DOCUMENT RESUME ED 413 276 SO 028 483 TITLE Creative America. A Report to the President by the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. INSTITUTION President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, Washington, DC. SPONS AGENCY AT&T Foundation, New York, NY.; J. Paul Getty Trust, Santa Monica, CA.; William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Palo Alto, CA.; Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, New York, NY. PUB DATE 1997-02-00 NOTE 43p.; For related documents, see ED 371 973, ED 364 493, ED 356 992-993, ED 345 983-987, ED 319 670, and ED 241 407. Funding also provided by the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts, Sara Lee Corporation, Warner Brothers, and the following foundations: Horace W. Goldsmith, Betty R. Sheffer and Texaco. PUB TYPE Reports - Descriptive (141) EDRS PRICE MF01/PCO2 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Culture; Drama; *Federal Aid; Financial Support; *Fine Arts; Fund Raising; *Humanities; Music; *Private Financial Support; Theater Arts; Visual Arts ABSTRACT This report was written by the President's Committeeon the Arts and Humanities and offers suggestions to the President of the United States on. ways to strengthen the system of support for the arts and the humanities in the United States. The document describesa vital cultural life as essential to a functioning democracy. It also examines the many aspects of the country's complex, interdependent support system which includes individual, foundation, and corporate support; governmentgrants; and the many creative ways in which cultural organizations earn income. Includedare over 50 recommendations in five categoriesor steps to the future: Educating our Youth for the Future; Investing in Cultural Capital; Renewing American Philanthropy; Affirming the Public Role; and Expanding InternationalCultural Relations. 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Itif ./da./ IW8L%ftik 1411 / /1.4 1 11 _17'%kr1/Z(sti 1\11"tv% Na r ".1244:01111"114 LIttSU, I I U S DEPARTMENT Othce Si Educanonal OF EDUCATION Research and Imdmeeme EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATI CENTER (ERIC) !phis document has been reproduced received from the a( person or OrgardZadot originating it CI Minor changes have been madeto improve reproductionquality Points of view or opinions stated document do not in this necessarily represent BEST COPY AVAILABLE 9 official OERIposition or policy The President's Committee on the Arts and theHu- In September 1994, President Clinton appointed thirty- manities is a presidential advisory committee estab- two private members and thirteen heads of federal lished by Executive Order to stimulate private sector agencies with cultural programs to serve on the support and public-private partnerships for thearts President's Committee. The First Lady, Hillary Rodham and the humanities and to raise public awareness Clinton, is Honorary Chair. Among its members are of the benefits of culture to society. ThePresident's corporate executives, foundation presidents, artists, Committee convenes experts, commissions research, scholars and community leaders as well as the heads .7u publishes reports and conducts public meetings. of national cultural agencies and institutions. Members of the President's Committee onthe Arts and the Humanities Hillary Rodham Clinton, Honorary Chair Private Members: Richard S. Gurin, Easton, PA, President and CEO, John Brademas, New York, NY, President Emeritus, Binney & Smith Inc New York University, Chairman Irene Y. Hirano, Los Angeles, CA, Executive Director and President, Peggy Cooper Cafritz, Washington D.C., Founder, Duke Ellington School of the Arts and art critic, Vice Chair Japanese American National Museum David Henry Hwang, New York, NY, Writer Cynthia Perrin Schneider, Sandy Spring, MD, AssociateProfessor of Art, Music and Theatre, Georgetown University, Vice Chair William Ivey, Nashville, TN, Director, Country Music Foundation Terry Semel, Los Angeles, CA, Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Quincy Jones, Los Angeles, CA, Musician, composer and record Officer, Warner Brothers, Vice Chair company executive Susan Barnes-Gelt, Denver, CO, Councilwoman-at-Large Robert B. Menschel, New York, NY, Limited Partner, Lerone Bennett, Jr., Chicago, IL, Executive Editor, Ebony