News
After Court Restores Research Funding, Trump Still Has Paths to Target Harvard
News
‘Honestly, I’m Fine with It’: Eliot Residents Settle In to the Inn as Renovations Begin
News
He Represented Paul Toner. Now, He’s the Fundraising Frontrunner in Cambridge’s Municipal Elections.
News
Harvard College Laundry Prices Increase by 25 Cents
News
DOJ Sues Boston and Mayor Michelle Wu ’07 Over Sanctuary City Policy
There is no chance in hell that Congress will support the arts," Joseph Papp, producer of the New York Shakespeare Festival, said Saturday at the final panel of the Quincy-Holmes Arts Festival.
Many Congressmen, Papp explained, are "pre-historic people who don't unstained the arts and fear them." Instead of making general pleas for federal aid, he asked artists to build up an audience first for their projects. Then, he said, public pressure will force local politicians to help finance them.
Papp pointed to his Central Park Shakespeare Festival, which charges no Without advertising, Papp said he Hy Faine, national executive secretary of the American Guild of Musical Artists, objected to Papp's pessimism on getting federal aid, and predicted that Congress will establish a Federal Advisory Council on the Arts. Faine also suggested that performers receive the same fast tax write-offs given to oil wells because their talent is "a nonreplacable item that is depleted rapidly." Unemployment insurance should be extended to artists working for non-profit organizations, Faine added. On the problem of censorship, Faine agreed with Papp that receiving tax money would not increase attempts at control. "Grants to the arts would function under the same political climate as the rest of the country," Papp said. "There are always attempts to intimidate, dictate, and control even when you don't receive money. But if you develop a public, you become strong and can fight off censorship and enrich our democracy."
Without advertising, Papp said he Hy Faine, national executive secretary of the American Guild of Musical Artists, objected to Papp's pessimism on getting federal aid, and predicted that Congress will establish a Federal Advisory Council on the Arts. Faine also suggested that performers receive the same fast tax write-offs given to oil wells because their talent is "a nonreplacable item that is depleted rapidly." Unemployment insurance should be extended to artists working for non-profit organizations, Faine added. On the problem of censorship, Faine agreed with Papp that receiving tax money would not increase attempts at control. "Grants to the arts would function under the same political climate as the rest of the country," Papp said. "There are always attempts to intimidate, dictate, and control even when you don't receive money. But if you develop a public, you become strong and can fight off censorship and enrich our democracy."
Hy Faine, national executive secretary of the American Guild of Musical Artists, objected to Papp's pessimism on getting federal aid, and predicted that Congress will establish a Federal Advisory Council on the Arts.
Faine also suggested that performers receive the same fast tax write-offs given to oil wells because their talent is "a nonreplacable item that is depleted rapidly." Unemployment insurance should be extended to artists working for non-profit organizations, Faine added.
On the problem of censorship, Faine agreed with Papp that receiving tax money would not increase attempts at control. "Grants to the arts would function under the same political climate as the rest of the country," Papp said. "There are always attempts to intimidate, dictate, and control even when you don't receive money. But if you develop a public, you become strong and can fight off censorship and enrich our democracy."
Want to keep up with breaking news? Subscribe to our email newsletter.