This is a letter written to the legislature in opposition to LD 1627 (info below on bill). If enacted, this bill will remove the compulsory graduation requirement for Visual and performing Arts except for students who opt to demonstrate proficiency; students would no longer be held to the standard of meeting proficiency in all 8 subject […]
http://www.pressherald.com/2016/02/22/banner-making-project-brings-maine-artists-together-for-a-cause/ “Interesting?” comments in the on-line version — after the article about ARRT!
The Artists’ Rapid Response Team (ARRT!), like many people who create at the intersection of politics and art, has the occasional soapbox to get on (when not soul-searching and funding-searching, etc.). Especially in the United States, where voicing political opinions is considered somehow both uncouth and in need of “equal-time” objectivity, it can be an act […]
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