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Show 1 4 B 6, 1976 DESERET NEWS, THURSDAY, MAY Art can't be 'elected,' Briton says The result, said Shaw, is that some groups are advocating division of funding of the arts among those who Democracy should have a limited role in determining the direction of the arts in a country, the secretary general of the Arts Council for Great Britain said Wednesday in Salt Lake City. Tlie writ of democracy does not run too far in the ails, said Roy Shaw. "You cannot elect an artist. He must be chosen for his works. And an art council can not be elected either. city tour. He made a courtesy call on Gov. Calvin Ramptoi; after planting a tree in the celebrity section of Memory Grove. Later, he met with artists and reporters in the Sait Lake Art Center, 54 Finch Lane. He will stay through today. Actually, I did not think of coming But the National here, said Shaw. Endowment (ot the Arts') people said you must go to Salt Lake. And 1 do what they tell me." Later, local arts council members said the strength of Salt Lake's ballet company and symphony had prompted National Endowment officers to recommend Salt Lake. Shaw said a controversy is now sweeping Britain over a system of arts management that some persons consider to be geared to the upper class. practice fringe, popular or alternative The government financing was introduced during the World War II because it was found that the arts boosted peoples morale. "I agree with that (division of some of the funding), said Shaw. But I would prefer to have more of the people experience the arts, rather th i to cheapen them. Shaw said the government gives money to the Arts Council, which, in turn, gives it to artists. Some people believe that great works of art speak to all men immediately. 1 do not agree. And, if they said speak, they don't say much, The buffer between and artists is necessary development of the general development country., he said. Shaw. that, in order to rid Englands class system of the traditional appreciation of the arts u'Jy among the financially well off, he has begun to organize tours for various artists groims and a program of art education. Shaw said it is one of his purposes to decentralize the arts in England. For for Business Shaw said the bulk of Britains arts programs are funded through government contributions, rather than private donations. The complaint is that only the better off members of the populace can afford to educate themselves about the arts and go to the places where arts can be seen or heard. said & e ails. He F3VD Rents Leases Trucks The idea has met with some opposition, he said, mainly from first-raiartists who prefer to be near the center now considered to be London. the government for the personal artist and the of art within a Service Maintenance Truck Rental and Leasing is our OMIT business. We don't lease "just anything", we sepecialixe in what we TRUCKS. 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