Even our much-maligned Neanderthal ancestors, with the woolly mammoth at the door, figured out a way to provide continued public support for their community cave-painting activities.
This community should be able to do the same.
Unfortunately, the local arts community is once again under attack by elected officials. On the state level, the Republican governor has sustained an attack on public works of art and on the community benefit derived from the local public broadcasting stations.
In Auburn, a former arts building has been turned into a pile of rubble and the mayor has launched a petty, factually misleading and confrontational assault on the community’s central arts promotion organization.
L/A Arts continues to be an innovative, results-oriented and successful engine for the diverse and vibrant arts community currently blossoming in the Twin Cities. Its success continues to be driven by a strong commitment to collaboration, cooperation, facilitation and mutual support.
Those positive concepts stand in stark contrast to the mayor’s current meddlesome and unproductive tone.
While sometimes overlooked and under-appreciated, the arts remain an important part of the L/A business community. Do we really want our elected officials working to diminish public support for the artistic traditions that our families enjoy?
Auburn citizens must voice their ongoing support for the L/A Arts organization and for the shared community value of continued and expanded support for the arts in the Twin Cities.
Richard Byard, Auburn
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Dick , Monday evening 21:21 hst
Ya' Gotta' Have Arts √ For shame on your local politicians . .. http://www.lafilmfestival.org/ <-- Mark ? Are you going to this ?
Support L S J ® advertisers , too <3 /s, Steve
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We support the arts more out our way , also , in the other L \ A ( the one on the leƒt coast :) http://www.welcometolace.org/ Los Angelas Contemporary Exhibitions ( L A C E ) and feel free to join us - anyone - for the World Hula Competition next month here in Hilo , Hawai'i http://www.merriemonarch.com/the-festival ( both non - profit , non - government sponsored events )
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Firstly, you fail to show proof that the Neanderthal taxed each other in some form to provide resources for cave-painting activities. Perhaps that is what some Neanderthal did to pass the time.
The ARTs, as a creative medium, will continue to exist without government funding. We have limited resources and issues of much higher precedence than funding the arts.
In closing, ZERO dollars should be taken from the taxpayer to fund the ARTs. If you cannot sustain your cave-painting activities in the free market, well, that tells you what value society places on your cave-paintings.
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Would you like to respond? Login or create a new account. You'll need to verify your account before you can respond.Mark , Monday 21:30 hst
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Do you , or have you - e v e r - purchased , read or supported this newspaper http://www.twincitytimes.com/columns/oped-setting-the-record-straight-ab... ?
Perhaps you should consider doing so . They certainly need the financial and moral support /s, a seldom scene [ sic.] reader in Hawai'i and not necessarily meant as an endorsement
God bless the LSJ ® , the Fourth Estate , Arts and i reinterate , " Ya' Gotta Have Arts "
You can quote me on that :)
http://www.bates.edu/music/about/olin-arts-center/ /s, Steve , Bates '78
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Yes, Yes, and still do for my Mom.
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that's what happens when republicans take control, they are not known for their appreciation of the arts. They cannot understand the need for it, nor its value. That's one reason some people call them knuckle-draggers.
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Would you like to respond? Login or create a new account. You'll need to verify your account before you can respond.Dan, If you like the ARTs,
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If you like the ARTs, support it with you own money. Don’t force others to support this non-essential activity.
Believe me, artiest will continue to create art without government funding.
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