ARTLESS WEDNESDAYS IN PENNSYLVANIA
Submitted by Tommer on September 14, 2009
The Allentown Art Museum hung an empty frame in its lobby on Wednesday and will leave it there to draw attention to what the museum would look like if drastic cuts are made to the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts $14 million grant budget. Under Gov. Rendell’s proposed 2009-10 budget, more than $1 million would be cut from arts funding.
The museum has gone “artless” as part of the statewide “Artless Wednesdays” campaign spearheaded by Citizens for the Arts in Pennsylvania, a grass-roots coalition committed to advancing the arts through advocacy, programs and services.