[NEohioPAL]Arts and the Community: What are the Benefits? A Panel Discussion at B-W
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Arts and the Community: What are the Benefits?
(An Economic, Social, and Cultural Perspective)
A Panel Discussion
Sponsored by
The Arts Management Program and
Buckhorn Endowed Chair in Economics
Baldwin-Wallace College
8:00pm
November 16, 2005
Sandstone Room 3
Strosacker College Union
120 E. Grand Street
Berea, Ohio
Free and open to the public.
Panelists:
Michael Bloom, Artistic Director, Cleveland Play House
Kathleen Cerveny, Program Director for Arts and Culture, The Cleveland Foundation
Robert Ebert, Buckhorn Professor of Economics, Baldwin-Wallace College
Wayne Lawson, Executive Director, Ohio Arts Council
Moderator:
Bryan Bowser, Assistant Director of the Conservatory and Coordinator of the Arts
Ma nagement Program, Baldwin-Wallace College
Theme of the Panel Discussion:
What is the value of the arts to the community? How should the arts be promoted?
The recent RAND Corporation study entitled Gift of the Muse, Reframing the Debate
About the Benefits of the Arts argues that so-called instrumental benefits of the
arts, including promoting measurable benefits such as economic growth and students
learning, have been overplayed and have focused on the supply of the arts. Instead,
the RAND study suggests we should refocus policy on the demand for the arts. This
in turn, would require emphasizing the intrinsic benefits of the arts where
individuals are given repeated rewarding experiences through exposure to the arts.
Once individuals have these experiences, quality of life will improve and benefits
will accrue to the public at large. These benefits would include the creation of
stronger social bonds. For exa mple, these benefits can be produced through art that
commemorates events significant to a nation's history or a community's identity.
The issues raised by the RAND study and their implications for our local communities
will be addressed by the panel.
Michael Bloom, Artistic Director, Cleveland Play House, has directed at many of the
country's major regional theatres, including American Repertory Theatre, Berkeley
Repertory Theatre, Actor's Theatre of Louisville, Missouri Repertory Theatre, South
Coast Repertory Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival,
Manhattan Theatre Club, Alley Theatre, Alliance Theatre Company, Long Wharf Theatre,
the Sundance Theatre Institute, and the Cleveland Play House, where he directed
PRIVATE LIVES in 1995. Internationally, he has directed productions for Geki Shobo,
Inc., and the Aoyama Theatre in Tokyo. Mr. Bloom has worked with a number of
playwrights, amon g them John Robin Baitz, Don DeLillo, John Guare, David Hare,
William Hauptman, Arthur Kopit, Neil LaBute, David Lodge, Donald Margulies, David
Mamet, and Wallace Shawn. For his Manhattan Theatre Club production of SIGHT
UNSEEN, he was nominated for a Drama Desk Award. He also won the Elliott Norton
Award for his production of GROSS INDECENCY at the Huntington Theatre Company. Mr.
Bloom served as Head of Directing for the University of Texas, Austin, theatre
program. Co-founder of Actors Repertory of Texas, he also served as Associate
Artistic Director at the Hartman Theatre Company, and as Associate Director at
American Repertory Theatre. With a Ph.D. in Directing/Dramatic Literature from
Stanford University, Mr. Bloom has taught at New York University, Harvard
University, UCLA and Scripps College in Claremont, California. He has written
articles for American Theatre Magazine and The New York Times, and his book
"Thinking Like a Dire ctor," was published in 2001.
Kathleen Cerveny, Program Director, Arts and Cultural Program and Initiatives, The
Cleveland Foundation, holds a BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art and maintained
a professional ceramic studio for nearly 20 years. She was a founding member of the
New Organization for the Visual Arts, a local service organization for individual
artists, and is a past Chairman of the Board of Ohio Designer Craftsmen, a
state-wide professional service organization. She taught art, art history and world
mythologies at the high school and university levels and spent five years as a
producer and on-air broadcaster for Cleveland Public Radio, earning numerous awards
for coverage of the arts, and contributing features to NPR's Morning Edition and
Performance Today programs. Kathleen joined the Cleveland Foundation in 1991. In
addition to crafting the Foundation's overall grantmaking strategies in Arts and
Culture, she designed and managed an $11 million five-year capacity-building grants
program for the arts and a $5 million three-year advancement program. Her efforts
with the Foundation's 1996 Civic Study Commission on the Arts was recognized by
Northern Ohio Live magazine with its Award of Achievement in Arts Advocacy that
year. Kathleen is a past member of the board and Executive Committee of Grantmakers
in the Arts, a national service organization for professionals in arts philanthropy
and is an Advisor and member of the Programs and Services and Public Policy
Committees of the Community Partnership for Arts and Culture, a regional research,
advocacy and service organization. She also serves on the Advisory Committee for
Cultural Tourism for Cleveland's Convention and Visitor's Bureau. Kathleen is a
1999 graduate of Leadership Cleveland. She likes to play Tai Chi, write poetry and
score baseball g ames.
