Usually the artists have no uniforms because they do not have the means to afford such. Artists do not earn much, yet they do provide societv with invaluable works. Most will receive little or no recognition in their lifetimes. With a new city administration about to take seat, it is important that the question of funding for the arts take into account the individual artists who help make San Antonio a truly beautiful place to live in. Arts funding must take artists into account when handing out public subsidies.
Artists are underpaid for their work.
They have no protection in between gigs and no insurance nor retirement benefits. Yet, many of their works will outlast the bureaucratic shrines housing subsidized administrators. Art is an important commodity in this city, for it projects a flavor not to be found in Dunlop, Iowa. Yes, art is big money for some and no money for others, and it is unfair. Nothing for nothing Fair or not, it is really a question of morality.