Article: A collective vision of artistry: the MacDowell Colony and the organizational design of creativity.

By the third quarter of the twentieth century, the United States had emerged as the leading culture capital of the world. Yet, unlike the nations that had previously dominated the cultural industries (for example, Germany and France), the United States has had--at best--a limited tradition of public patronage for its artists. (1) That is not to say that American artists have not benefited from public support. Government-sponsored efforts such as the various Depression-era programs of the WPA and (to a lesser extent) the CETA programs of the 1970s provided support for many artists. But these programs have been the exception. Prior to the establishment of the National ...

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