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Jerome Weeks   |   June 23, 2008   9:14 AM
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Categorized Under: Culture, Dance, General, Music, Theater, Visual Arts

Did any arts leaders from the North Texas area attend the recent National Performing Arts Convention in Denver — the one that brought together more than 3,000 people from dance, theater, opera and music?
Just curious about any local response/connection to the many panels, the ArtsJournal blog about the conference and other online responses.

But frankly, I’m also wondering about the (rather surprising) censorship controversy that may threaten to derail future conferences.

  • http://museaus,hunkasaurus.com Tom Hendricks

    The discussion on the June 16th entry of this blog
    ‘Live TV Discussion of the State of Dallas’ Arts’, has some good talk about censorship and the government’s role.
    The jist of it for me is this. The government should not be in the art review business. Instead it should be in the art center building business. Instead of grants to individuals or art groups, I would prefer the government help build and maintain art centers open to all in that city or town. Let the community determine the arts for that community, not the government.
    This would also shift more of the arts away from the ‘art centers’ on the coasts and more toward regional artists. I think that is a good thing in a time in history where we don’t have a golden age of anything in any art. Those in control of the mainstream arts have not done well. And the state of the arts proves that daily.
    Long live the revolution in the arts.