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To the editor:
We moved to Rappahannock County for two reasons; 1) It’s one of the most beautiful places in the world and, 2) there was a very strong arts community here.
I’m writing today to urge those who have helped build this arts community and those who appreciate it to take a moment to write their congressmen in support of the National Endowment for the Arts.
As you may know, the National Endowment for the Arts is under attack. A small, well-funded and organized minority demands that the Endowment be abolished unless severe restrictions are placed upon the content of what it funds.
Artistic freedom depends on economic freedom. Artists need materials, instruments and places to rehearse in addition to the basic necessities of life like food and shelter.
Throughout history the arts have been censored through economic means. In the old days, it was a King, or a Maharaja or a Pope who defined what was acceptable. If you wanted to eat, you were careful about what kind of masses, cantatas, and plays you wrote or you could suffer the fate of a Mozart.
In our free market economy, it’s the guys with the cigars and designer sunglasses at the record companies and producing studios who decide what will sell and therefore, what they will promote. Like it or not, Guns and Roses sells millions, Trapezoid doesn’t.
In this country, it wasn’t until * the National Endowment for the
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