Posted on 06/16/2011 3:01:05 PM PDT by Steve Peacock
“10-15 academic “experts” at art. Guaranteed epic fail.”
Excellent point upon which to focus. I nearly choked when I read that segment of the RFP. How I would love to sit on just one session of those geniuses. Talk about unintentional, low-brow comedy!
Of course not. And the Arts do add to society. The NEA on the other hand does not.
Art is a good thing and should be part of a young person's education. The ability to understand beauty is as important as the ability to understand logic.
The NEA does not understand either so their attempt to develop a logic model to weigh the worthiness of art is a waste of time and money.
Art today represents culture.....ugly/shock factor. No beauty, no skill. That’s what the museums, progressives, market.
Exactly. As one who, by default, is involved in “da arts”, it’s been disturbing for years how art is defined by the all important message it sends (often politically based, tolerance, assorted teachable moments, etc.) rather than on style and substance of art itself.
You missed the point but that’s ok.
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