tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25834052.post114582621655566729..comments2023-04-26T00:27:13.288-05:00Comments on High Low and in Between: Preserving America's Cultural Heritagehighlowbetweenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17449795767787458873noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25834052.post-1145897575090400382006-04-24T11:52:00.000-05:002006-04-24T11:52:00.000-05:00Hi Lisa - yes Poets, a truly ignored 'sect'. That'...Hi Lisa - yes Poets, a truly ignored 'sect'. That's an important observation you make that the highly successful new MFA distorts the market perception. <BR/>Its easier to embrace the starving myth because to do otherwise would acknowledge the need for artists in our society.<BR/>Why would an artist want a family or a house? They're Crazy artists? they like poverty !highlowbetweenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17449795767787458873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25834052.post-1145858449097503812006-04-24T01:00:00.000-05:002006-04-24T01:00:00.000-05:00Well, poets probably have it worse than visual art...Well, poets probably have it worse than visual artists, but your point is well taken. The gutting of the NEA came on top of earlier decisions to cut school funding for the arts. <BR/><BR/>Maybe part of the problem is the commercialization of art. At some universities, new MFAs probably make more than new MBAs, which gives a false impression that market forces alone can support the arts. (And of course, there's the popular romanticized image of the Starving Artist who doesn't need money to make great art. And, of course, the polarized politicians who can always find some type of government-sponsored art that will get tax payers riled up.)Lisa Hunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16273391238820872246noreply@blogger.com