Yes space for the arts needs to be a required life-long skill that is currently lost for most once they become teenagers. If people don't want to do it there is little that can be done aside from the incentives mentioned already to motivate them. A very sad fact of life!

Creators or maintainers might be sufficient in liberate people from the drudgery of monotonous employment. As an historical example: the coal shovelers of yesteryear would've argued until they're blue in the face that taking their jobs away is not liberation: these people need to be flexible enough to be retrained and reskilled to be put back into the workforce. However, if a suitable baseline of skills was instilled during early years than this would not be necessary as the essential skills for life would be already present.

Thanks I'll check it out! You might be interested in my new debate series. Currently we're just starting the debate around the philosophy of the image and related visual arts philosophy discussion. Check it out: https://steemit.com/philosophy/@deterrencepolicy/a-great-debate-the-philosophy-of-the-image