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8 • The Red and Black • Thursday. October 29.1992
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Former NEA chief says Clinton’s the man for the arts
BEST BET
Political Week continues at Tate Theatre with 'The Candidate,'
a 1972 election satire starring Robert Redford. Jeremy Larner’s
script won an Oscar. Comparisons with the current "Bob
Roberts' abound; decide for yourself who got it right.
By STEVE H. HALL
Staff Writer
A number of University students and art school
faculty agree with John Frohnmayer, former chair
man of the National Endowment for the Arts, that
Gov. Bill Clinton is the presidential candidate best
qualified to take care of American cultural life.
Frohnmayer, the fifth NEA chairman, was nom
inated by President George Bush in 1989 but was
fired this year after clashing with Bush over NEA
funding for artists.
Frohnmayer spoke Tuesday at the Tate Center
on the future of the arts.
Art Professor Bill Paul said he shares
Frohnmayer’s concern that government officials are
manipulating the NEA for political reasons.
“I hope that if Clinton becomes president, he is
not going to allow the NEA to remain politicized,"
Paul said.
“I think Mr. Bush made a dreadful error by al
lowing the NEA to become a political football, be
cause the arts are something this country has ex
celled in for 40 years now. I’m almost convinced that
this will be eroded if these political attacks on the
NEA from the radical right continue," he said.
Paul also affirmed his shared concern with
Frohnmayer for upholding the First Amendment.
“Frohnmayer’s very much concerned about the
defense of First Amendment rights for artists as
well as for everyone else, and I share that view," he
said. “There is a suggestion that the art world has
served its function for those using it for political
reasons, and that these people will use it to move on
to other things, such as eradication of gay rights."
Nancy Leaphart, a senior from Macon, agreed
with Frohnmayer that art education is vital to a
child’s intellectual development.
“I think art education is important for every child
to develop problem-solving skills and creative
thinking," she said. “We need this to carry youths
into the 21st century, because right now, we’re no
longer an industrial nation."
Throughout his lecture, Frohnmayer emphasized
the need to fund artists early in their careers.
“The Great Wall of China, the pyramids,
Shakespeare, and Mozart had governmental pa
trons," he said. “Their works produced tremendous
economic value, and that underscores the need to
support artists in the infancy phase of their work.
We only pay 68 cents in taxes per year for every
thing the NEA funds. To put that in context, we will
pay at least $2,000 each to take care of the savings-
and-loan debacle."
Voicing his support for Clinton in his lecture,
Frohnmayer decried the Republican platform,
which bases public funding for the arts on public
consensus.
“This notion that controversy is to be avoided and
conformity rewarded contradict* the whole notion of
having a vigorous artistic climate in this country,"
he said. “Also, the Republican platform says, 'We
believe our laws should reflect what makes our na
tion prosperous and wholesome: faith in God.’ This
is a direct contradiction of the First Amendment,
which says 'Congress shall make no law regarding
an established religion.’"
In addition, Frohnmayer said the profitability of
exporting copyrighted material makes government
funding of artists worthwhile.
“The export of TV, movies, software and books
brings more money collectively into the U.S. than
sales in jet aircraft, which is typically thought of as
the U.S.’s most profitable trade item," he said.
Frohnmayer said art is an important intellectual
stimulus for society because artists give important
perspectives on the condition of the world.
“Through his work, the artist examines an aspect
of society the way a scientist would," he said. “He
holds up a mirror and says, 'If you don’t like what’s
reflected, maybe we should change something.’ So
the artist as a thinker should be appreciated as a
preserver of intellectual wealth, and thus of eco
nomic well-being."
Frohnmayer is writing a book titled “Leaving
Town Alive," which he says details his experiences
“as a private citizen coming into the NEA and get
ting chewed up by the Washington political ma
chine."
John Frohnmayer: Clinton's his choice.
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