A new era may be dawning in which artists, strongly supported by the president, will develop new forms of enduring art.
Sharon Butler
Sharon L. Butler is a practicing artist and a professor of visual arts at Eastern Connecticut State University. She maintains a blog about painting at www.twocoatsofpaint.blogspot.com.
The Super-Sizing of American Art Museums
The art world is trending toward mega-museums, with more capital investment in high-profile architecture and fattened collections. But bigger isn’t always better.
Arts and Minds
The State Department wants to fund artists to create works for overseas museums — so long as the art promotes U.S. foreign policy.

