The Clyde Fitch Report

"Over the summer, New York City announced the harrowing news that they were slashing the DOE arts education budget by $15 million, a 70% reduction from the previous $21.5 million budget. The cut has the potential to decimate arts education in the city’s public schools, and to widen the already vast achievement gap between schools in more affluent areas and Title 1 schools in underserved ones."

"...it feels like this is a new era of the dance artist as activist someone who links the injustices raging in the world with issues in dance."

Presented here without comment other than to say that they are both so very much loved.

Carey Perloff just created another guest post for The Clyde Fitch Report -- and I am once again deeply honored to offer it to the world. Please share.

So many articles out there extolling the virtues of the WPA and how all problems in the arts would be solved if we only had a new New Deal version of it. So few articles out there explaining what legislation would look like that recreated the WPA, what it would cost, how artists -- and which artists -- would be selected to be a part of it, what they would be paid, who would own their work, how the program would be appropriately diverse and equitable and inclusive, and what the plan would be to get the country to embrace it. Kindly let me know when the latter article is written.