Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 13:38:53 -0400
Subject: Sceptical?


It may be too much to hope for, but in a wasteland of non-support, a glimmer of hope?  From today's NYTimes:


"Private Donors Unite to Support Art Spurned by the Government"

By JUDITH H. DOBRZYNSKI

"Nearly two dozen foundations and philanthropists, reacting to cuts in federal arts spending, have joined forces to
support artists who challenge convention. The new group will attempt to make up for some of the individual grants the
federal government ended in 1994 after years
of controversy over works dealing with nudity, sexuality and other provocative themes. 

The new nonprofit organization, called Creative Capital Foundation, will be announced officially next week. But it has
already made it clear that it will not shy away from the kind of innovative art that incited protests by religious and
political conservatives. 

"This is a boisterous, diverse country, and we have always had art that upsets people," said Archibald L. Gillies,
president of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and one of the new group's organizers. "Controversy," he
added, "won't bother us at all." 

[most of the article snipped]



PS .. they sure didn't have any poets in on the name!

Reg


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