Drawing A Day 22

One of my most important tasks, in this lifetime, is to honor the national treasury of older artists in our culture. Yesterday, I had the pleasure of meeting with Joan Jeffri, Director of the the Program in Arts Administration and Research Center for Arts and Culture at Teachers College, Columbia University. She is moving forward on her project to help elder artists document their artwork and plan for the arts future among our cultural cache. I look forward to working with her as she launches the project from DC to the Nation. Here'a a little teaser from her research center: 

The RCAC's recent study, Above Ground: Information on Artists III: Special Focus New York City Aging Artists, revealed that artists are in many respects a model for society, maintaining strong social networks and an astonishing resilience as they age. Yet 61% of professional visual artists age 62+ have made no preparation for their work after their death; 95% have not archived their work; 97% have no estate plan; 3 out of every 4 artists have no will and 1 in 5 have no documentation of their work at all.

http://arts.tc.columbia.edu/rcac/artcart

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