Emeritus Prof Christopher May on Nostr: There's an interesting piece in the Observer about the decline of regional Art ...

There's an interesting piece in the Observer about the decline of regional Art Schools (not yet online), which makes the case that one of he reasons for the increasingly middle class (privileged) character of our culture & arts is the result of these local institutions decline, as their student body was mostly drawn from less privileged social groupings.... it makes sense, as the increasing move to art at #universities raised the costs of experimenting with your creativity as a young person.