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 \nWhat is happening in America today to writing and paint-ing,to music and sculpture,to drama on the stage,the screen,and on television?  \nWhat's being done about all these things generally lumpedunder \"the arts”?How important are \"the arts\"?And what'sbeing done about the men and women who create or performthem?  \nBefore World War I it was fashionable for visitingEuropeans--and for many Americans—to dismiss this countryas an artistic desert.  \nYet recently we’ve been reading newspaper headlines likethese:  \n\"President Names 15 Trustees for National Culture Center\"  \n\"Moiseyev Glowing in Report on U.S.:Dance Leader Hails  \nNation's Culture in Moscow Talk”  \n“4 Builders Named for Lincoln Center Arts Project”\"FederaI Role in the Arts Has Increased in Decade\"  \nFor a cultural desert,these are pretty emphatic signs offfertility.  \nYet at the same time the financially distressed ChicagoLyric Opera Company is granted a subsidy of $16,000—bywhom?By the Italian Government!  \nFor many people America continues to present a pictureof perplexing contrasts—-a land of immense wealth and talent,yet a land which largely neglects its creative and performingartists.  \nOurs is a nation which willingly spends billions each yearon defense of our way of life.It is a nation which willinglyspends billions on scientific research to explore the universeand give its people more leisure time.  \nYet we are among the slowest and stingiest of all nationsin spending money on those things which are generally re-garded as representing the highest and most enduring expres-sions of any way of life.  \nWe grant almost no national funds to our theatres,ourmuseums,our opera houses,our orchestras and ballet troupes.We have no government programs to discover and aid youngtalent.Outside of New York and a few other spots,muchof America still seems culturally arid.  \nThroughout the history of civilization,governments andrulers have encouraged the arts.Today,in many parts of theworld,governments—both democratic and totalitarian—arestill the greatest patrons of the arts.These nations continueto recognize,as the New York Times puts it,that \"art is im-portant as a national resource.”  \nWhat about a national program for the creative and per-forming arts in America?What are its dangers and draw-backs?And what form,if any,might it take?  \nDrawings by C.P.Meier  \nEDITORIAL ADVISORY cOMMITTEE:Dr.James W.Fesler,Professor of Government,Yale University;Dr.Kent RobertsGreenfield,former Chief Historian,Department of the Army;Dr.Allan Nevins,Professor Emeritus of American History,Columbia University,President of the Society of American Historians;Dr.Robert Spiller,Chairman of the Departmentof American Civilization,University of Pennsylvania,former President of the American Studies Association.Editor:Townsend Scudder,President of the Center.  \n.  \nArt and Civilization.Ever since the first caveman tooktime off from his struggle for survival to scratch some decora-tions on the walls of his dwelling,art has been a part of man'slife.  \nDeep down,human beings seem to have a desire to expressthemselves in words or music or patterns.This desire to putmen 5into expressive form hidden and formless aims can be re-gasded as one of the very important manifestations of thehuman spirit.Men dance and sing and make beautiful objectsbecause something inside them simply demands to come out.  \nOriginally many artistic activities were connected withbasic needs—to increase fertility,to drive away evil spirits,or simply to carve a more ominous spear handle.But then,sooner or later in civilization,the arts began to break freefrom subservience to functional crafts and religious rituals.Men began to seek beauty for bea","cbCaisIDuM8kLLWM","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaisIDuM8kLLWM","pdf",425901,"English","# ARTS AND LETTERS:\n## A National Program Needed?","[{\"question\":\"What question does the Arts and Letters section raise about America’s arts?\",\"answer\":\"It asks whether a national program is needed for the creative and performing arts in America, and what dangers or drawbacks it could have.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the document describe America’s support for artists compared with other priorities?\",\"answer\":\"It says America spends billions on defense and scientific research but grants almost no national funds to theatres, museums, opera houses, orchestras, and ballet troupes, and lacks programs to discover and aid young talent.\"},{\"question\":\"What historical idea about art and government does the document emphasize?\",\"answer\":\"It argues that throughout civilization governments and rulers have encouraged the arts, recognizing art as an important national resource and relying on patronage to sustain artistic work.\"}]","Vital Iissues - Volume 7 - Issue 9 - Arts and Letters - A National Program Needed? 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