Sustainable funding for the arts can be defined as government funding that is not subject to large fluctuations in annual appropriations. Arts organizations and other advocates for the arts seek means by which public support for the arts can be insulated from radical fluctuations in the level of funding. What has emerged as the most popular measure for securing sustainable funding for the arts is the use of an earmarked revenue source, where a fixed proportion of some tax or other revenue base is committed to being allocated to some public organization that disburses funds to arts organizations and/or individual artists. This paper evaluates the use of earmarked revenues for the arts, and draws a link between the means of providing public support for the arts and the ends of such support.
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