----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Return-Path: <[log in to unmask]> Received: from UA1VM.UA.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@UA1VM) by UA1VM.UA.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 6965; Mon, 16 Jan 1995 16:56:49 -0600 Return-Path: <[log in to unmask]> Received: from UA1VM (NJE origin V2SMTP@UA1VM) by UA1VM.UA.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 6963; Mon, 16 Jan 1995 16:56:48 -0600 Received: from moon.earthlink.net by UA1VM.UA.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with TCP; Mon, 16 Jan 95 16:56:47 CST Received: by moon.earthlink.net (/\==/\ Smail3.1.28.1 #28.2) id <[log in to unmask]>; Mon, 16 Jan 95 14:53 PST Message-Id: <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 16 Jan 95 14:53 PST Apparently-From: [log in to unmask] To: Film and TV Studies Discussion List <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: SF Chronicle on NEA/NEH (fwd) X-Mailer: AIR Mail 3.X (SPRY, Inc.) As one who strongly believes in Federal support for the arts and the NEA in particular, I was also shocked by the statistics in this article. As a longtime resident of New York, and now equally at home in Los Angeles, the evidence of the East Coast Old Boy's Network was clearer than I've ever seen it. $23.9 million for New York, and less than $4 million each for the rest of America's major cities??? New York is without a doubt our nation's cultural capital. But by that much? San Francisco, the West Coast pet of the East, is certainly deserving. But more than Chicago and Los Angeles, with far larger populations to serve? If the NEA is to beat back the "elitist" name-calling, it needs to broaden its vision. In a way, it is the same problem faced by PBS (which I also support). Public underwriting of the arts, in all its forms, needs to reach out, both to give and receive, if it is to gather the widespread support it'll need in the coming months. Jon Wilkman [log in to unmask]