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five year success story of the NEA.
As Frohnmayer writes, “Only five states had arts agencies in 1965, and now all fifty states and six territories have them. Local arts councils now exist in more than three thousands communities, and multicultural groups such as the Dance Theater of Harlem, El Teatro Campesino, and the Insitute of Alaska Native Arts have been nurtured and have blossomed. Folk art programs preserve our heritage in all areas of the country, and through touring artmobiles, satellite museums, and other innovative program rural areas experience the arts. Support for public television programs...have helped bring the arts into the living rooms of over 300 million people a year,” and all for approximately 68 centes a year per person.
A principal concern for Mr. Frohnmayer is to see the place of arts in our educational institutions significantly enlarged. At one point he says, “We are becoming a culturally illiterate nation. Because art is so often considered just entertainment or a frill
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