- A20 -

Thinking about the fine arts through the lens of endurance makes sense at a gut level. The fine arts have been part of human learning and individual and cultural expression for as long as humankind has walked the earth. So instead of trying to work faster and do more with less this year well stretch reach farther and push ourselves to lay out the building blocks for sustaining fine arts disciplines far into the unknown future. Part of this endurance training involves stacking new knowledge and skills at the individual level.