The phrase "artistic cause" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a purpose or motivation related to art, such as supporting artistic endeavors or promoting artistic expression.
Example: "The fundraiser was organized to support an artistic cause, aiming to provide resources for local artists."
Alternatives: "creative purpose" or "artistic mission".
And his habit of letting his joke writers gang-tackle scripts and turn them into a theatrical hodgepodge didn't help his artistic cause.
The next artistic cause to which she devoted her energies was the World Dance Alliance, an international forum for the exchange of dance ideas founded in Hong Kong in 1990.
The bottom line is that the trustees of arts organisations need to decide whether taking on a sponsorship will not only further an organisation's artistic cause, but also whether the association can genuinely stand up against core values.
Thoroughbred racehorses are not allowed to have names that are all initials; they cannot have names that are clearly promoting a commercial or artistic cause; and they cannot be named after a living person unless there is a written confirmation from that person saying it is okay.
And those who do, the alliance found, are increasingly drawn to social, rather than artistic, causes.
As long as they stick to safe pursuits (social, environmental or artistic causes, say), this is OK, maybe even reinvigorating.
He thinks the Arts Council should be scrapped and instead tax breaks given on all donations to artistic causes.
The ATS is proud to be numbered among the numerous civic, political, educational and artistic causes to which Mr. Fisher lent his support.
House was completed in October that year, and it became one of the great artistic causes célèbres of the past 20 years, overshadowing the work that had been officially nominated for the Turner prize.
The death of their son prompted the couple to make a series of contributions to artistic causes, including the dedication of a pipe organ to the Central Synagogue in Manhattan.
In return, it is required (under the terms of Warhol's will) to give annual cash grants to artistic causes, that must, according to US charity laws, amount to 5% of the value of its holdings.
