Atlanta To Get Arts Funding Jump?

“For years, artists and arts activists have bemoaned Atlanta’s bottom-of-the-barrel arts budget. Proof of the city’s underfunded cultural scene became more pronounced earlier this year, when a national Americans for the Arts study showed the wide disparity between what Atlanta contributes to its arts and culture organizations and what other, similarly sized cities and counties do. Only Anchorage, Alaska, and Orange County, N.Y., give less.” So now a proposal to quadruple the city’s arts funding.