Mile-High Musings on Arts, Culture, Creativity and Philanthropy

There has been much attention recently on the growing challenge to arts education programs and funding in our schools, given the current fiscal challenges that we face. Richard Kessler has addressed it in his Arts Journal blog , recently with Jane Remer as a guest blogger, and I have also seen many tweets and blog entries from all around the country about school districts cutting their arts programs in response to the need to manage challenges budgets and focus on the "core" academic areas. Perhaps it is appropriate then that recently I was interviewed for the Ford Foundation supported Web site " KeepArtsIinSchools.Org ,"  which is part of their Integrating the Arts and Education Reform Initiative. The interview was just posted and can be both read and listened to here . The web site is basically designed to provide tools for arts advocates, for parents, for policy makers. It is a great resource, with lots of useful tools - highly recommended. It was a great opp...