Whither the Non-Profit Arts Sector?
From Alex Aldrich, executive director for the Vermont Arts Council:
The interesting thing is that Dare is right. He’s right if you define the arts as they are traditionally considered: those art forms handed down to us from, mostly, Europe. Classical music, fine arts, theater, dance—these are the art forms that many of us have labored for years to sustain, to bring to the farthest corners of our nation, to extol as the epitome of creativity. And to a large degree, we have generally accomplished our goals. Orchestras, opera companies, theaters, museums and galleries no longer exist just in large major metropolitan areas. They are everywhere. Maybe, just maybe, we have been too successful…