Aspen Ideas Festival

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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

Kay Ryan
Kay Ryan, who on July 17 was named Poet Laureate of the United States, reads during an interlude at the Afternoon of... See more
STUDIO 360: Evening of Song, Performance, and Conversation
PRI's Studio 360 host Kurt Andersen records live from Aspen an arts-and-culture program featuring songs, performance... See more
The Powers to Lead
What qualities make a leader succeed in business or politics? In an era when the information revolution has... See more
Rebuilding an American City: A Case Study of Biloxi, MS
Architecture for Humanity co-founders Kate Stohr and Cameron Sinclair detail what it is like to help rebuild a... See more
Power Plays: Inside Washington Today, as Reported by...
Join an evening of drama, ideas, laughter, and stories when William Shakespeare's ancient insights are applied to... See more
Art and Culture in Modern China
China has experienced a tumultuous history, from the fall of its last emperor, through the Communist Revolution,... See more

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Fact: Arts
30 million: number of viewers who tuned into the 2010 season premiere of “American Idol.”
—MSN