Does Baltimore have a reaccuring issue of art snobbery???

In reflection of the past articles, and criticisms of Baltimore I'm noticing a slight pattern... or problem that Baltimore has when trying to place itself on the "artistic map" in compairison with cities like New York, and Boston. First, Baltimore... is not New York, or Boston. We are grittier, the people who settled, and migrated to Baltimore were not artists, dancers, muscians, or painters. They were working class people, fighting for their jobs, trying to get by. Baltimore was an industrial city, not an arts mecca.

MACAC, wasn't wrong with its intentions, but somewhat clouded. The city leaders wanted Baltimore to be immidiately recognized as a city of the arts far before it was maturing into one. There was also constant controversy on who was considered an artist as well... how amateur was too amateur?

Luckily for Baltimore, Artscape was the first arts festival that made it past 12 years... Artscape celebrated its 27th year in 2009 and has plans for its events in 2010.