Public Art Funding and Its Importance To The Community.
I am for the public funding of arts in the United States; this is because the practice involves promoting the creative thinking of the artists and the artists as individuals. Even though the financing takes money from public finance, it helps in generating revenue for the artists. The case implies for both the individual and the government through tax generation tax from the project. Moreover, art funding creates a chance for the young generation to get into the ground by using their talents to generate funds for themselves, thus promoting business development. Arts provides opportunities for young people to promote creative and critical thinking and provides grounds for other forms a core for other forms of innovation in the various fields that include technology, engineering, and science, among other areas.
The funding has a positive effect on the US economy where it helps achieve and promotes economies through funding of small organizations in the community. This helps promote the various skills in the community as most of the community that receives this funding are the small-scale individuals in the rural areas. The impact of the grant is more effective when the young population gets the funds, thus utilizing it for practical activities after schooling. Therefore, the practice is the key to innovation, therefore, the development of an essential profession; furthermore, the funding provides the youths with a chance to advance and recognize the academic achievement in the various fields.
Similarly, the program has been effective in creating employment for the youths and providing Americans with a chance to access culture and arts. In the 1930s, the government used the skills to stimulate the Cold War war's economic and cultural stimulation. In other cases, the funding of art increases people's interest in activities that involve creative arts. This activity eradicating instances of stress and depression; sometimes, it reduces criminal activities as it keeps the people busy and occupied, thus reducing idleness in them (Davis-Cotton, 2020). The action has effectively reduced illegal activities in the community, especially in areas affected by racial crimes. In other cases, they have also been effective in exposing the work of poor artists in the community by providing them with a chance to present their work to the community.
The funding on the art from the public funds is usually applied through a grant to the arts organization and program. Another financing is done through tax increment financing; this is done in Memphis, where the state government has allocated a building for artists for housing. The grant provision is usually made through the national endowment for arts and humanities (NEA, NEH). The primary sources of art funding include the state and federal governments. Through personal development projects, private developers also provide financing where they are funded through loans
Artist has various community responsibilities that include contributing and ensuring the individuals in the community are healthy and providing cultural transmission. This is done through providing they are stress feel eradicating cases of depression. The availability of creative writers in the community is essential as they drive innovation, providing joy by creating jokes and other forms of entertainment. Arts is also necessary for transforming and changing. Most of the work done by an artist is based on a story behind it, which can be used as an inspiration to other community members. The hardship experienced by the artist in producing their work and success in the profession is through struggle, persistence, and perseverance, which are excellent inspirations to other people never to give up to attain their goals.
In other cases, artists provide education to the community on important issues affecting the community. Most artists are involved in addressing the moral grounds of acting as role models to the younger generation. This is attained through the philosophy that dictates the actions and behaviors in public. The story and effort in the industry are meant to provide education to the community of working hard to reap individuals' fruits. The artists have the responsibility of recording time. This is done by their production, where they are rated about the time they were produced. Sometimes the artist uses their work to express the actual condition of the community in ways that are not harming the community interest, thus providing a clear understanding of the community's trends.
The regional issue in the USA includes cases of disparity in the living standard of the people in the country. The difference in the individual living standard is the crucial factor determining the availability of the public funds for arts by the federal government. If the individuals in a community have a good living standard, they are not eligible for art funding, as they can support and nurture the talents in the community. This is because the fund should be meant for the poor in the community who cannot fund their work, thus providing funds to the small organizations. In doing so, the fund is supposed to offer the people with low living standards
Other regional issues like unemployment positively affect the production of public funds as the government tries to avail opportunities to the citizen to engage in self-employment. Art in the community provides the unemployed community members1). The unemployment cases thus increase. Crime in most states in America has risen as a priority in regional issues. This affects the public art funding by expanding it to help eradicate the idleness in the community to reduce cases of crimes and drug abuse. Similarly, some artists engage in activities meant to provide remedies to most environmental problems where their skills involve utilizing the available waste to create new items.
Arts is an essential feature in the formation of a national character. Each nation is characterized by possessing specific cultures and values characteristic to the government or a community. The role of art reflects the nation's cultural values, beliefs, customs, and a way of preserving the community (Landry, 2020). Similarly, the skills of a specific country apply the country's culture and values, making it unique for the government as it represents the communities’ culture and heritage. The involvement of art in a nation's economy is essential. It provides the government with success in industry innovation, thus providing a chance for its economic growth. In some countries, the aspects of art are essential for aesthetic various and attracting tourists to enjoy the beautiful sceneries.
One of the ethical considerations of art is the originality of the ideas and innovation of their work. It is honorable for an artist to provide ideas and work that is their work rather than being involved in other people's work and claiming ownership. The problem has been a common occurrence where measures are taken by individuals registering their work to reduce these cases. The registration of individual work protects the original owner of the content from other people's content without their consent. In music, piracy is where an individual takes other people's songs and reproduces them as their own, which is a crime punishable by law. The development of rules and regulations to govern the process has reduced the cases, thus protecting the artists.
References.
Cheng, R. W. (2021). A Study of Arts Community and Local Identity at Toucheng District.
Davis-Cotton, D. (2020). Arts integration: a survey of attendance at school and community arts events in Florida. Arts Education Policy Review, 1-13.
Landry, C. (2020). Arts, culture and the city: An overview. Built Environment, 46(2), 10-21.
SULAIMAN, B., & Bint Sadaka, I. (2020). TRADITIONAL FOLK CULTURE AND ARTS IN THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA AND ITS ROLE FOR DEVELOPMENT SOCIETAL. International Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Heritage Research, 3(2), 40-44.
