Why the arts matter and deserve support -- especially in bleak times - Issues & Ideas - MiamiHerald.com

Why the arts matter and deserve support -- especially in bleak times - Issues & Ideas - MiamiHerald.com: "Those attitudes increasingly left the non-pop performing, visual and literary arts scrabbling on the margins of our society and our esteem, except for the tiny percentage that can claim some mass appeal and/or money-making clout. The downgraded position of the arts has been exacerbated by our desperate times, as everyone from the state of California on down tries to spend the minimum (or less) to get by, so that the arts suffer from the double whammy of being considered neither profitable nor necessary."