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
In Me of Little Faith, Lewis Black offers a ferociously funny exploration of how the rules and constraints of faith and...
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Playwright, performer Anna Deavere Smith interviews 2009 Presidential Inaugural poet and scholar Elizabeth Alexander.
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Game designer Will Wright — creator of legendary games including Spore and the Sims — discusses his vision of the...
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A one-on-one with 2009 Harman-Eisner Artist-in-Residence Chuck Close, one of the most celebrated and iconic artists of...
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Fact: Arts
Employment of artists and related workers is projected to grow 12 percent through 2018, about as fast as the national average for other fields.
—Bureau of Labor Statistics