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		<title>Scottsdale Public Art under Attack!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 19:13:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HELP NEEDED! Scottsdale&#8217;s Public Art program is under attack&#8230;from within!  The Cultural Council&#8217;s head honcho is out to discredit SPA&#8217;s top staff and marginalize the program that has been widely acknowledged as one of the tippy-top of the heap in our fair nation. Supporters have been swarming to SPA&#8217;s defense.  Local luminaries, young artists, former [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=bettydrake.com&amp;blog=23176640&amp;post=13&amp;subd=bettydrake&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p><strong>HELP NEEDED!</strong></p>
<p>Scottsdale&#8217;s Public Art program is under attack&#8230;from within!  The Cultural Council&#8217;s head honcho is out to discredit SPA&#8217;s top staff and marginalize the program that has been widely acknowledged as one of the tippy-top of the heap in our fair nation.</p>
<p>Supporters have been swarming to SPA&#8217;s defense.  Local luminaries, young artists, former State Senators, former Mayors and many others have spoken out at a Cultural Council Board of Trustee meeting and at City Council.  Will the City Council get past its conflicts of interest to take an objective look at what&#8217;s going on and do the right thing?  Will the Cultural Council wake up to the threat that&#8217;s storming its closed-in bunker and realize the value and prestige public art brings to its programs?  Will they realize that the two top public art administrators, Valerie Vadela-Homer and Margaret Bruning are well-respected, top professionals who have brought nationwide attention and awards to Scottsdale Public Art?</p>
<p>Hopefully.</p>
<p>You can help by emailing the Mayor and City Council, by contacting Cultural Council Trustees and submitting letters and columns to the Scottsdale Republic.</p>
<p>You can email the Mayor and entire City Council with one click o&#8217; the mouse at:  citycouncil@scottsdaleaz.gov.</p>
<p>You can contact the Cultural Council Board through their webpage at: <a href="http://www.sccarts.org/board_directors.php">http://www.sccarts.org/board_directors.php</a></p>
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