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The State Arts Agency: An Overview of Cultural Federalism in the United States

The State Arts Agency: An Overview of Cultural Federalism in the United States The State Arts Agency: An Overview of Cultural Federalism in the United States KEVIN V. MULCAHY his article is a brief summary of the history of state arts councils (SAAs) T in the United States. Although the fifty-six agencies with that title include ones in the six special jurisdictions of the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and Northern Marianas, the SAA designation is conventional. I organize the discussion into five sections: ( 1) historical background; (2) organizational structure; (3) budget data; (4) intergovernmental relations; and (5) the future of public culture. My overall finding is that the revision in the relative resources of agencies at the nation- al and subnational levels of government for funding the arts requires a recon- figuration of policymaking roles and responsibilities. In particular, the pro- grammatic elements of a national cultural policy need to be assumed largely at the subnational levels of government. The decline of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is lamentable, but seemingly irreversible. If there is to be a future for public culture in the United States, a post-NEA pol- icymaking paradigm must be constructed. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND It is a truism of political http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png "The Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society" Taylor & Francis

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The State Arts Agency: An Overview of Cultural Federalism in the United States KEVIN V. MULCAHY his article is a brief summary of the history of state arts councils (SAAs) T in the United States. Although the fifty-six agencies with that title include ones in the six special jurisdictions of the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, and Northern Marianas, the SAA designation is conventional. I organize the discussion into five sections: ( 1) historical background; (2) organizational structure; (3) budget data; (4) intergovernmental relations; and (5) the future of public culture. My overall finding is that the revision in the relative resources of agencies at the nation- al and subnational levels of government for funding the arts requires a recon- figuration of policymaking roles and responsibilities. In particular, the pro- grammatic elements of a national cultural policy need to be assumed largely at the subnational levels of government. The decline of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is lamentable, but seemingly irreversible. If there is to be a future for public culture in the United States, a post-NEA pol- icymaking paradigm must be constructed. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND It is a truism of political

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Published: Jan 1, 2002

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