Are safe from the National Endowment for the Arts, right?
Two stories, both local:
Arts have big economic impact in Seattle, study says
The arts are big business in Seattle — generating $330 million in economic activity annually, according to a recent study of the city’s nonprofit arts and cultural organizations.
That’s a lot of money for non-profits groups. I could be wrong, but don’t non-profits have to spend all the money they make, such as giving it away to “artists” who would othersie apply for NEA grants?
How about this tale
Study: Arts groups generated $318 million for region’s economy in 2006
Money spent on the Portland region’s art scene may be discretionary, but it helps fuel a very real economic machine, according to a comprehensive national study released Wednesday.
Together, more than 100 arts and culture organizations in Portland’s three counties generated $318 million in 2006, supporting more than 10,000 full-time local jobs, said a study prepared by Americans for the Arts, an arts support organization based in New York and Washington, D.C.
Once again, can we now dump the NEA? $648 Million is plenty of spending cash for “artists”. And that is for just Oregon and Washington? Why do they still demand my tax money (and yours too)?
Remove “artists” off the teat.
Bad art is simply tolerated vandalism.
Could we have a little clearication on exactly all that money was “generated’?
“I could be wrong, but don’t non-profits have to spend all the money they make, such as giving it away to “artists†who would othersie apply for NEA grants?”
No, they don’t. It’s just a tax status. See this link for more info:
http://www.runanzhang.com
How do you think those fundamentalist preachers on TV get so rich?
Oops. Try this link instead:
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There’s some confusion with this: the study measures economic impact which is not just artist fees, but audience tickets, meals, hotels, childcare while they’re away – all the costs that are accumulated by artistic and cultural activities.
Actually, if you read the report, you’ll see that for every $1 the government puts into the arts, they get $7 back from all this activity the arts stimulate.
According to this study, the biggest profits are going to government, not artists or nonprofits.