On the contrary, they’re relieved that you want to do something creative with your life. Especially because art school tuition isn’t $40,000 a year—it’s free and subsidized by the government. The new administration has spearheaded an initiative that uses art to transform downtrodden places. Artists have been assigned to beautify decaying urban neighborhoods and poor rural towns with public murals and outdoor sculptures.  Free performances are now common in previously mundane places—store parking lots, office building lobbies, and mall food courts.

–– Daisy Ford

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