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"The arts are not just a nice thing to have or to do if there is free time or if one can afford it. Rather, paintings and poetry, music and fashion, design and dialogue, they all define who we are as a people and provide an account of our history for the next generation." - Michelle Obama, First Lady of the United States of America.
Metropolitan Opera, May 2009
America's creative industries are our nation's leading export worth over 60 billion annually in overseas sales including the output of artists and other creative workers in publishing, audio visual, music and recording and entertainment businesses
Source: NASAA Advocate
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Updated: 2/11/10
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