Nonprofit arts organizations can be nonprofit arts organizations. Big deal. If the NEA’s funding were eliminated, how would that change what they do? In 2017, during the first year of the last Trump presidency, George Will wrote this in the Washington Post: Are NEA enthusiasts serene about government stipulating, as it must, art’s public purposes that justify public … [Read more...] about What Would a Post-NEA (Arts) America Look Like?
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“Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics” – Another Bad Research Project About the Arts Leads to Worse Conclusions
Benjamin Disraeli might have been referring to the latest irrelevant data on the economic power of the arts in 2021. [Jeez Louise. Why do they make me have to write this?] Let’s start with a basic question. What constitutes relevant data? If you’re really hungry and you find yourself in an apple orchard, which one of these points is the most relevant to you? If … [Read more...] about “Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics” – Another Bad Research Project About the Arts Leads to Worse Conclusions