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National Arts Advocacy Day is significant because it grants us an opportunity to gather as a community to reflect on the role of contemporary artists in the 21st century. No matter what the chosen art form, the passion to do art and to be art is born out of an insatiable yearning to make beauty, […]
Continue reading “I see little of more importance to the future of our country and our civilization than full recognition of the place of the artist.”