America needs a bold new investment in culture, a policy recognizing that culture holds the key to a future we can believe in. This Framework calls on Congress and the Obama Administration to support art’s public purpose.
Art & The Public Purpose: A New Framework
May 2010
awaken us. May we see truly, feel deeply, represent with awesome
presence the holiness of our task. May we burst the cocoon that
normalizes greed at the expense of suffering. May we spread our
brilliant wings, filling the world with so much beauty and meaning that
our limitations transform into manifestations of mo...ral grandeur. May we love and be loved, see and be seen, heal and be healed as never before.
Art & The Public Purpose: A New Framework As 2009 draws to a close, thanks for your support. Please click on the link below to sign the petition, endorsing Art & The Public Purpose: A New Framework. Please use the Act Now page to forward it far and wide!
David Alexander Marsilia
"The
purpose of art is to lay bare the questions which have been hidden by
the answers," wrote the great James Baldwin. Now thats what I call INFRASTRUCTURE!!!
Art & The Public Purpose: A New Framework 2010 could be a game-changing year, with a new WPA—public service jobs for artists—on the 75th anniversary of the first one. But first we need to show our strength. Before New Year's, get 10—or 20, or 100—new signatures for Art & The Public Purpose: A New Framework. Be the change you want to see!
Michael B Schwartz Neighborhood based cultural development in action:
miraclemanorneighborhoodmural.blogspot.com
Today was the second Elder Share for the Miracle Manor Neighborhood Mural. This is a time to share and document neighborhood history and stories, while gathering ideas for the mural. This spirited sharing started with a video showing of Virginia Bonnins’ grandfather describing the neighborhood. ...
Chris Riser Creativity, Equality, Responsiveness, Hard Work and Freedom. I value those principles, that's why I signed the petition! You should, too!
Richard Lakin For your complimentary E-Copy of my book, Teaching as an Act of Love: Thoughts and Recollections of a Former Teacher, Principal and Kid, click here! http://bit.ly/4oMxft
Art & The Public Purpose: A New Framework What is the most powerful argument for art's public purpose? What persuades you more than anything else? Here's a link to some of my reasons.
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Writer and speaker Arlene Goldbard talks about why sustainable national recovery demands cultural recovery, and the essential roles artists and cultural activists are ready to play in cultural recovery.
Art & The Public Purpose: A New Framework "The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions which have been hidden by the answers," wrote the great James Baldwin. In our day, we must ask what we value as a society, hacking our way through stock answers about budget priorities to discover who we truly are. What will we stand for? Endorse Art & The Public Purpose...: A New Framework, and stand together for a bold new investment in culture, and a policy recognizing that culture holds the key to a future we can believe in.
Art & The Public Purpose: A New Framework
Imagine what it would be like to never have another argument with someone who sets the terms as "art versus the essentials." The usual objection to making an investment in arts’ public purpose is cost. Total state spending on prisons and punishment is around $52 billion. We've spent over $915 billion on wars since 2001..., an average cost of $315 million a day—that’s 2 annual NEA budgets daily, 7 days a week.
It isn't about money: US public arts expenditure amounts to pennies per person. It's about social imagination and sustainable community, about investing in beauty and meaning. About what we value and who we are as a people. Stand for a bold new investment in culture. Join Judy Baca, Biko Baker, Jeff Chang, Liz Lerman, Billy Wimsatt, Jawole Zollar and many others: sign Art & The Public Purpose: A New Framework. Please post this message to your Facebook wall.
Art & The Public Purpose: A New Framework Half the Facebook fans of Art & The Public Purpose haven't signed the petition to endorse the Framework. If this is you, please click the link and do it now.
Art & The Public Purpose: A New Framework
Good morning, everyone! This weekend, please direct ten friends to the Art & the Public Purpose site, where they can sign the petition, download a sample endorsement letter for organizations, share stories of culture and community and help build critical mass for A New Framework!
Joining the Facebook group is great, but... please sign the petition too! It only takes a second, and you'll be in great company: just read the list of founding endorsers.
Thanks for your help!
Liping Gong June, this a great!
Mary Jo I hope all my FB friends will become fans of this site, and go to their website and sign the petition...thanks. MJA
