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America's Commitment to Culture

America's Commitment to Culture

Government and the Arts

EDITED BY
Kevin V. Mulcahy and Margaret Jane Wyszomirski

First published 1995 by Westview Press, Inc.

Published 2021 by Routledge
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Copyright 1995 by Taylor & Francis

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers.

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A CIP catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.
ISBN 0-8133-0692-2

ISBN 13: 978-0-3670-0710-2 (hbk)
ISBN 13: 978-0-3671-5697-8 (pbk)

For
Emily D. Mulcahy, again
and
Dorothea Wyszomirski Bower

Contents

, Margaret Jane Wyszomirski

2 The Politics of Arts Policy: Subgovernment to Issue Network, Margaret Jane Wyszomirski

Policy and Policy Systems

Prelude: Establishing the Arts on the Federal Agenda

The Development of an Arts Subgovernment

A Mature Arts Subgovernment in Action

Counterpoint in the 1980's: Conflict and Erosion

A Changed Policy Politics

3 Federal Arts Patronage in the New Deal, Lawrence D. Mankin

New Deal Programs: The Support

WPA Art Programs: The Attack

Accomplishments of WPA Arts Projects

Conclusion

4 To Change a Nation's Cultural Policy: The Kennedy Administration and the Arts in the United States, 1961-1963, Milton C. Cummings, Jr.

Prologue

The Beginning

Groping for a Policy

Defeat in the House of Representatives

A Special Consultant to the President for the Arts

The Job of the Special Consultant

The Advisory Council on the Arts

The Role of the Arts Constituency

The Final Months

Epilogue

John F. Kennedy and the Arts - An Assessment

5 The Organization of Public Support for the Arts, Margaret Jane Wyszomirski and Kevin V. Mulcahy

A Range of Federal Arts Activity

The National Endowment for the Arts

The Intergovernmental System of Support for the Arts

Public Support for the Arts: The Record and Future Challenges

6 Leadership and the NEA: The Roles of the Chairperson and the National Council on the Arts, David B. Pankratz and Carta Hanzal

The NEA Chairperson and the National Council: Authorizing Language

Council Roles and Procedures

The Roles and Records of the NEA Chairman

The Stevens Years (1966-69)

The Hanks Years (1969-77)

The Biddle Years (1977-81)

The Hodsoll Years (1981-89)

The Frohnmayer Years (1989-92)

Leadership and the NEA

7 The NEA and the Reauthorization Process: Congress and Arts Policy Issues, Kevin V. Mulcahy

Do Advisory Panels Provide an Impartial System for Awarding Grants?

Is the Geographic Distribution of Grants Equitable?

Who Should Receive Public Support?

What is the Government's Responsibility to Promote Good Art?

Should Public Arts Policy Be Populist or Elitist?

What is the Record of the Arts Agency?

Concluding Observations

8 The Process of Commissioning Public Sculpture: "Due" or "Duel,", Judith Huggins Balfe

Public Arts Commissioning During the New Deal

Alternative Contemporary Models: the NEA and GSA

"Tilted Arc" and the Vietnam Memorial

Art in Transit

The Future of Public Art Commissions

9 The Public Interest and Arts Policy, Kevin V. Mulcahy

The "Kulturkampf" in Political Perspective

Public Culture and Private Culture

Reorganizing the NEA by Goal

Institutional Support

Arts Development

Arts Education

Individual Artist Support

Panels, Representativeness, and Public Support for the Arts

Arts Policy and Public Accountability

Toward a Latitudinarian Arts Policy

1. 2 The Politics of Arts Policy: Subgovernment to Issue Network
   1. Policy and Policy Systems
   2. Prelude: Establishing the Arts on the Federal Agenda
   3. The Development of an Arts Subgovemment
   4. A Mature Arts Subgovernment in Action
   5. Counterpoint in the 1980's: Conflict and Erosion
   6. A Changed Policy Politics
2. 3 Federal Arts Patronage in the New Deal
   1. New Deal Programs: The Support
   2. WPA Art Programs: The Attack
   3. Accomplishments of WPA Arts Projects
   4. Conclusion
3. 4 To Change a Nation's Cultural Policy: The Kennedy Administration and the Arts in the United States, 1961-1963
   1. Prologue
   2. The Beginning
   3. Groping for a Policy
   4. Defeat in the House of Representatives
   5. A Special Consultant to the President for the Arts
   6. The Job of the Special Consultant
   7. The Advisory Council on the Arts
   8. The Role of the Arts Constituency
   9. The Final Months
   10. Epilogue
   11. John F. Kennedy and the Arts - An Assessment
4. 5 The Organization of Public Support for the Arts
   1. A Range of Federal Arts Activity
   2. The National Endowment for the Arts
   3. The Intergovernmental System of Support for the Arts
   4. Public Support for the Arts: The Record and Future Challenges
5. 6 Leadership and the NEA: The Roles of the Chairperson and the National Council on the Arts
   1. The NEA Chairperson and the National Council: Authorizing Language
   2. Council Roles and Procedures
   3. The Roles and Records of the NEA Chairman
   4. The Stevens Years (1966-69)
   5. The Hanks Years (1969-77)
   6. The Biddle Years (1977-81)
   7. The Hodsoll Years (1981-89)
   8. The Frohnmayer Years (1989-92)
   9. Leadership and the NEA
6. 7 The NEA and the Reauthorization Process: Congress and Arts Policy Issues
   1. Do Advisory Panels Provide an Impartial System for Awarding Grants?
   2. Is the Geographic Distribution of Grants Equitable?
   3. Who Should Receive Public Support?
   4. What is the Government's Responsibility to Promote Good Art?
   5. Should Public Arts Policy Be Populist or Elitist?
   6. What is the Record of the Arts Agency?
   7. Concluding Observations
7. 8 The Process of Commissioning Public Sculpture: "Due" or "Duel,"
   1. Public Arts Commissioning During the New Deal
   2. Alternative Contemporary Models: the NEA and GSA
   3. "Tilted Arc" and the Vietnam Memorial
   4. Art in Transit
   5. The Future of Public Art Commissions
8. 9 The Public Interest and Arts Policy
   1. The "Kulturkampf" in Political Perspective
   2. Public Culture and Private Culture
   3. Reorganizing the NEA by Goal
   4. Institutional Support
   5. Arts Development
   6. Arts Education
   7. Individual Artist Support
   8. Panels, Representativeness, and Public Support for the Arts
   9. Arts Policy and Public Accountability

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