State of the Arts

When it comes to art and music, I’m as uncultured as you can get. But even I can appreciate the new North Carolina Art Museum.
 
It’s a stunning achievement for a state. And it’s mostly due to the persistence and political savvy of Larry Wheeler.
 
I suppose the Tea Party types would say this is one more thing government shouldn’t do.
 
But the museum is exactly the kind of thing that North Carolina has done over the last 60-plus years to make ourselves a state unlike any other in the South – and the nation.
 
The question is whether North Carolina will have that kind of vision and commitment in the decades ahead – not just in art, but in everything that makes this a good place to live.
 
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State of the Arts

When it comes to art and music, I’m as uncultured as you can get. But even I can appreciate the new North Carolina Art Museum.
 
It’s a stunning achievement for a state. And it’s mostly due to the persistence and political savvy of Larry Wheeler.
 
I suppose the Tea Party types would say this is one more thing government shouldn’t do.
 
But the museum is exactly the kind of thing that North Carolina has done over the last 60-plus years to make ourselves a state unlike any other in the South – and the nation.
 
The question is whether North Carolina will have that kind of vision and commitment in the decades ahead – not just in art, but in everything that makes this a good place to live.
 
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