All Good Art is Political: Cultural Districts as Political Acts

• In Event: Federalism and Intergovernmental Policy

Brief Overview

The US is populated with cultural districts. State cultural districts exist in 17 states and govern over 300 cultural districts. This paper explores variations, inter-governmental relations, and political variables shaping state cultural districts.

Authors

• B. Kathleen Kathleen Gallagher, Southern Methodist University

• Leigh Nanney Hersey, University of Louisiana Monroe