Let's not forget the rise of corporate philanthropy for the arts, which barely existed before the '70s. That started with the tobacco and oil companies, for obvious reasons, then spread like wildfire. (Hard to believe that Exxon once employed someone with the title "Senior Arts Adviser, whose job it was to decide how Exxon spent its corporate dollars.)
By the early '80s, most major corporations had a dedicated philanthropy "department," with formal guidelines for applying, etc. (As an interesting sidebar, these departments were overwhelmingly staffed by women and minorities, groups who had entered the corporate world in great numbers.)
I assume you'll de discussing at some point about the incredible "disconnect" in the laws of supply and demand, ie., at the exact time when these huge levels of financial support became available audiences for the arts started to decline.
This is terrific context, Andrew!
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Let's not forget the rise of corporate philanthropy for the arts, which barely existed before the '70s. That started with the tobacco and oil companies, for obvious reasons, then spread like wildfire. (Hard to believe that Exxon once employed someone with the title "Senior Arts Adviser, whose job it was to decide how Exxon spent its corporate dollars.)
By the early '80s, most major corporations had a dedicated philanthropy "department," with formal guidelines for applying, etc. (As an interesting sidebar, these departments were overwhelmingly staffed by women and minorities, groups who had entered the corporate world in great numbers.)
I assume you'll de discussing at some point about the incredible "disconnect" in the laws of supply and demand, ie., at the exact time when these huge levels of financial support became available audiences for the arts started to decline.