介绍： 2 Why must artists be poor
为什么艺术家一定很穷

Speaker：Hadi Eldebek，musician，educator，entrepreneur.

00:00:
the arts brings meaning to life.it’s the spirit of our culture.it brings people together and it supports creativity and social cohesion.but if the arts contributes this much to our economy,why th...

介绍： 2 Why must artists be poor
为什么艺术家一定很穷

Speaker：Hadi Eldebek，musician，educator，entrepreneur.

00:00:
the arts brings meaning to life.it’s the spirit of our culture.it brings people together and it supports creativity and social cohesion.but if the arts contributes this much to our economy,why then do we still invest so little in arts and artists?why do more than 80 percent of our schools nationwide still experience budget cuts in arts education programs?what is it about the value of arts and artists that we still don’t understand?I believe the system is flawed and far from being fair,and I want to help change that.
艺术给生活注入意义，这是我们文化的灵魂。它让人们走在一起，引发创造力和社会凝聚力。但是如果艺术对我们的经济贡献这么多，然而为什么我们对艺术和艺术家的投资还是很少？为什么全国仍然有超过80％的学校的艺术教育项目还在经历预算缩减？艺术和艺术家的价值是什么我们还不明白吗？我相信制度是有缺陷的，远不止公平，我想去帮助改变这种现象。

00:40:
I want to live in a society,where artists are more valued and have more cultural and financial support,so they can focus on creating arts instead of being forced to drive Ubers or take corporate jobs they’d rather not have.there are other sources of income for artists,however.there are private foundations,grants and patrons who give money,except a vast majority of artists don’t know about these opportunities.on one side you have institutions and people with money.on the other side you have artists seeking funding,but the artists don’t know about the people with the money, and the people with the money don’t necessarily know about the artists out there.
我想生活在一个社会，那里艺术家们被受到更多的重视，有更多文化上和经济上的支持，因此他们可以集中于艺术创造而不是被迫去开优步或者是不情愿地去企业工作。当然艺术家们还有其它的收入来源。比如说私人基金会，赠款和赞助商的赞助。但是大多数人不知道这些机会。一方面一些机构或个人有钱。另一方面艺术家们需要资金，但是艺术家们不知道这些有钱人，有钱的人们也不必要知道这些艺术家们需要钱。

01:20:
this is why I am very excited to share “Grantpa,”an online platform that uses technology to match artists with grants and funding opportunities in a way that is easy,fast and less intimidating.Grantpa is only one step towards solving an existing problem of funding inequality,but we need to work collectively on multiple fronts to reevaluate how we view the artists in our society.do we think of arts as a luxury or a necessity?do we understand what goes on in the day-to-day life of an artist,or do we still believe that artists,no matter how struggling they are,are happy simply because they’re following their passion?
这就是为什么我非常乐意跟你们分享一个在线平台--Grantpa，Grantpa利用技术技术，用一种简单快速又不让人害怕的方式给艺术家提供获得赠款和资金的机会。Grantpa在解决资金不平等的现存问题上只是迈出了一小步。但是我们需要从多个领域共同努力，去重新评估我们是如何看待一个社会的艺术家的，我们认为艺术是奢侈品还是必需品？我们理解一位艺术家的日常生活吗？或者我们仍然相信艺术家们，无论他们如何挣扎，因为他们遵从内心，所以也只是穷开心吗？

02:07:
in a few years,I plan to send my brothers the following email:”Dear brothers,I hope this message finds you well.I am emailing to let you know that I am doing great and so are hundreds of thousands of artists who are being valued more culturally and financially and getting enough funding to focus on their crafts and create more art.I appreciate all of your support.couldn't have done it without you.”thank you.
几年后，我打算给我的兄弟们发以下邮件：“亲爱的兄弟们，想必你们已经收到了这封邮件。我想要告诉你们我现在过得很好，我的成千上万的同行们也很好。艺术家们被赋予更多的文化和经济价值，得到了足够的资金去专注于他们的作品和创作更多的艺术。我非常感谢你们的支持，没有你们我是不可能做成这些的。”谢谢大家。