Americans for the Arts is making a push to get arts funding included in the economic stimulus package. Here's the text of the email they're sending around:
The House version [of the bill] currently has $50 million to the National Endowment for the Arts to distribute to state and local arts agencies to help preserve jobs; the Senate version does not. They are deliberating this stimulus package now. Americans for the Arts has made it easy for you to communicate to your members of Congress about maintaining the arts in this Economic Stimulus Recovery Package. Click the link below, and take action now. Thank you.
And here's the link. "Two minutes," says the headline. "That's all it takes to tell Congress you support the arts and arts education."
So take two minutes and add your two cents.
This article appears in Jan 28 – Feb 3, 2009.
