Alexander looked very glamorous. She looked like she was an actress. Her face had an understanding, motherly-type look. Many of us had been exposed to all forms of the arts, but we never knew that they were in danger. We never thought about it in a political and controversial way.
Arts are often the first thing to go when the budgets get tight.
In schools as well as the government, arts will be the one cut. The National Endowment for the Arts has sponsored a nationwide arts education program. Other goals are to increase public awareness about the value of arts education for children, and to give people the ability to improve their arts education programs. We think that the arts are a solution to some of these problems that kids face, so we support a lot of programs around the country that deal with them. Studying the arts, she said, will help them with their other subjects because the arts teach kids about themselves, and about real life experiences and emotions they might face.