LETTERS TO L.A. LIFE : VAN NUYS ARTIST TAKES ISSUE WITH NATIONAL ENDOWMENT.I know this is an era of buck passing Buck passing or passing the buck is the action of transferring responsibility or blame unto another person. It is also used as a strategy in power politics when the actions of one country/nation are blamed on another, providing an opportunity for war. so widespread that it's a wonder that the face of George Washington hasn't been wiped off in the frenzy. However, this report from the National Endowment for the Arts National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Independent agency of the U.S. government that supports the creation, dissemination, and performance of the arts. It was created by the U.S. is so ludicrous it must be addressed. They are blaming the artists for what they call alienation between the public and the arts. Oh, really, which artists? If it's the ones Jane Alexander and her NEA NEA abbr. 1. National Education Association 2. National Endowment for the Arts NEA (US) n abbr (= National Education Association) → Verband für das Erziehungswesen group have chosen, I understand the alienation. It seems their only function was to kick over the rocks and find the most bizarre, outlandish out·land·ish adj. 1. Conspicuously unconventional; bizarre. See Synonyms at strange. 2. Strikingly unfamiliar. 3. Located far from civilized areas. 4. Archaic Of foreign origin; not native. and sometimes disgusting pieces to fund and publicize. As to the decline of corporate and private giving and the loss of arts education in public schools, whose fault is that? Our federal government cut back the tax incentives for donations to the arts and cut out the arts programs in the schools. As an arm of the government, the NEA might have fought these problems rather than trying to force art that most of the American public neither appreciates nor understands. That's not a slap at the intelligence of the American public. I've been an artist for 17 years and I don't understand it either. This report is called the ``American Canvas.'' It should have been called the ``NEA Canvas,'' since it was not painted with honesty, but rather, is a whitewash whitewash, white fluid commonly used as an inexpensive, impermanent coating for walls, fences, stables, and other exterior structures. It varies in composition, being generally a mixture of lime (quicklime), water, flour, salt, glue, and whiting, with other . Diana Reineke - Van Nuys |
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