ART, CULTURE ANDTHE NATIONAL AGENDA
The Center for Arts and Culture is an independent not-for-profit organization dedicated to examining criticalissues in cultural policy. The Center initiated, in theSpring of 2000, a project called
Art, Culture and the National Agenda
. With generous support from a numberof foundations, the Center solicited background paperson arts and cultural issues from dozens of scholars andpractitioners over an 18-month period. The aim of
Art,Culture and the National Agenda
is to explore a roster of cultural issues that affect the nation’s well-being -- issuesthat should be on the horizon of policymakers, publicand private, and at national, state and local levels.This issue paper,
Strengthening Communities T h r o u ghCulture
, is the third in the Art, Culture and the NationalAgenda series. Written by Dr. Elizabeth Strom fromRutgers Unive rs i t y,
Strengthening Communities T hr oug h
Culture
looks at the ways culture intersects with civic lifein communities. This issue paper, like others in theseries, reflects the opinions and research of its author,who was informed by commissioned background papersand the assistance of the Center’s Research Task Force.The paper does not necessarily represent the views of allthose associated with the Center.
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