Barry Hessenius questions the widely held belief that more arts in schools will boost future arts audiences.
Without arts education in the schools, future generations will have little to no exposure to, or experience with, the arts and are therefore less likely to be supportive - including as our future audiences. We need to make sure young people get the arts in schools as a way to insure we will have future audiences and public support.
That belief has been repeated so often in our field, that it has taken on the mantle of an absolute truth.
We desperately want that to be true. It would be the magic bullet that would change our circumstances and theoretically (eventually) bring back 'happy days'... Keep reading on Barry's Blog
Without arts education in the schools, future generations will have little to no exposure to, or experience with, the arts and are therefore less likely to be supportive - including as our future audiences. We need to make sure young people get the arts in schools as a way to insure we will have future audiences and public support.
That belief has been repeated so often in our field, that it has taken on the mantle of an absolute truth.
We desperately want that to be true. It would be the magic bullet that would change our circumstances and theoretically (eventually) bring back 'happy days'... Keep reading on Barry's Blog