Monday, March 3, 2008

Reverend Billy Gets to Carnegie Hall


Last Sunday, Reverend Billy, an old friend of mine, from days of Life on the Water, in San Francisco preached from the rooftop of Carnegie Towers in NYC, as he worked toward mounting a campaign to help a group of artists who are being threatened with eviction from Carnegie Towers.

The eviction of these artists and the transformation of the legacy for artists left behind by Andrew Carnegie is another startling example of our nation's epidemic of blindness toward the value and significance of art and artists as one of the things that makes life real, livable, and meaningful for all of us. It is a cultural and spiritual devolution that, if it is not stopped in its tracks, will lead us, and our grandchildren into a bog of consumerism, meaninglessness and despair.

You can help in this campaign to save the legacy of Carnegie Artist Studios and the studios of these vibrant artists, by going to CarnegieArtistStudios.Com for more information and to volunteer.

CARNEGIE-A-LUJAH!