{"172971":{"#nid":"172971","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Bankoff on the Influence of Arts and Culture","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESpeaking at a recent Rotary Club meeting, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/faculty-and-staff\/faculty\/bio\/bankoff\u0022 target=\u0022_self\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJoe Bankoff\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, chair of \u003Cstrong\u003EThe Sam Nunn School of International Affairs\u003C\/strong\u003E, asked the 200 club members \u0022to stand if they had participated in some form of arts activity in their youth like music, dance, painting, or theater: nearly every person present stood up. He then asked those standing if they made a living today in an arts-related field and nearly everyone standing sat down. The point drove home the positive influence of arts and culture on the lives of so many of us.\u0022\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ESource: \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/atlanta\/print-edition\/2012\/11\/23\/funding-the-arts-money-minds-and.html?page=all\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EAtlanta Business Chronicle\u003C\/a\u003E, November 23, 2012\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27663","created_gmt":"2012-11-26 10:47:39","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:26:09","author":"Rebecca Rolfe","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"breakthrough cases","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/atlanta\/print-edition\/2012\/11\/23\/funding-the-arts-money-minds-and.html?page=all","dateline":{"date":"2012-11-23T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2012-11-23T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"3798","name":"arts"},{"id":"31391","name":"Joe Bankoff"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}