An interesting piece in the LA Times
asks a range of high-profile folks (including, at the extremes, Bill Maher and Ann Coulter) what they would do if they ran
the NEA.
Some interesting thoughts (Warning: If you click on the story, you also have to click each individual for responses. Annoying.):
--Playwright/screenwriter Jon Robin Baitz suggests a dedicated tax to the NEA for all artists making over $1 million a year.
--Choreographer Bill T. Jones wants a cabinet post for the arts.
--News commentator Rachel Maddow would push for more arts education in prisons.
--Photographer Judy Fiskin suggests abandoning the "arts are educational" argument.
--Neil LaBute takes the wisenheimer approach, suggesting among other things, that he would "support a number of dance programs because, let's face it, dance gets the short end of the stick in the arts, yet it's really fun to watch and people often get naked."
Your thoughts? (FYI: The NEA head honcho position is still open.)
Some interesting thoughts (Warning: If you click on the story, you also have to click each individual for responses. Annoying.):
--Playwright/screenwriter Jon Robin Baitz suggests a dedicated tax to the NEA for all artists making over $1 million a year.
--Choreographer Bill T. Jones wants a cabinet post for the arts.
--News commentator Rachel Maddow would push for more arts education in prisons.
--Photographer Judy Fiskin suggests abandoning the "arts are educational" argument.
--Neil LaBute takes the wisenheimer approach, suggesting among other things, that he would "support a number of dance programs because, let's face it, dance gets the short end of the stick in the arts, yet it's really fun to watch and people often get naked."
Your thoughts? (FYI: The NEA head honcho position is still open.)
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if they are passing out money, i work for a small theater company in utah... and
i'd love to have more than $350 a season to produce my props for three plays in
rep.
feel free to contact me for details on donating.
(tongue in cheek... sorta)
--Lou
they all say howdy back!
does this mean you'll be sending money?
And is it me, or does anyone else think Neil LaBute looks like the angry younger brother of George Lucas?