Gifts of the muse :
Gifts of the muse : reframing the debate about the benefits of the arts /
Kevin F. McCarthy ... [et al.].
- xix, 104 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
"RAND Research in the Arts."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-104).
Introduction -- Instrumental benefits: what research tells us; and what it does not -- Instrumental benefits: can we be more specific? -- The missing link: intrinsic benefits -- The process of arts participation: how is it related to benefits? -- Conclusions and implications.
Faced with intense competition for audiences and financial support, as well as adverse political fallout from the "culture wars" of the early 1990s, arts advocates have increasingly sought to make a case for the arts in terms of their instrumental benefits to individuals and communities. In this report documenting the most comprehensive study of its kind, the authors evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of these instrumental arguments and make the case that a new approach to understanding the benefits of the arts is needed. Critical of what they view as an overemphasis on instrumental benefits, the authors call for a greater recognition of the intrinsic benefits of the arts experience, provide a more comprehensive framework for assessing the private and public value of both intrinsic and instrumental benefits, and link the realization of those benefits to the nature of arts involvement. In particular, they underscore the importance of sustained involvement in the arts to the achievement of both instrumental and intrinsic benefits. This study has important policy implications for access to the arts, childhood exposure to the arts, arts advocacy, and future research on the arts.
0833036947 (pbk.) 0833040626 (electronic bk.) 9780833036940 9780833040626 (electronic bk.)
RAND/MG-218-WF
$20.00 paperback
2004021806
Arts and society.
Government aid to the arts.
NX720 / .G54 2004
"RAND Research in the Arts."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-104).
Introduction -- Instrumental benefits: what research tells us; and what it does not -- Instrumental benefits: can we be more specific? -- The missing link: intrinsic benefits -- The process of arts participation: how is it related to benefits? -- Conclusions and implications.
Faced with intense competition for audiences and financial support, as well as adverse political fallout from the "culture wars" of the early 1990s, arts advocates have increasingly sought to make a case for the arts in terms of their instrumental benefits to individuals and communities. In this report documenting the most comprehensive study of its kind, the authors evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of these instrumental arguments and make the case that a new approach to understanding the benefits of the arts is needed. Critical of what they view as an overemphasis on instrumental benefits, the authors call for a greater recognition of the intrinsic benefits of the arts experience, provide a more comprehensive framework for assessing the private and public value of both intrinsic and instrumental benefits, and link the realization of those benefits to the nature of arts involvement. In particular, they underscore the importance of sustained involvement in the arts to the achievement of both instrumental and intrinsic benefits. This study has important policy implications for access to the arts, childhood exposure to the arts, arts advocacy, and future research on the arts.
0833036947 (pbk.) 0833040626 (electronic bk.) 9780833036940 9780833040626 (electronic bk.)
RAND/MG-218-WF
$20.00 paperback
2004021806
Arts and society.
Government aid to the arts.
NX720 / .G54 2004