Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 23 January 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs

Why the Arts Matter: Discussion

Mr. Philip King:

A society of engineers came out recently and said that we were producing great mathematicians and good engineers but that they have no empathy and cannot talk to people or engage with them.

Another thing struck me. We were invited to take "Other Voices" to Austin, Texas. The people who came to Dingle to look at it asked us to bring it over to Austin. Willie Nelson has a studio in Austin. It was suggested we would work with him and that it would be fantastic. I asked why they wanted us to go to Austin - there is more music in Austin than you can shake a stick at. They said that it was because it would enhance the value proposition of the town. The motto in Austin is to "Keep Austin Weird".

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