Looking at today’s society many topics are deemed relevant, but are constantly changing. Today on December 1st, 2016 the biggest discussion people may be talking about is world hunger, environment, disease, or violence. If you were given one million dollars how would you split the percentage of money between these topics, including the arts. Many would suggest that the four pervious topic were way more important than art, giving the art topic little to no money. Art and fine arts have started to become less of a value to some people. After analyzing different sources about STEM, funding in schools, and how a passion can lead someone into what they truly want to do, one can see that the fine arts are still relevant in American society today.
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By balancing the funding in schools and changing the STEM program to STEAM in order to incorporate arts and fine arts into children’s lives at an early age, then the next generations will be able to pursue any sort of passion they want. One of the greatest art forms that remains timeless in many ways in opera. During the Renaissance, in Italy, a group of artists, writers, and musicians came together to transform fine art (Greensboro). They took myths and stories and turned them into greater works of art, called opera. Later these operas soon spread to other countries. During the revolution of opera, key elements of the opera changed to evolve into what we now have today. Opera is a very universal event, since it can be translated in many languages and has themes. “The median year of composition of pieces performed at the Met has always been right around 1870. In other words, the Met is essentially performing the exact same pieces now that it was 100 years ago (Timberg).” Though opera still remains timeless in some of its performances, it is not as relatable to society today. Opera has slowly been becoming deteriorating to the masses of society over the years. If opera can keep creating stories that are relatable to society than opera may become more relevant to America. If schools keep funding for art and music within their schools, than the next generation will be able to follow their passion. If their passion is opera they can create new stories to translate into what society goes through today. This will ultimately help the opera showcase the talent, creating a bigger community of opera
By balancing the funding in schools and changing the STEM program to STEAM in order to incorporate arts and fine arts into children’s lives at an early age, then the next generations will be able to pursue any sort of passion they want. One of the greatest art forms that remains timeless in many ways in opera. During the Renaissance, in Italy, a group of artists, writers, and musicians came together to transform fine art (Greensboro). They took myths and stories and turned them into greater works of art, called opera. Later these operas soon spread to other countries. During the revolution of opera, key elements of the opera changed to evolve into what we now have today. Opera is a very universal event, since it can be translated in many languages and has themes. “The median year of composition of pieces performed at the Met has always been right around 1870. In other words, the Met is essentially performing the exact same pieces now that it was 100 years ago (Timberg).” Though opera still remains timeless in some of its performances, it is not as relatable to society today. Opera has slowly been becoming deteriorating to the masses of society over the years. If opera can keep creating stories that are relatable to society than opera may become more relevant to America. If schools keep funding for art and music within their schools, than the next generation will be able to follow their passion. If their passion is opera they can create new stories to translate into what society goes through today. This will ultimately help the opera showcase the talent, creating a bigger community of opera