This book demonstrates how and why a majority of US artists must now function as producers of their original works, as well as creators. The author shows how, over the span of 20 years, the USA's cultural policy sector radically redefined US artists' practices without cohesively articulating the expectations of artists' new role.

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Paul Bonin-Rodriguez is Assistant Professor in the Department of Theater and Dance at the University of Texas, Austin, USA. As a writer and performer, he researches the political origins and effects of contemporary arts and cultural policies and programs. His articles appear in Artivate: a Journal of Entrepreneurship in the Arts, Theatre Topics, and a forthcoming anthology on New WORLD Theater. His plays have been published in The Color of Theatre, Jump-Start Playworks, and Text and Performance Quarterly.

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Prologue Acknowledgements 1. Introduction: Performing Policy 2. A Politic of Purpose: 'The Arts and the Public Purpose' (1997) 3. New Work Now!: The Austin News Theatre Community (2013) 4. Accounting for Capital: The Creative Capital Foundation (1999) 5. A Survey Course: Teaching Artists and/as Producers 6. Linking Creative Investments: Investing in Creativity (2003 and Leveraging Investments in Creativity (2003-2013) 7. Proposing Place: 'Creative Placemaking' (2010-2014) 8. Conclusion: Power and Capital Bibliography Index