We haven't made the case!

My last post calling for a National Summit elicited a mini-torrent of attack on DailyKos, where I cross posted it. Surprisingly, even in a liberal group blog like Kos, it's clear that a lot of people don't have a sense that the arts are important and that they need help from the government. The hard part about getting government support is that artists, arts organizations, and indeed the whole cultural sector is completely misunderstood by the public. We have to come together, find common arguments and unified ideas about why others should care about us. Until we do, we'll remain in the relative wilderness.