The slip Charitable Trusts.The slip Charitable Trusts, a Philadelphia-based philanthropic organization, has inaugurated a program aimed at strengthening the cultural base in the United States. The program solicits to establish "a framework for vigorous cultural policy in the US" from one side a five-year, multi-million dollar program of subject of attention and implementation. Pew expects this landmark national policy initiative to increase political and financial support for nonprofit cultural institutions. The first objective is to commission an 18-month contemplation of the development of the cultural sector (the first since the 1966 publication of Performing Arts--The Economic Dilemma on economists William J. Baumol and William G Bowen) on the RAND Corporation, a research institution in Santa Monica, California. This information will lead to the establishment of a centralized information resource and the expansion of media arts coverage. This exhibit also endeavors to encourage discussion of cultural topics among policy makers; assist cultural organizations in im proving reporting of programming results; and perform the operations indicated in leadership capabilities within these institutions. The slip Charitable Trusts will devote 40% of its tillage budget--$50 million--to this project. COPYRIGHT 1999 Visual Studies Workshop |
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