2002 - 2003 Cultural Policy Workshops

Fall Quarter 2002: Landmarks Preservation and Regulation

Convener: Richard Epstein (Law School)

• Oct. 10: Richard Epstein, James Parker Hall Distinguished Service Professor, Law School, University of Chicago, "Landmarks Preservation: The Conceptual Framework"
• Oct. 24: Brian Goeken, Deputy Commissioner for Landmarks, Chicago Dept. of Planning and Development, "Landmark Designation: An Insider's View"
• Nov. 7: David Bahlman, President, Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois, "Economic Incentives for Historic Preservation"
• Nov. 21: J. Mark Schuster, Urban Cultural Policy, MIT, "Making a List and Checking it Twice: The List as a Tool of Historic Preservation"

Winter Quarter 2003: Culture and Urban Amenities
Conveners: Terry Clark (Sociology) and Lawrence Rothfield (English/Cultural Policy)

• Jan. 14: Terry Clark (Sociology) and Lawrence Rothfield (English/Cultural Policy), "Culture and Urban Amenities"

• Readings:
  "Culture and Urban Amenities: A Prospectus" draft by T. Clark
  "Urban Amenities: Lakes, Opera, and Juice Bars: Do They Drive Development?" draft by T. Clark

• Jan. 28: Neil Scott Kleiman, Director, Center for an Urban Future, "The Creative Engine"
• Feb. 11: John Brehm, Professor and Chair, Political Science Department, University of Chicago, "Values, Information, and American Public Opinion"
• March 11: Mark Stern, University of Pennsylvania Social Impact of the Arts Project, "Documenting Culture's Reach"

Spring Quarter 2003: Price and Value in Cultural Policy
Conveners: William Landes (Law) and Robert von Hallberg (English)

• April 29: Roundtable on the NAJP report, "The Visual Art Critic"with:
  Andras Szanto, Associate Director, Columbia University National Arts Journalism Project (NAJP), and study author;
  James Elkins, Professor of Art History, Theory, and Criticism School of the Art Institute;
  Andrew Patner, Chicago arts critic
• May 6: William Landes, "The Test of Time: Does 20th Century American Art Survive?"
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  Download Word paper.
• May 13: James Pesando, University of Toronto, "Art as an Investment: The Market for Modern Prints"
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  Download PDF paper.
  Download PDF paper: "The Auction Market for Modern Prints: What Have We Learned about Art as an Investment?".
• May 27: Michael Rushton, Public Administration & Urban Studies and Economics, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, "Earmarked Taxes for the Arts"
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  Paper will be available within a week before the session.