Meeting Houses

Meeting Houses: "After the separation in 1827 the Orthodox withdrew and eventually built a smaller building nearby."

After the separation ended around 1955 the Orthodox meetings were closed as they were not needed. Some of these were on private property and would have been used by their owners for other needs.

ArtsJournal: Modern Art Notes

ArtsJournal: Modern Art Notes: "no use for blockbusters for blockbuster's sake" wrote Tyler Green.

This link goes to the wonderful idea that a painting (or sculpture) deserves to be seen in depth, like the artist when making it. My art goes through a process of transformation. What the viewer sees then is the end not the middle or beginning. I like the time to find out what the artist might have been thinking.

Arts backers make a play for capital at the Capitol

Arts backers make a play for capital at the Capitol: "Michael Robins, co-producing director at the Illusion Theater in Minneapolis, led a group through the maze of hallways in the Republican House Caucus to Rep. Paul Kohls, R-Victoria. Kohls, who has co-sponsored House inclusion of $1 million in bonding support for the Minnesota Shubert Center for the Arts, said he appreciated the importance of this visit. He did not, however, make any promises.

'In terms of funding, it's going to be a challenge,' he said. 'I believe in arts and arts education. I'm not a proponent of using state dollars to fund entertainment, though.'" wrote Graydon Royce.

That is the rub- art became "entertainment" instead of culture. The differance is a very basic one that seems to have been missed by the Arts advocates. Sports is entertainment while music, painting and theater can be more. Disney is entertainment not culture.

PEI-Abington Art Center

PEI-Abington Art Center: "Project: 'J. Morgan Puett: The Lost Meeting', a public art project in an abandoned 19th century Quaker Meeting house on the Center's grounds in Alverthorpe Park. For this project, the artist proposes to investigate the question of how the Quaker notions of the everyday as sacred became central to our contemporary understanding of the body and urban landscapes. .


Project Dates: May 2004-December 2005"

Funny. I as a member of the RSF never heard of this concept. I wonder where it comes from?

The New York Times > Theater > John Raitt, 88, Star of 'Carousel' and 'Pajama Game,' Dies

The New York Times > Theater > John Raitt, 88, Star of 'Carousel' and 'Pajama Game,' Dies: "John Emmet Raitt was born on Jan. 20, 1917, in Santa Ana, Calif.,.... and there was no particular effort made to encourage John toward a career in music, although he was invited to sing for YMCA campfire get-togethers.

Mr. Raitt, a Quaker, was a conscientious objector and did not serve." wrote RICHARD SEVERO

Sad news for the Arts world. He served the world with his voice!

Philadelphia Inquirer | 02/15/2005 | Study set on how the region can back arts

Philadelphia Inquirer | 02/15/2005 | Study set on how the region can back arts: "'Right now, the arts are generally seen as - to use a term economists use - a luxury good. They are not thought of as essential,' McCarthy, the Rand scientist, said.


When the economy goes sour or people lose their jobs, he said, they 'cut out luxury goods... . What William Penn and the Cultural Alliance are asking is, 'Is there a more sustainable model?' '"

Art to those of us who make it is not a luxury but a daily life experience. Just like writing and singing, visual art, is a common activity. The wealthy make some art expensive when they collect what they see as rare. Like the table made hundreds of years ago some things gain in value while others are lost to time.

The cultural of the region is made up of thousands of individuals who strugle to make art every day. Spend some time with your neighbor artist and less time with dead artists in museums.

Gainsborough's House - Museum and gallery of the birthplace of the artist Thomas Gainsborough

Gainsborough's House - Museum and gallery of the birthplace of the artist Thomas Gainsborough: "The museum and art gallery at the birthplace of Thomas Gainsborough."

The New York Times > National > Health Secretary Calls for Medicaid Changes

The New York Times > National > Health Secretary Calls for Medicaid Changes: "Mr. Leavitt said Tuesday that Medicaid could save $4.5 billion over the next 10 years if it restricted the ability of elderly people to gain Medicaid coverage of long-term care by transferring assets to their children.

Finally, he said, the federal government could save $40 billion in the next decade if it cracked down on 'accounting gimmicks' that he said were used by states to shift costs to the federal treasury."

Is the Bush plan to cut as much social spending as possable including SSI and SSS benifits in the hope that the rich will keep all their wealth?

Mr. Bush, why not ask people to just commit suicide? People can't find work so the Republicians stop welfare, can't afford health insurance so cut Medicare and live to long so cut Social Security.

Cutting the NEA support for artists was just the beginning.