 Peer
Session Groups
Public/Governmental Agencies
► What
are our biggest challenges?
Shift from traditional workforces to
individuals/how to shift time spent from a governmental agency point of
view/changing workforce attitude.
Education of citizens about arts as an
economic development tool.
Directions of community are being planned
without someone as an expert in that field being included.
Re-inventing the wheel almost monthly.
Fragmentation of county government
organization.
Arts component not seen as a viable economic
generator.
Figuring out what the constituency needs and
then how to “plug” them in without re-inventing the wheel.
Too much area/not enough time.
Cooperation.
Prioritization.
Government sometimes viewed as the problem.
Duplication of services.
Funders are making it much more difficult to
get money into the smaller areas looking at larger projects (broad not
deep).
Grantees not properly documenting or
marketing for the arts.
How do we affect government and government policy?
Kentucky mentioned long range planning and
policy council. Kentucky Arts is trying to gear towards the needs and
perception of Kentuckians. Linking the arts to things like safety and
healthy communities, access to health care. Framing the case in what
matters to your constituents.
PA has decentralized a lot of their partners
and are working more cooperatively. They also give awards to
legislators and the award is a student piece of art where the student
presents it.
Balancing the argument between quality of
life and the economies of art and/or craft.
PA working on changing the semantics of art,
especially as they talk to legislators.
The need to make sure that “politics” or the
political party system does not impede the mission of your agency or
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