Hadi Eldebek: Why must artists be poor?
TED Resident Hadi Eldebek is a musician, educator and entrepreneur who creates artistic, cultural, and educational projects around the world. Full bio
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I sent them the following email:
this message finds you well.
of my master's program in engineering
as a full-time musician.
is not to worry about me."
was a little bit more skeptical.
mistake of your life.
were so enthusiastic about my decision,
coming from my brothers
to make it as an artist,
to be a full-time artist.
who need to have a second job
sometimes becomes their plan A.
who experience this.
10 percent of art school graduates
sales, education and other fields.
to be a struggling artist.
the European Union
arts funding initiative.
will give 2.4 billion dollars
for our National Endowment for the Arts,
for the arts across the United States,
marching bands alone
Brendan McMahon for the "Huffington Post,"
the one trillion dollar budget
were allocated to the arts,
for 20 full-time symphony orchestras
in a capitalist society,
from a financial angle, shall we?
in economic activity,
than just an economic value.
and it supports creativity
this much to our economy,
so little in arts and artists?
of our schools nationwide
in arts education programs?
of arts and artists
and far from being fair,
and financial support
instead of being forced to drive Ubers
they'd rather not have.
for artists, however.
don't know about these opportunities.
and people with money.
you have artists seeking funding,
about the people with the money,
don't necessarily know
to share "Grantpa,"
and funding opportunities
and less intimidating.
towards solving an existing problem
on multiple fronts
the artists in our society.
as a luxury or a necessity?
in the day-to-day life of an artist,
no matter how struggling they are,
they're following their passion?
my brothers the following email:
this message finds you well.
that I am doing great
of thousands of artists
culturally and financially
to focus on their crafts
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Hadi Eldebek - Musician, educator, entrepreneurTED Resident Hadi Eldebek is a musician, educator and entrepreneur who creates artistic, cultural, and educational projects around the world.
Why you should listen
After completing his undergraduate studies in math and chemistry, Hadi Eldebek enrolled in a master's program in industrial engineering before he decided to focus on music, culture, and entrepreneurship. His choice was encountered by doubts about how he was going to make it as an artist.
When Eldebek was awarded a music grant in 2015, he started to explore how to make funding opportunities more accessible to artists around the world, sparking grantPA -- a platform that connects artists and organizations to funding and professional development opportunities.
Eldebek's collaborations with pioneers in the world of arts, culture and education, including Yo-Yo Ma's SilkRoad Ensemble, Disney World Imagineering and Harvard Graduate School of Education have equipped him with a valuable mindset and powerful insights that led him into the creation of numerous projects. He often tours as a musician and a panelist. He was recently a TED Resident, where he co-developed grantPA and Circle World Arts with his brother, Mohamad Eldebek, into ideas worth spreading.
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