Arts and Culture Cuts Affect Every Pennsylvanian

Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Peggy Amsterdam and Mitch Swain

(July 18, 2009) - As legislators attempt to hammer out a budget, Pennsylvania's arts and cultural organizations are in trouble, facing drastic cuts and even total elimination.

This is a time for making tough decisions. We know that. And we also know that any decision to ravage these assets is a decision to strip the commonwealth of its most fundamental sources of creativity and innovation -- with dire economic consequences.

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