
IDEAS
Inspiring Ideas about Arts in America
A 2024 Podcast Roundup for Arts AdvocatesSome say we’ve reached “peak podcasting” and that the exponential growth of podcasts will slow significantly in the near future. But this signals that podcasts have become a regular staple in how we consume information, seek...
If you do not have a tween in your household, don’t sport a friendship bracelet or, well…just don’t care, you might have missed that Taylor Swift has added another 16 songs to her musical canon with her album that dropped last night at midnight, “Tortured Poets...
I was recently elected to my local Board of Education, and in the process, was inspired to think about the cure for loneliness. I’m honored to be a public steward and contribute to my community. While many people told me the odds were in my favor (I’m a Democrat in a...
4A Arts exists to change the narrative around arts and culture in the United States, particularly in this age facing an art vs. AI showdown. We believe art is for everyone, everyone is an artist, and American art creates American identity. We aim to lift up the work...
We at 4A Arts congratulate President Biden for his reinstitution of the President’s Council on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH). President Biden appointed luminaries of culture to the committee in an effort to represent the depth and breadth of American arts and...
And America Is Lesser for It Here at 4A Arts, we believe that arts and culture are basic human rights as well as vital components of an active, participatory citizenship; they are essential pieces of America’s heritage and global identity. Anti-trans legislation...