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ment for the Arts has come under fire from Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) and others for providing grants to several other artists who used it to produce whal their critics allege are obscene and pornographic works of art.
With Congress looking at ways to cut federal spending, public funding for the arts has come to the front of the debate. Critics say that the money could better be used for more essential services, while its supporters retort that art, in its many forms, is an necessary fiber in the fabric of our society.
Though the debate may seem far removed from Rappahannock County, a closer look reveals that the issue strikes home even here. Money from the National Endowment for the Arts, channeled through the Virginia Commission for the
See ARTS, p. 14
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