1.18.2008

an artyr for the cause

The Boston Globe reported that some small arts groups are responding creatively to the Boston Foundation's recentyl released report PDF on the state of the arts community in the greater Boston area.

Tomorrow night in an alternative gallery space in Cambridge, a self-proclaimed group of “artyrs” will drink Kool-Aid, eat chili, and participate in a “die in.”

Many feel that the report — which recommends smaller, struggling arts organizations consider merging, or an “exit strategy” that would lead to their quiet demise — took an unnecessarily cold, actuarial view of the plight of the small arts nonprofit.

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