Wayne Lawson, Executive Director, Ohio Arts Council, who was born in Cleveland,
studied Romance languages at The Ohio State University, earned a master's degree in
European literature and a doctorate in theatre and comparative literature. Wayne P.
Lawson has been executive director of the Ohio Arts Council since May 1978. Under
his direction the OAC has become one of the foremost state arts agencies in the
nation in terms of funding, long-range planning and evaluation, support for
individual artists and innovative services to constituents in all arts disciplines.
He has served on many panels for the National Endowment for the Arts, was chairman
of the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies for three terms and completed three
terms as chairman of Arts Midwest. He serves on the evaluation team of Young
Audiences, New York City, and is a member of the boards of the Fine Arts Work Center
in Provincetown, Massachu setts, Columbus AIDS Task Force and the Music-Theatre Group
in New York. In 1994 Lawson was honored by The Association of American Cultures for
leadership and commitment to the development of cultural diversity in the arts. He
also received the 1994 Gary Young Award for outstanding leadership in arts
administration from the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies. In 1995 Lawson was
awarded a medal of lifetime achievement in the arts by the Butler Institute of
American Art in Youngstown. In 2002 he was awarded the Ohioana Career Award for his
meritorious career in the arts which has added luster and distinction to the
heritage of our state and nation. In 2003 he received the Alumni Award of
Distinction from the College of Humanities at The Ohio State University, as well as
the Julian Sinclair Smith Celebration of Learning Award from the Columbus
Metropolitan Library for his commitment to lifelong learning and literacy.
For further information, please contact
Bryan Bowser (440) 826-2366 or bbowser at bw.edu
Robert Ebert (440) 826-2033 or rebert at bw.edu
Brendan F. Reynolds
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<DIV id=RTEContent> <DIV>Arts and the Community: What are the Benefits?<BR>(An Economic, Social, and Cultural Perspective)<BR>A Panel Discussion<BR><BR>Sponsored by<BR>The Arts Management Program and<BR>Buckhorn Endowed Chair in Economics<BR><BR>Baldwin-Wallace College<BR>8:00pm<BR>November 16, 2005<BR>Sandstone Room 3<BR>Strosacker College Union<BR>120 E. Grand Street<BR>Berea, Ohio<BR>Free and open to the public.<BR><BR>Panelists:<BR><STRONG>Michael Bloom</STRONG>, Artistic Director, Cleveland Play House<BR><STRONG>Kathleen Cerveny</STRONG>, Program Director for Arts and Culture, The Cleveland Foundation<BR><STRONG>Robert Ebert</STRONG>, Buckhorn Professor of Economics, Baldwin-Wallace College<BR><STRONG>Wayne Lawson</STRONG>, Executive Director, Ohio Arts Council<BR><BR>Moderator: <BR><STRONG>Bryan Bowser</STRONG>, Assistant Director of the Conservatory and Coordinator of the Arts<BR>Ma nagement Program, Baldwin-Wallace
College<BR><BR>Theme of the Panel Discussion:<BR>What is the value of the arts to the community? How should the arts be promoted? <BR>The recent RAND Corporation study entitled Gift of the Muse, Reframing the Debate<BR>About the Benefits of the Arts argues that so-called instrumental benefits of the<BR>arts, including promoting measurable benefits such as economic growth and students<BR>learning, have been overplayed and have focused on the supply of the arts. Instead,<BR>the RAND study suggests we should refocus policy on the demand for the arts. This<BR>in turn, would require emphasizing the intrinsic benefits of the arts where<BR>individuals are given repeated rewarding experiences through exposure to the arts. <BR>Once individuals have these experiences, quality of life will improve and benefits<BR>will accrue to the public at large. These benefits would include the creation of<BR>stronger social bonds. For exa mple, these benefits can be
produced through art that<BR>commemorates events significant to a nation's history or a community's identity.<BR><BR>The issues raised by the RAND study and their implications for our local communities<BR>will be addressed by the panel.<BR><BR><STRONG>Michael Bloom</STRONG>, Artistic Director, Cleveland Play House, has directed at many of the<BR>country's major regional theatres, including American Repertory Theatre, Berkeley<BR>Repertory Theatre, Actor's Theatre of Louisville, Missouri Repertory Theatre, South<BR>Coast Repertory Theatre, Seattle Repertory Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival,<BR>Manhattan Theatre Club, Alley Theatre, Alliance Theatre Company, Long Wharf Theatre,<BR>the Sundance Theatre Institute, and the Cleveland Play House, where he directed<BR>PRIVATE LIVES in 1995. Internationally, he has directed productions for Geki Shobo,<BR>Inc., and the Aoyama Theatre in Tokyo. Mr. Bloom has worked with a number of<BR>playwrights, amon g them John Robin Baitz, Don
DeLillo, John Guare, David Hare,<BR>William Hauptman, Arthur Kopit, Neil LaBute, David Lodge, Donald Margulies, David<BR>Mamet, and Wallace Shawn. For his Manhattan Theatre Club production of SIGHT<BR>UNSEEN, he was nominated for a Drama Desk Award. He also won the Elliott Norton<BR>Award for his production of GROSS INDECENCY at the Huntington Theatre Company. Mr.<BR>Bloom served as Head of Directing for the University of Texas, Austin, theatre<BR>program. Co-founder of Actors Repertory of Texas, he also served as Associate<BR>Artistic Director at the Hartman Theatre Company, and as Associate Director at<BR>American Repertory Theatre. With a Ph.D. in Directing/Dramatic Literature from<BR>Stanford University, Mr. Bloom has taught at New York University, Harvard<BR>University, UCLA and Scripps College in Claremont, California. He has written<BR>articles for American Theatre Magazine and The New York Times, and his book<BR>"Thinking Like a Dire ctor," was published in 2001.
