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Rutgers series on the public life of the arts |
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Rutgers series on the public life of the arts.
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Subject |
Arts -- United States.
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Community arts projects -- United States.
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Nonprofit organizations -- United States -- Management.
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Social participation -- United States.
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Marginality, Social -- United States.
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Alt Name |
Grams, Diane, 1957-
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Farrell, Betty, 1949-
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Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 297 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliography Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-277) and index. |
Contents |
Building arts participation through transactions, relationships, or both / Diane Grams -- Changing culture and practices inside organizations / Betty Farrell -- Leaders bridging the culture gap / D. Carroll Joynes and Diane Grams -- Partnering with purpose / David Karraker and Diane Grams -- Building youth participation / Betty Farrell -- Diversifying the arts: bringing in race and ethnic perspectives / Morris Fred and Betty Farrell -- High-tech transactions and cyber-communities / Wendy Leigh Norris and Niane Grams -- Creative reinvention: from "one book" to "animals on parade"--how good ideas spread like wildfire / Diane Grams -- Achieving success / Diane Grams. |
Note |
Print version record. |
Summary |
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- |
Note |
English. |
ISBN |
9780813544953 (electronic bk.) |
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0813544955 (electronic bk.) |
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1281776556 |
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9781281776556 |
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0813542162 (Cloth) |
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0813542170 (Paper) |
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9780813542164 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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9780813542171 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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9786611776558 |
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6611776559 |
OCLC # |
276270114 |
Additional Format |
Print version: Entering cultural communities. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2008 9780813542164 0813542162 (DLC) 2007015495 (OCoLC)123232352 |
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