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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:12 PM Original message |
What should we do with the NEA? (Natl. Endowment for the Arts) |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. It should be well funded. |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Ok. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. ok -- i see something developing here -- opera is an art |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. All right, I meant no offense to Opera, or opera-goers. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. i want to draw in two conversations we're having -- |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:50 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. That would be interesting, and it would likely draw crowds. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 03:05 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. exactly -- the arts -- especially performing arts |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. europe has funded the arts for a very long time. |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. But would average Americans go to the opera if it were cheap? |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. it's only an example -- i'm not using the example to promote opera. |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Interesting. |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
4. Simple, fund the NEA and leave it alone to decide what receives the funding. |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Do we do that with any federal organization? |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 04:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
28. There's some, like an inspector general, but it is an independent federal agency. |
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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. Think about it, What survives a civilization? |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
27. Trash dumps. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
12. Museums that are free for all, In England the museums are free for everybody |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I like that. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. we always left a donation, usually 3 pounds person. The British Museum and the Museum |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
13. I believe it should be funded well, and individual art grants restored to artists. |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I'm not familiar with the case, can you give a quick summary? |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Wiki has the best summary. |
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jsamuel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
16. countless jobs have been created at my workplace through NEH |
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SidneyCarton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. As a graduate student in History, I'd be a fool to disagree. |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
17. The NEA mostly funds institutions: museums, symphonies, dance companies |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 03:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. think of buildings in those projects -- |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
20. FDR hired artists |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
26. kick |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-04-09 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
29. In other countries there is little censorship of publicly funded arts. |
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