Does the geographical region matter? If you want an artsy scene, Bowdoin, Bates and Colby in Maine have artsy scenes. Colby might be more into its football team though. All schools are going to have a tough workload though. You can’t go to college and expect things to be easy.
No matter what, I recommend an LAC so it’s a smaller, artsier environment and you can figure out what you want to do. (Business/accounting maybe?) Washington and Lee isn’t really artsy however but has a good business/accounting program.