Does anyone know what The Cultural Alliance of Milwaukee does? Other than ask cultural groups to fill out surveys? For any readers outside of Milwaukee, do you have similar arts alliances in your community that do little more than push papers around and create dazzling spreadsheets for the benefit of convention and visitor bureaus and bus tour group operators?
Has art in our community and the nation become too speculative? Please shoot me some thoughts.
And, if someone from the Cultural Alliance wants to weigh in, that would be great. I think they're nice people and all, I just want to know really what they do.
4 smart alecky remarks:
As soon as you find out what the Cultural Alliance does, please, please let me know. I called them about a legal matter that could affect the entire theatre community and they "just didn't have the staff" to pursue it. I'd love to know what they have enough staff to do.
Julie,
I intend to pursue my question alongside yours. I'm curious. Very curious. I have always been baffled by the need for another group to discuss economic impacts, quality of life, blah, blah, blah.
Do we really need another group whose mission (from what I can tell) is to justify the arts' existence to people who couldn't care less. At some point can we all agree that the arts have a purpose? Now, if they could get us more exposure and funding- that would be something!
Here! Here! No more meetings! Though it doesn't seem there are actually any artists on the Cultural Alliance board, so at least they are sparing the people who make art from that.
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