World Art Managers Find New Funding Models In D.C. : NPR

World Art Managers Find New Funding Models In D.C. : NPR: "Each year's class of fellows is a little like a United Nations of arts management. They come from every corner of the globe; Pakistan, Russia, Ecuador, Zanzibar, Cambodia and China to name a few. In most of these countries, nonprofit staples like capital campaigns and membership drives are unheard of.

'The funding system in the United States is different than most of the world,' says Kennedy Center President Michael Kaiser. 'We developed this private philanthropy model because of a separation of art and state that really emerged from the Puritans who thought that music and dance were evil.'"