tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19444064.post495168784186854278..comments2023-06-07T09:29:59.598-04:00Comments on OnTheCusp.org: After the RallyScott Growhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09975459141963663153noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19444064.post-61094282310450682402009-05-12T12:55:00.000-04:002009-05-12T12:55:00.000-04:00I think the arts community showed intelligence tow...I think the arts community showed intelligence towards the mayor. The problems in City Support for the Arts are much deeper than one man. Indianapolis and the CIB are teetering on the edge of a financial abyss. I think that the mayor is showing that he supports the growing arts community and doesn't want Indianapolis to return to a place without art and artists, but realistically and regretfully the budgets of the city are necessarily being cut for all sorts of things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19444064.post-64033538967179180972009-04-24T21:17:00.000-04:002009-04-24T21:17:00.000-04:00Yeah, I agree, Scott.
A bunch of wimps out ther...Yeah, I agree, Scott. <br /><br />A bunch of wimps out there. We should have yelped at Ballard. The only guy who brought any kind of fire was the guy from the ICVA. I'm pretty sure that the guy from IPS wasn't speaking in complete sentences or with proper grammer. <br /><br />The CEOs were more interested in quirky jokes about their top coats. <br /><br />Nothing made any sense, did it?The Dudenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19444064.post-14015493414333866372009-04-23T10:31:00.000-04:002009-04-23T10:31:00.000-04:00By the way, does anyone remember that lady last ye...By the way, does anyone remember that lady last year who got everyone to say how supportive the arts community was of the mayor, and started a petition drive when Ballard cut the funding from $1.5 million to $1 million. We were doing our part.<br /><br />Is she still cheerleading for him now that it's down to $870,000?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19444064.post-68405938834288242952009-04-23T10:26:00.000-04:002009-04-23T10:26:00.000-04:00This event was organized by a group of CEO's of ar...This event was organized by a group of CEO's of arts organizations, including most of the big ones. If they let their people out for the day to the rally, that could account for the size and the pacificity of the crowd.<br /><br />It seems strange to have Eugene White, who has turned IPS into a prison system, giving a speech about art or anything creative.<br /><br />The mayor's strategy seems to be to tell us that the arts are important, but the city is going to cut all funding, and it's up to everyone else to deal with the problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19444064.post-35901832709183724492009-04-23T09:01:00.000-04:002009-04-23T09:01:00.000-04:00Exactly my impressions especially about what seems...Exactly my impressions especially about what seems to be a lack of passionate protest feel about the whole thing. I took pictures during the <A HREF="http://www.flickr.com/photos/diong/sets/72157616811559081/" REL="nofollow">TEA</A> protest rally and saw some biting and creative signs and placards... But in this rally, I probably saw 5 out of 2000 attendees holding some sort of sign why they were there. If culture really matters, I hope we do this thing again, next time attendees and organizers will show more protest; for a visual artist probably create a piece for the event, bring it and shout.dionghttp://www.objectsandpixels.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19444064.post-15474544659345559852009-04-21T17:12:00.000-04:002009-04-21T17:12:00.000-04:00I left the rally disappointed. I thought it would ...I left the rally disappointed. I thought it would provide us with an opportunity to voice our displeasure and concerns with the current administrations policy of cutting funding for the arts. Not a word was said; certainly not by the mayor. I was hoping the speakers would call the crowd to action and encourage them to contact their city county councilor. Instead, it was a pep rally for the arts with all the familiar things said about how important the arts are to the city. Unfortunately, we say these familiar things, but the funding continues to be cut. As pep rallies go, it was a good one. Given our current economic situation, it's just not what I expected.m ruschmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19444064.post-9859757463394026892009-04-21T14:42:00.000-04:002009-04-21T14:42:00.000-04:00I know I left feeling like I had a mouth full of p...I know I left feeling like I had a mouth full of pacifier...Nikki Suttonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03899240354384606980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19444064.post-32264830312562739732009-04-21T13:50:00.000-04:002009-04-21T13:50:00.000-04:00Scott, I did not attend, however, I too was very p...Scott, I did not attend, however, I too was very puzzled by the list of "establishment" types who spoke. I thought this was supposed to be an arts community rally?<br /><br />Given the perception of the mayor wrt the arts, it is odd to stage a rally to, in effect, put the seal of approval on his leadership in this area.<br /><br />I urged the mayor to make arts, cultural, and intellectual affairs important to him, and to let people know they are important to him. If this is the start of that, the it is a great day. If not, Indy's arts community just got p0wned.The Urbanophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18094204641794131438noreply@blogger.com