Creative arts a vital industry in New England. The Boston Globe features a new report indicating that “The ‘creative industry’ (nonprofit institutions such as museums and libraries, individual

artists, and arts-related commercial activities) makes up

3.5 percent of New England’s total job base – more than our software or

medical technology industries. It is growing at a remarkable rate of 14

percent each year – nearly twice as fast as the average rate of job

growth in New England.” The arts, apparently, are a very good investment to stimulate employment and economic growth.