CMU School of Drama


Sunday, July 29, 2007

Ending tax burden should help arts blossom

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: "Being the third year in a row in which Pittsburgh has been recognized in this way, this project joins a long list of city projects previously recognized, including Jenny Holzer's 'For Pittsburgh' at the convention center (2006), Two Girls Working's 'Trappings: Pittsburgh public bus installation' (2006), Ned Kahn's 'Articulated Cloud' at the Childrens' Museum (2005) and 'Freight and Barrell' by Steven Siegel commissioned by the Three River Arts Festival (2005)."

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The government should realize that the public benefits provided by artistic organizations far outweigh the financial benefits gained by taxing them.

Ethan Weil said...

On the scale of a city this big, I can't imagine half of a million dollars being a remarkable loss for the government. But 1.5% of annual budget certainly would have an effect on the organizations. I think the fact is that with the number of arts organizations being small, and few of them having a lot of money, this tax is nearly inconsequential to the city.