Aspen Ideas Festival

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Fact:
17% versus 5%: Students with access to the arts in high school are three times more likely than students who lack those experiences to earn a bachelor's degree.
—National Endowment for the Arts, March 2012

Audio/Video: Arts

A New Way Forward for Urban Schools
The National Urban Alliance has worked with urban school districts across the country, achieving promising results... See more
Innovation and Invention in an Era of Globalization
Which - if any - of your company's values encourage the emergence of innovation? Is innovation a top-down process or a... See more
Beauty in Science
Beauty and science: Are they compatible? Does beauty have anything to do with science? According to physicists, the... See more
What Makes a Musical Masterpiece?
This music-filled discussion with dynamic Julliard music educator, Jung Lin and an acclaimed pianist, David Dubal,... See more
The Relationship Between Culture and Democracy
Dana Gioia and Stephen L. Carter look at the correlation between cultural involvement - especially literary reading -... See more
Speak The Speech: Acting Shakespeare with Michael York
Michael York takes a candid, behind-the-scenes look at what it's like to take on Shakespeare as an actor or director.... See more

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Fact: Arts
-17: percentage of fall in the number of people employed as musicians in the US from 1990 to 2009
—International Federation of the Phonographic Industry