Cutbacks, Creatives, Florida

Studio 360 | Jun 6, 2012

With budget cuts across America, Studio 360 looks at hard times for the arts. Kurt Andersen and his guest, the economist Richard Florida, discuss what happens when creativity loses its capital. Teachers rave about a curriculum for visual art that’s being cut in schools around the country. A filmmaker shoots a movie about starving artists and realizes that all he can think about is money. And a poet bucks the odds and makes a living — writing poetry.

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