Brooklyn, NY

I am fairly new to Brooklyn and therefore unfamiliar with the arts landscape. But if it's anything like my old home, San Jose, CA, arts funding at the local level, at least for my favorite non-profit, Works/San Jose, is half of what it was in the '90s, and now the gallery is moving once again.

First of all, can we get the Obama administration, most importantly, Arnie Dunchan, to include arts in the push for better education? There is recognition of math, science, languages, but nothing said about the arts.

The arts are completely underrepresented when discussions about the success of American exports comes about. For better or worse, it is the 'creatives' that 'sell' what consumers around the world buy.

Jack

Yes

I am a former board member of Works, now teaching at Pratt Institute and NYU Poly in Brooklyn.