Gifts of the Muse: Reframing the Debate about the Benefits of the ArtsDuring the past decade, arts advocates have relied on an instrumental approach to the benefits of the arts in arguing for support of the arts. This report evaluates these arguments and asserts that a new approach is needed. This new approach offers a more comprehensive view of how the arts create private and public value, underscores the importance of the arts?' intrinsic benefits, and links the creation of benefits to arts involvement. |
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... Individuals Arts-Rich School Environment and Associated Benefits Arts Used as Pedagogical Tool and Associated Benefits Arts as a Means of Teaching Non-Arts Subjects Direct Instruction in the Arts and Associated Benefits Creating ...
... Individuals Arts-Rich School Environment and Associated Benefits Arts Used as Pedagogical Tool and Associated Benefits Arts as a Means of Teaching Non-Arts Subjects Direct Instruction in the Arts and Associated Benefits Creating ...
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... individuals and the public. So far, however, little analysis has been conducted that would help inform public discourse about these issues. Study Purpose and Approach The goal of the study described here was to improve the current ...
... individuals and the public. So far, however, little analysis has been conducted that would help inform public discourse about these issues. Study Purpose and Approach The goal of the study described here was to improve the current ...
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... individuals. On the public end are benefits primarily of value to the public—that is, to communi- ties of people or to society as a whole. And in the middle are benefits that both en- hance individuals' personal lives and have a ...
... individuals. On the public end are benefits primarily of value to the public—that is, to communi- ties of people or to society as a whole. And in the middle are benefits that both en- hance individuals' personal lives and have a ...
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... individuals and firms to locations where the arts are available); and a variety of “public-good” benefits (e.g., the availability of the arts, the ability to have the arts available for the next generation, and the contribution the arts ...
... individuals and firms to locations where the arts are available); and a variety of “public-good” benefits (e.g., the availability of the arts, the ability to have the arts available for the next generation, and the contribution the arts ...
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... individual capacities and community cohesiveness that are of benefit to the public sphere. We think that art can ... individual, however. We contend that some intrinsic benefits are largely of pri- vate value, others are of value to the ...
... individual capacities and community cohesiveness that are of benefit to the public sphere. We think that art can ... individual, however. We contend that some intrinsic benefits are largely of pri- vate value, others are of value to the ...
Contents
Chapter One Introduction | 1 |
What Research Tells Us And What It Does Not | 7 |
Getting More Specific | 21 |
The Missing Link | 37 |
How It Relates to Benefits | 53 |
Chapter Six Conclusions and Implications | 67 |
Appendix Review of the Theoretical Research | 75 |
Bibliography | 93 |
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