For a while now I've had a sneaking suspicion that people who should know better are taking an axe to the arts. This includes rich non profit executives who have a single vision of the world and their enablers. Peter, a composer, has no interest in using music as a solution to the problems his nonprofit seeks to solve. http://novofoundation.org/ Bill Gates refuses to support the arts. Oddly though they both support public school curriculum reform and both approaches are arts free!!
Schools without arts that will make the world a better place.
Also
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/11/opinion/sunday/good-charity-bad-charity.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&
http://gawker.com/do-not-give-a-dollar-to-the-opera-1277379327
Here we have a false choice. Supporting the arts kills children. Really? Shameless.
What about El Sistema?
Why not pick on the pet owners? What is obvious to me is the idea of a "healthy productive life" as Bill Gates proposes is joyless.
My response re-posted here
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jennifer-rivera/giving-money-to-the-arts-_b_3908945.html
Can art feed hungry people? No, it cannot. "
Sometimes it can ---many folks earn a living in the arts.
In addition El Sistema has brought many people out of poverty.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Sistema
Schools without arts that will make the world a better place.
Also
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/11/opinion/sunday/good-charity-bad-charity.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&
http://gawker.com/do-not-give-a-dollar-to-the-opera-1277379327
Here we have a false choice. Supporting the arts kills children. Really? Shameless.
What about El Sistema?
Why not pick on the pet owners? What is obvious to me is the idea of a "healthy productive life" as Bill Gates proposes is joyless.
My response re-posted here
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jennifer-rivera/giving-money-to-the-arts-_b_3908945.html
Can art feed hungry people? No, it cannot. "
Sometimes it can ---many folks earn a living in the arts.
In addition El Sistema has brought many people out of poverty.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Sistema