<BR><BR><STRONG>Kathleen Cerveny</STRONG>, Program Director, Arts and Cultural Program and Initiatives, The<BR>Cleveland Foundation, holds a BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art and maintained<BR>a professional ceramic studio for nearly 20 years. She was a founding member of the<BR>New Organization for the Visual Arts, a local service organization for individual<BR>artists, and is a past Chairman of the Board of Ohio Designer Craftsmen, a<BR>state-wide professional service organization. She taught art, art history and world<BR>mythologies at the high school and university levels and spent five years as a<BR>producer and on-air broadcaster for Cleveland Public Radio, earning numerous awards<BR>for coverage of the arts, and contributing features to NPR's Morning Edition and<BR>Performance Today programs. Kathleen joined the Cleveland Foundation in 1991. In<BR>addition to crafting the Foundation's overall grantmaking strategies in Arts and<BR>Culture, she
designed and managed an $11 million five-year capacity-building grants<BR>program for the arts and a $5 million three-year advancement program. Her efforts<BR>with the Foundation's 1996 Civic Study Commission on the Arts was recognized by<BR>Northern Ohio Live magazine with its Award of Achievement in Arts Advocacy that<BR>year. Kathleen is a past member of the board and Executive Committee of Grantmakers<BR>in the Arts, a national service organization for professionals in arts philanthropy<BR>and is an Advisor and member of the Programs and Services and Public Policy<BR>Committees of the Community Partnership for Arts and Culture, a regional research,<BR>advocacy and service organization. She also serves on the Advisory Committee for<BR>Cultural Tourism for Cleveland's Convention and Visitor's Bureau. Kathleen is a<BR>1999 graduate of Leadership Cleveland. She likes to play Tai Chi, write poetry and<BR>score baseball g ames. <BR><BR><STRONG>Wayne
Lawson</STRONG>, Executive Director, Ohio Arts Council, who was born in Cleveland,<BR>studied Romance languages at The Ohio State University, earned a master's degree in<BR>European literature and a doctorate in theatre and comparative literature. Wayne P.<BR>Lawson has been executive director of the Ohio Arts Council since May 1978. Under<BR>his direction the OAC has become one of the foremost state arts agencies in the<BR>nation in terms of funding, long-range planning and evaluation, support for<BR>individual artists and innovative services to constituents in all arts disciplines. <BR>He has served on many panels for the National Endowment for the Arts, was chairman<BR>of the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies for three terms and completed three<BR>terms as chairman of Arts Midwest. He serves on the evaluation team of Young<BR>Audiences, New York City, and is a member of the boards of the Fine Arts Work Center<BR>in Provincetown, Massachu setts, Columbus AIDS Task
Force and the Music-Theatre Group<BR>in New York. In 1994 Lawson was honored by The Association of American Cultures for<BR>leadership and commitment to the development of cultural diversity in the arts. He<BR>also received the 1994 Gary Young Award for outstanding leadership in arts<BR>administration from the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies. In 1995 Lawson was<BR>awarded a medal of lifetime achievement in the arts by the Butler Institute of<BR>American Art in Youngstown. In 2002 he was awarded the Ohioana Career Award for his<BR>meritorious career in the arts which has added luster and distinction to the<BR>heritage of our state and nation. In 2003 he received the Alumni Award of<BR>Distinction from the College of Humanities at The Ohio State University, as well as<BR>the Julian Sinclair Smith Celebration of Learning Award from the Columbus<BR>Metropolitan Library for his commitment to lifelong learning and literacy.<BR><BR><STR ONG>For further
information, please contact</STRONG><BR><BR> Bryan Bowser (440) 826-2366 or <A href="http://webmail.bw.edu/src/compose.php?send_to=bbowser%40bw.edu" target=_blank><FONT color=#003399>bbowser at bw.edu</FONT></A><BR> Robert Ebert (440) 826-2033 or <A href="http://webmail.bw.edu/src/compose.php?send_to=rebert%40bw.edu" target=_blank><FONT color=#003399>rebert at bw.edu</FONT></A><BR><BR></DIV></DIV><BR><BR><DIV>
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