Goldman Sachs and Company Madeleine Harris Berman, Franklin, MI, Community volunteer Rita Moreno, New York, NY, Actress Jaroslav Pelikan, New Haven, CT, President, Curt Bradbury, Little Rock, AR, Chief Operating Officer, American Academy of Arts and Sciences Stephens, Inc. Anthony T. Podesta, Washington, D.C., Chairman, John H. Bryan, Chicago, IL, Chairman and CEO, Podesta Associates Sara Lee Corporation Phyllis Rosen, New York, NY, President, P. Rosen, Inc. Hilario Candela, Coral Gables, FL, FAIA, President, Spillis, Candela and Partners, Inc. Emily Malino Scheuer, Washington, D.C., Design Consultant, Anne Cox Chambers, Atlanta, GA,Chairman, Tobey & Davis Atlanta Journal-Constitution Ann Sheffer, Westport, CT, Community volunteer Maggie Daley, Chicago, IL, President, Raymond W. Smith, Philadelphia, PA, Chairman and CEO, Pathways Awareness Foundation Bell Atlantic Corporation Everett Fly, San Antonio, TX, Architect and President, Isaac Stern, New York, NY, Musician E.L. Fly and Associates Shirley P. Wilhite, Shreveport, LA, President, Wilhite Inc. David Pierpont Gardner, Menlo Park, CA, President, Harold Williams, Los Angeles, CA, President and CEO, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation; President Emeritus, J. Paul Getty Trust University of California and the University of Utah Harvey Golub, Saddle River, NJ, Chairman and CEO, American Express Company Federal Members: Jane Alexander, Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts I. Michael Heyman, Secretary, Smithsonian Institution James A. Johnson, Chairman, John F. Kennedy Center David Barram, Acting Administrator, for the Performing Arts General Services Administration Roger Kennedy, Designee of the Secretary of the Interior, Director, James H. Billington, Librarian of Congress National Park Service Joseph D. Duffey, Director, United States Information Agency Terry Peterson, Designee of the Secretary of Education, Diane B. Frankel, Director, Institute of Museum Counselor to the Secretary of Education, (Succeeds Madeleine and Library Services M. Kunin, Deputy Secretary) Sheldon Hackney, Chairman, National Endowment Earl A. Powell Ill. Director, National Gallery of Art for the Humanities Timothy Wirth, Designee of the Secretary of State, John D. Hawke, Jr., Designee of the Secretary of the Treasury, Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs Under Secretary for Domestic Finance (Succeeds Leslie Samuels, Under Secretary for Tax Policy) Harriet Fulbright, Executive Director (Ellen McCulloch-Lovell, Executive Director, 1994-1997) Malcolm Richardson, Deputy Director Jane Engelstad, Special Assistant 1lFjM-irgaTagMnnrgfqlr Creative America A REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT by the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities This report was supported by grants from: AT&T Foundation J. Paul Getty Trust Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Sara Lee Corporation Betty R. Sheffer Foundation Texaco Foundation Warner Bros. and by substantial in-kind contributions from: J. Paul Getty Trust Howard Gilman Foundation Rockefeller Foundation Washington, D.C. 1997 Pre@liciain Doanto I am honored to transmit Creative America, the report to embrace the multiple expressions and explora- of your President's Committee on the Arts and the tions that appear in the amateur, non-profit and Humanities, concerning the system of support for commercial cultural worlds. cultural life in the United States today. We found the commitment to support cultural When you appointed the President's Committee, activities a clear indicator of vital communities. We you asked us to prepare a report "articulating the fun- studied how cultural organizations are supported damental and intrinsic values of the arts and the hu- and asked what resources exist to encourage art- manities" and describing the "cultural sector" and its ists and scholars. Where traditional cultures still contributions to American life. live, we found much to learn from observing how As you requested, this report will summarize "what culture forms the basis of community life and is we know about trends in private funding and earned transmitted through generations. income that contribute most of the financial support" America's cultural life shows remarkable signs of for cultural organizations. The report also addresses strength and vigor;