Making the Case for the Arts

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I'm sure some of our readers will be interested.

Arts advocates have traditionally cited economic and educational benefits when they argue for arts funding. But a new study from the RAND Corporation questions this way of making the case for the Arts.

On Thursday, May 26, Brian Lehrer will discuss this issue with his guests:

Kevin McCarthy, Senior Social Scientist for the Rand Corporation, author of the report: Gifts of the Muse on the arguments for funding of the arts; and

Jolie Jensen, Professor University of Tulsa, Author: Is Art Good for Us?: Beliefs about High Culture in American Life (Rowman & Littlefield, 2002).

-->This link will lead to others, including the Wallace Foundation, which commissioned the study, and the Rand study itself.

Brian's show airs in the New York area from 10:00 a.m. to noon on 820 AM, 93.9 FM and streams live on WNYC.org. It will be archived by around 5:00 p.m. on the show's date for future listening.