We could ask artists from abroad to come in too, so that there could be a mixing and matching of skills from Europe, America and here which would widen our world.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We have the insight and the tools to identify and bring to fruition the dormant talent that our artists possess. Favored Nations will be branded as the home base for inspired musical talent.
The truth is, we haven't really figured out yet how artists are going to thrive in modern mass societies. We're all experiments.
Artists change how we see the world - and that can have value in the way people do business.
As a result of World War II, European artists migrated to America, enlarging the scene and diminishing Paris as the center. America was beginning its dominance of the art world with the emergence of the Abstract Expressionists.
When artists who are not associated with the typical infrastructure get recognition, that becomes a cultural movement.
It would make me feel that creative art has a chance in this crazy world that we all live in.
Coming from Britain, I was terrified of meeting all these other artists, because artists over there tend to fight with each other a lot, the premise being that there's not enough room for everybody.
I consider myself more of an international artist than I do a one-territory artist, which I think is a blessing.
We live in a world where art exists in galleries and museums, and musicians have to play the same venues over and over.
I'd love to break America, like all artists do. It's a lot of work but, you know, it's got to be done!