Keep in mind that the NEA has helped support many of those small, local
arts agencies staffed by volunteers and showing local artists. I grew up in
a mid-sized town in the Midwest, and the local museums, symphonies and
theater groups were an essential part of my childhood - and federal
support, direct or indirect, helped keep those organizations going.

Margaret Pezalla


>The fed. gov. is not as important as "We the people..." The government
>should be subordinate to the people and is simply a tool of the people. As
>such it should only be used when necessary and for the appropriate job. The
>country's ethos will manifest itself with or without the government. Some of
>the best art shows I have been to have been done at the local level, i.e.
>the community, volunteers, local artists.
>
>Erik Mansoor
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