Examines the legitimacy of claims (specifically the ability of the arts to serve myriad social, educational, and economic development functions) made by arts bureaucrats and advocates desperate to maintain the federal arts support structure. Scrutinizes the motives and consequences of these claims and explores their effects on elementary and…

Provides an overview of the congressional budget appropriation process. Focuses on the problems encountered when eliciting support for the National Endowment for the Arts in order to inform arts educators and administrators of the purposes of the neglected federal support for the arts. (CMK)

Examines the eroded relationship between leaders in the professional arts education community and in the arts bureaucracy. Traces the history of the arts education jurisdictional conflict. Discusses the artist residency concept and discipline-based art education. Provides suggestions for the construction of a more civil arts education support…