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One of the strongest visual associations with the historical memory of the New Deal is the Works Progress Administration's art, theater and murals.
Serious question: Do either the federal Green New Deal or its local progeny envision increased government funding of the arts?
Serious question: Do either the federal Green New Deal or its local progeny envision increased government funding of the arts?
From what I can see, there's not a word of it in the House bill, and it's not on a 130+ point list of the New York City "indicators" of its GND: OneNYC.
It seems notable how far government arts funding has been marginalized that this part of the New Deal has been discarded.
It seems notable how far government arts funding has been marginalized that this part of the New Deal has been discarded.
There also seems to be a sad contradiction about an initiative that asks the public to be bold, ambitious and visionary, while simultaneously shredding all that artsy stuff from the legislation that inspired it.
