author: Diane Grams
Year: 2008
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 3.4 MB
Language: English
Year: 2008
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 3.4 MB
Language: English
Arts organizations once sought patrons primarily from among the wealthy and well educated but for many decades now they have revised their goals as they seek to broaden their audiences Today museums orchestras dance companies theaters and community cultural centers try to involve a variety of people in the arts They strive to attract a more racially and ethnically diverse group of people those from a broader range of economic backgrounds new immigrants families and youth The chapters in this book draw on interviews with leaders staff volunteers and audience members from eighty five nonprofit cultural organizations to explore how they are trying to increase participation and the extent to which they have been successful The insiders accounts point to the opportunities and challenges involved in such efforts from the reinvention of programs and creation of new activities to the addition of new departments and staff dynamics to partnerships with new groups The authors differentiate between relational and transactional practices the former term describing efforts to build connections with local communities and the latter describing efforts to create new consumer markets for cultural products In both cases arts leaders report that although positive results are difficult to measure conclusively long term efforts bring better outcomes than short term activities The organizations discussed include large medium and small nonprofits located in urban suburban and rural areas from large institutions such as the Smithsonian the Walker Art Center the Museum of Fine Arts Houston and the San Francisco Symphony to many cultural organizations that are smaller but often known nationally for their innovative work such as AS220 The Loft Literary Center Armory Center for the Arts Appalshop and the Western Folklife Center
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