Warm greetings, Artscope readers, We, like you, have watched federal funding be cut for both public and non-profit cultural organizations, be they for the visual orperforming arts and found ourselves asking, as we always have, how can we best support our arts community and through it, contribute to a better understanding of each other and the world? Many passionate conversations went into planning this issue, especially with our writers who are also artists that have spent several decades working to better the world through their art. Longtime Artscope Magazine contributor Elizabeth Michelman reminded me that this has always been a group effort, initially started on a small scale, that serves as a guideline to “take back” whatever programs suddenly find their funding cut. “I've seen the power of grassroots connection to jumpstart hope in this regard,” she wrote. ”Down the road, public … [Read more...] about WELCOME May/June 2025