介绍： 1 Why must artists be poor
为什么艺术家一定很穷

Speaker：Hadi Eldebek，musician，educator，entrepreneur.

00:00：
I come from a family of five brothers,all scientists and engineers.a few years ago,I sent them the following email:“Dear brothers,I hope this message finds you well. I am emailing to let you kno...

介绍： 1 Why must artists be poor
为什么艺术家一定很穷

Speaker：Hadi Eldebek，musician，educator，entrepreneur.

00:00：
I come from a family of five brothers,all scientists and engineers.a few years ago,I sent them the following email:“Dear brothers,I hope this message finds you well. I am emailing to let you know that I’m dropping out of my master’s program in engineering to pursue a career as a full-time musician.all that I ask from you is not to worry about me.”我来自一个有5个兄弟的家庭，所有人都是科学家或者工程师。几年前，我给他们发了这样的邮件：“亲爱的兄弟们，想必你们已经收到了这封信。我邮件给你们是想让你们知道我正打算退学放弃我的工程学位去追求一个全职音乐家职业。我想要告诉你们的全部内容就是不要担心我。”

00:40:
brother number one replied.he was encouraging but a bit skeptical.he said,”I wish you the best of luck.you’re going to need it.”brother number two was a little bit more skeptical.he said,”Don’t do it!this will be the worst mistake of your life.find a real career.”well,the rest of my brothers were so enthusiastic about my decision,they didn’t even respond.I know that the skepticism coming from my brothers is out of care and concern for me.they were worried.
一号兄弟回答道，他鼓励我但又有点犹豫。他说“祝你好运。你将会需要它。”二号兄弟更加的疑惑，他说“不要这样做！这将会是你生命中最大的错误。找一个真正的职业。”很好，我剩下的兄弟对我的决定如此“关切”，他们甚至都没有回应。我知道我兄弟们的疑虑是出自对我的照顾和关心。他们很担心。

01:20:
they thought it would be difficult to make it as an artist,that it will be a challenge.and you know what?they were right.it is such a challenge to be a full-time artist.I have so many friends who need to have a second job as a plan B in order to pay for the bills,except that plan B sometimes becomes their plan A.and it’s not just my friends and I who experience this.the US Census Bureau states that only 10 percent of art school graduates end up working as full-time artists.the other 90 percent,they change careers,they work in marketing,sales,education
and other fields.
他们成为一名艺术家很难，那将会是个挑战。你们知道吗？他们是对的。成为一个全职的艺术家的确是个挑战。我有许多艺术家朋友为了生计，都需要有第二份工作来作为B计划，除开有些时候B计划成为A计划。不仅是我朋友和我在经历这样的事儿。美国人口普查局称，仅仅只有10％的艺术学校毕业生最后工作成为一名全职艺术家。其余的90％，他们都改行了，分别工作在市场、销售、教育和其它领域。

02:00:
but this is not news,right?we almost expect the artist to be a struggling artist.but why should we expect that?I read an article in the “Huffington Post”saying that four years ago,the European Union began the world’s largest ever arts funding initiative.Creative Europe will give 2.4 billion dollars to over 300,000 artists.in contrast,the US budget for our National Endowment for the Arts,the largest single funder for the arts across the United States,is merely 146 million dollars.但是这已经不是新闻，对吧？我们几乎可以预见艺术家必将是苦苦挣扎的，但是为什么我们会这样预计？我在赫芬顿邮报上看见一篇文章写到，在四年前，欧盟开启了世界上有史以来最大的艺术资助计划。“创意欧洲”将会给超过30万艺术家拨款24亿。相反，美国对我们国家艺术基金会的预算--全美国最大的艺术投资者--也仅仅只有146万美元。

02:40:
to put things into perspective,the Us budget for the military marching bands alone is almost twice as much as the entire NEA.another striking image comes from Brendan McMahon for the “Huffington Post,”saying that out of the one trillion dollar budget for military and defense-related spending,if only 0.05 percent were allocated to the arts,we would be able to pay for 20 full-time symphony orchestras at 20 million dollars apiece,and give over 80,000 artists an annual salary of 50,000 dollars each.
直观来看，美国单独用于军事游行乐队的预算几乎是整个国家艺术基金会的两倍。另一组引人注目的数据来自布伦丹·麦克马洪为赫芬顿邮报所写的文章，里面写到一万亿美元的预算用于军事和国防支出。只要有0.05％分给艺术，我们就能以每支2000万美元支付给20支全职交响乐团，以及提供给超过八万的艺术家们每人每年5万美元的年薪。

03:20:
if that’s only 0.05 percent,imagine what a full one percent could do.now,I know we live in a capitalist society,and profits matter a lot.so let’s look at at it from a financial angle,shall we?the US nonprofit arts industry generates more than 166 billion dollars in economic activity,it employs 5.7 million people and it returns 12.6 billion dollars in tax revenue.but this is only a financial angle,right?we all know that the arts is way more than just an economic value.
如果这仅仅只是0.05％，想象一下整个1％能做些什么？我知道我们现在生活在一个资本主义社会,利润非常重要。所以，我们试试从一个经济角度来看待这个问题。美国的非营利性艺术行业产生了超过1660亿美元的经济活动，570万人受雇，回馈126亿美元税收。但是这仅仅是一个经济角度，对吧？我们都知道艺术不能单单用经济效益来衡量。