Leonardo d'Vinci was, of course, a painter, a sculpter, and an engineer ~ he invented the nut and bolt!
Too many inartistic people imagine the visual arts to be just a matter of knowing how to use photoshop ~ which is why they have no idea where to find the talent for those jobs.
Well, they should have plenty of prospects to choose from in the not to distant future.
“Governor Quinn announces $54 million for new Fine Arts Complex”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2990672/posts
The problem I see down here in southern NM with the copper mines is that to be hired they want 10yrs documentation of job history with absolutely no voids in said history. Doesn’t matter if a person has been welding all his life or grew up driving heavy machinery, if a person doesn’t meet strict criteria, much of which is not even job related, they will not get hired. I agree that a fine arts degree does have much overlap in various skill sets but it does appear that employers, no matter how desperate for workers, will not hire qualified individuals due to policy. I’d imagine in a heavily unionized city such as Chicago those criteria are even more strict unless of course a person knows the right people.
I don’t know what skill sets the gang members have other than maybe some business sense. They certainly don’t know how to shoot well.