Kathy Forer on thu 9 oct 08
Reportage on the sorry state of the economy:
Gas prices, economy test artists traveling crafts circuit
By Carole Feldman
Associated Press / October 9, 2008 - The Boston Globe
MANASSAS, Va. - Thirty times a year, Brian Beckenheimer puts his =20
pottery into a big white van and drives. One weekend to Michigan, =20
another to Richmond, mostly up and down the East Coast, from one craft =20=
show to another, selling his wares. Then it's back home to the studio =20=
to replenish his stock.
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bonus article:
What will Happen to Art After Everyone in America is Homeless?
Posted on October 9, 2008 by meteechart
More Earth Art?
Is this what Michal Heizer=92s been planning for all this time?
How can I digress before I even start?
As I surfed the internet this morning, it seemed that everywhere I =20
turned I was confronted with deep uncertainties about how the arts =20
will fare when: 1. they are crushed under a falling sky; or, 2. =20
governments, corporations, and individuals eliminate non-essential =20
spending.
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veryone-in-america-is-homeless/=
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