The Living Legacy of W. McNeil Lowry - Vision and Voice (Hardcover, New edition)

This carefully curated collection of the writings and speeches of W. McNeil (Mac) Lowry will provide significant information about and insight into a remarkable period in the second half of the twentieth century, when the foundations of the arts as they now exist in the United States were creatively and firmly laid, primarily through Lowry's penetrating intellectual perspective and his strategic organizational acumen as Director of The Ford Foundation's unique Program in Humanities and the Arts. And many of the fundamental issues he raised and analyzed-why the arts should be valued and how they are best supported and governed-are no less pressing today. The significance of the material is framed and underscored by a foreword by Darren Walker, President of The Ford Foundation; an enlightening essay on "W. McNeil Lowry, the Arts and American Society" by the eminent scholar, Stanley Katz; poetic and powerful tributes to Lowry by Lincoln Kirstein and Peter Zeisler; and a context-setting introduction by the editor. Given the substantive variety and depth of the chapters, the volume will be of interest to a wide range of scholars and students, artists and administrators, both within and at the intersection of philanthropy, the arts, society, public policy and history.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 2020
First published:	2020
Foreword by:	Darren Walker
Editors:	Frank Kessel
Dimensions:	225 x 150 x 39mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	502
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-4331-6965-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social work > Charities & voluntary services Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > From 1900 > Reportage & collected journalism
LSN:	1-4331-6965-7
Barcode:	9781433169656

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