tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951361.post5180587098743366973..comments2024-03-26T11:20:35.560-04:00Comments on Daily Campello Art News: The curious case of Tania Bruguera, the UN and the Cuban dictatorshipLennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15335261603489770267noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951361.post-12420408831280739362015-05-27T15:51:22.635-04:002015-05-27T15:51:22.635-04:00Last night at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston Th...Last night at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston The Institute of International Education and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation announced the exciting launch of a pilot program to save the lives and work of artists who face persecution in their home countries. The Artist Protection Fund (APF), a three-year pilot program supported by a $2.79 million grant from The Mellon Foundation, will make life-saving fellowship grants to threatened artists from any field of artistic endeavor, and place them at host universities and arts centers in countries where they can safely continue their work. <br /><br />I many parts of the world, artists suffer harassment, imprisonment, violence, and even death as a direct consequence of their unique role and power to advance free and creative expression. With participation of many arts organizations and partners from around the world, IIE has taken action to develop the Artist Protection Fund to fill a critical unmet need and provide relief and safe haven to artists on a large scale. <br /><br />IIE is calling on arts organizations around the world to join in this important effort over the next three years. The launch of the Artist Protection Fund makes an excellent story opportunity for publications covering the arts industry and sends an important message to the many audiences of the arts community about how to become involved as a host or nominate a threatened artist in the world. <br /><br />Please see full press release here. <br /><br />Both representatives from The Mellon Foundation and IIE will be available for interviews this week. Please do not hesitate to contact me for any questions or if you would like to schedule an interview.<br /><br />Maria<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951361.post-6867177094613233402015-05-26T22:59:00.380-04:002015-05-26T22:59:00.380-04:00Thank you for your words.
People peacefully suppo...Thank you for your words.<br /><br />People peacefully support freedom of expression in the face of brutal force because they believe that somewhere there are others who won’t be passive bystanders; they count on others who won’t look the other way when these atrocities happen; it is only your watchful eye, your persistent voice, your standing tall against this business-as-usual evil what give decisive meaning to their daily sacrifice. <br /><br />I believe you provide the right context in which these performances should be placed. Castro is testing the will of the Obama administration on human rights since the Cuban ruler seems to perceive President Obama is eager to include re-establishing diplomatic relations as part of his presidential legacy.<br /><br />You asked where the Spaniards, the Europeans, and the Latin Americans are. You are right again. The governments of many of those countries have been business partners of Castro for many years and their peoples don’t have the same concept of freedom Americans have. We do have freedom in great esteem and we won’t remain silent for long witnessing abusers putting artists in jail, police beating women in the streets, and detaining civil rights activists.<br /><br />Perhaps politicians and businessmen can tolerate that, but we the people won’t.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com