A Tax for the Arts in This Economy?

AX: “The way this works is we're gonna sing one time, then you're gonna pass your
instrument to the left (guitar strummed).”

TRX: A group of toddlers gather in the music room at Ethos, a North Portland non-profit that
promotes music and music-based education for youth in underserved communities.
A small part of its budget comes from public funding. Jessica Jarrat, executive director
of the Creative Adocacy Network, or CAN, says Portland doesn't do as much to fund the
arts as other cities:

AX: “We've fallent behind many of our peers in Seattle, in Denver, in Cleveland.”

TRX: CAN is a three-year-old non-profit advocacy group. Its goal is to establish a dedicated
public fund to increase arts and culture for every resident and make free arts and
music experiences available to every child. For arts advocates nationwide Denver is...
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