The state of the arts 2016

The average person spends 6 seconds looking at a work of art.

The budget for military bands is 3 times the budget of the National Endowment for the Arts.

The Rolling Stones music is being used to sell either household cleaning products or dog food--I forget which.

You can hear Joni Mitchell singing in the bathrooms at Bob Evans.

For most people on the planet, visual literacy stops at the stick figure.

The most likely descriptions of works of visual art are "pretty" and "cute."

Thomas Kinkade is still the most collected artist in America.

Most Americans could most likely not name one living contemporary artist.