The Arts Everywhere initiative was started in 2016, and at first, for arts students on campus, it seemed like a victory -- being acknowledged and celebrated by the Chancellor and campus administrators is not something that often happens for arts programs because we do not bring in nearly the amount of money and donors as the Kenan-Flagler Business School, the Media and Journalism School or the STEM majors.

Arts majors cooed at the beautifully decorated pianos and the spinning top-like chairs outside of the Campus Y. That is, until we realized that the pianos left outside in the rain and wind were, in fact, instruments taken from our already decrepit practice rooms.

Other fine arts majors have lamented the leaking ceilings in Hanes Arts Center that have caused damage to the books and resources in the Hanes Art Library. The Arts Everywhere campaign has been taken under the larger Campaign for Carolina, which has the goal of raising $4.25 billion by 2022. Are arts really everywhere if the academic arts programs at UNC are barely seeing any of this money?

According to an infographic made by the Carol Folt Revolt, a movement run by arts students who are fed up with Arts Everywhere, out of the $4.25 billion to be raised, only 3 percent of that money will go to the university's arts programs.

Olivia Begos is a sophomore vocal performance and communications major at UNC. She is one of many arts students disturbed by the disingenuous nature of the Arts Everywhere campaign.

"Arts everywhere is a veil the university puts on in front of the actual arts programs so people who aren’t in them don’t see how lowly funded they are," she said.

I am one of many students who has become a better person and musician because of my involvement in UNC's music department, but it is disgraceful that, as a voice major, I am forced to rehearse in black mold and insect-infested practice rooms. It is ridiculous that I have to pay a large sum of extra money just to get voice lessons (which are required for my major).

We are fortunate in the music department to profit from the generosity of private donors who have invested in the arts and paid to renovate Hill Hall. The fact of the matter is, though, that we would not have Moeser Auditorium without that outside help. Why are outside donors more invested in our arts programs at UNC than our own university administrators?

Throughout my time at UNC, I have be astounded by the amount of artistic talent I have encountered, and it has made me wonder what the music department would be like if the university actually invested in its arts programs.

If the university really cares about Arts Everywhere, it should be investing in its arts students first. Painting our practice pianos and putting them in the quad is not supporting the arts, it is a ridiculous and gratuitous attempt to feign support.