Cultural groups focus new money on education and access
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Some Minnesota cultural organizations are in an enviable position, spending millions of dollars worth of recent grants that are coming from national philanthropic groups. The locally based organizations say they plan to use the money to develop audiences and improve access to art, with little of it actually going to create art. MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with Morning Edition arts commentator and St. Paul Pioneer Press theater critic Dominic Papatola about the choices that are being made.
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