Funding Research

2007, 102 pages. RAND Corporation, 1776 Main Street, P.O. Box 2138, Santa Monica, CA 90407, 310-451-7002, www.rand.org

2007, 31 pages. The Skillman Foundation, 100 Talon Centre Drive, Suite 100, Detroit, MI 48207, 313-393-1185

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2007, Americans for the Arts, 1000 Vermont Avenue, NW, 6th Floor, Washington, DC 20005, 202-371-2830, www.americansforthearts.org

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2006, 256 pages. The Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, 108 Cathedral Place, Santa Fe, NM 87501, 505-983-8900

2004, 171 pages. Commissioned by Association of Performing Arts Presenters, Washington, D.C. 20063.

Re-imagining Orchestras: A forthright report on the mixed results of one foundation's efforts

Stan Hutton

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Background

New Year's Day, 1980, found Arlene Goldbard living in Washington, D.C. monitoring and reporting on our nation's de facto cultural policy. The fact that Arlene was doing this says a lot about the leadership role that many of us were counting on the federal government to play in leveling the field so that our many U.S. cultures would have an equal chance to express themselves, to develop, and, inevitably, to cross-pollinate. It was a substantial and beautiful vision then, and remains so today.

When we visit our physicians, we naturally assume they bring a bundle of knowledge and insight to the meeting. For one thing, we expect them to bring a broad and nuanced understanding of human physiology, and how its many interconnecting systems (circulatory, respiratory, muscle, nervous, lymphatic, and so on) influence our health and well being. We also expect that they know how and where to look for indicators of our health (taking our temperature, testing our blood pressure, checking our blood for chemical balances).