Archive for February, 2009

Giorgio Armani Donates to the Arts February 19, 2009 2 Comments

In a time of such need, it’s nice to see people helping out. And Giorgio Armani is helping out in a big way. A million dollars big!
The fashion giant Armani has announced that he is making a $1 million donation to promote arts programs in the New York City Public School.
The money will create the [...]

Art Therapy Helps Breast Cancer Patients February 13, 2009 No Comments

Reuters 2/13/2009
Significant improvement in quality of life seen after five sessions-Swedish Researchers find.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29164294/from/ET/

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Petition for Secretary of the Arts February 9, 2009 No Comments

As printed in NAMTA Notes from Jan-Feb Newsletter (National Art Materials Trade Association)
Petition for Secretary of the Arts
Quincy Jones has started a petition to ask President Obama to appoint a Secretary of the Arts.  While many other countries have had Ministers of Art or Culture for centuries, The United States has never created such a [...]