As we were putting together this issue, which celebrates our 8th Anniversary, the value of an art degree became a hotly discussed topic after President Obama, addressing a crowd at a General Electric plant in Waukesha, Wisconsin, said, “A lot of young people no longer see the trades and skilled manufacturing as a viable career. But I promise you, folks can make a lot more, potentially, with skilled manufacturing or the trades than they might with an art history degree.” While the President quickly noted there was nothing wrong with an art history degree, the statement brought a barrage of letters and emails from art professionals, including one from a University of Texas at Austin professor, who then received an apologetic personal response: “I was making a point about the jobs market, not the value of art history,” Obama wrote. “As it so happens, art history was one of my favorite … [Read more...] about Welcome