art is essential
I base my whole career on this premise. Here is a collection of reasons why.
art is essential
When we defund the arts, we aren’t cutting “extras.” We’re cutting out access to empathy, critical thinking, joy, identity, and freedom of expression. We are narrowing our children’s worldviews and telling future generations that beauty and voice don’t matter.
This erosion isn’t accidental—it’s often political. Silencing art is a time-tested tool of... See more
This erosion isn’t accidental—it’s often political. Silencing art is a time-tested tool of... See more
Art as A Necessity: Rethinking the Fundamentals of Human Survival
That idea stuck with me. If art shapes how we perceive, connect, and innovate—why isn’t it considered essential in the same way food, clothing, and shelter are?
Art as A Necessity: Rethinking the Fundamentals of Human Survival
an provide a major economic boost for a town
Research shows that for each dollar spent at a local movie theater, an additional $1.50 is spent in surrounding businesses—restaurants, bars, transportation. Theaters are not just retail outlets. They are, as Cinema United’s Michael O’Leary put it, “cultural and economic anchors of communities of all sizes.”
When those anchors disappear, communities... See more
When those anchors disappear, communities... See more
The Paramount Doctrine's Irony
as much as art needs money, money also needs art. The popes and kings of the world are indebted to artists for preserving their legacies via portraits and tombs and all kinds of art. Art and business have always needed each other and worked together over the years. The world we live in today is the result of such a timeless marriage.
Jeff Goins • Real Artists Don't Starve: Timeless Strategies for Thriving in the New Creative Age
In a world fast being shaped by collapse and complexity, artists are not a luxury. They are a necessity. They don’t just interpret culture — they recreate it. They hold space for grief, birth, possibility, and spark the kinds of insights that can’t be beta-tested but must be lived.
It’s time to stop grasping for certainty by asking what is... See more
It’s time to stop grasping for certainty by asking what is... See more
Annalise Lewis • What if Artists Were Your Strategic Weapon in the Boardroom?
The public money has dried up, in other words, but so has a whole lot of the private money. You might not have noticed the ramifications quite yet, but you will. It’s in the increasingly ardent pleas from your local NPR station, of course, but it’s also just absence: the film festival or day camp or curated exhibition or concert series that just... See more