The Impact of Art

"Why do people see the photos?" My brother innocently asked me. Looking at the big blue eyes very enthusiastic about getting the answer, I will see how these four simple words ordered in a particular order have such a deep philosophical bag I am surprised. I can not get a clear answer, I mumbled, "This is complicated." My answer is more troublesome than the problem itself. I am not going to accept the fact that I can not answer such fundamental and complicated questions issued by a 7 year old child.

Dr. Larry Brewster is a professor of public and nonprofit management at the University of San Francisco and is the author of "Road to Discovery: Practice of Art and Impact on California State Prison." His four studies were included in the prison art resource project. Mr. Brewster told the upfront of KPFA that the prison art project improved prisoner's behavior, provided prisoners to contact their families, and provided feedback by donating their arts. In his 1983 survey "California's Evaluation of Orthodontic Arts Programs in the Correction Services Department," Brewster discovered that the benefits of these programs outweigh the costs.

1 It is not an exaggeration to say that many studies are not for studying the impact of art course on broader communities, but for a relatively limited number of participants. However, the results of these studies are often used by artists to support more ambitious arguments about the impact of art on the community. Enhancing the flexibility for solidarity members to participate in art will promote the "creative environment" industry, which increases the appeal of tourists, businesses, people (especially skilled workers) and investment and creates economic growth. It is highly likely to be activated

When the government has started to subsidize art, the influence on art is often harmful. According to Bruce Bastad, author of Franklin D. Roosevelt President's "Public Art Project", the current art repository catalog, "New Deal did not produce a real masterpiece." Conversely, as James Grassman of the Washington Post columnist declared, PWA has created "killing creativity" and "boring, unimaginable insulting and political" work. Whether it's business or art, the government has terrible records in choosing future winners and losers. "Government subsidies often detract from the quality of art by promoting mediocrity and new worship.