February 4, 2005

America Needs a New System for Supporting the Arts

By BILL IVEY

I believe it is time to begin a conversation about a new model for building a vibrant arts landscape. Since I left federal service in the fall of 2001, I have had an opportunity rare for former chairmen of the National Endowment for the Arts -- the chance to create a research center engaging the very issues that fascinated me during my tenure with the endowment. So I still get up in the morning and think about the American arts system, how it works (or, at times, doesn't work) to serve

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