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Show - - Vn "i ;. ; '.. . uj a varietyJ W' . commented the New York Times. v . Surveys taken by the Business Committee for the Arts estimate that CQiporate giving to the arts, has .climbed from $22 million in 1968 to $150 a 600 million in 1975 percent increase. ' V Onward and upward with the arts! In Philadelphia ion 10 mill- . tickets were sold for professional ' sports events; 13 million fans were served by the city's cultural institutions The Conference The Museum of NorthBoard's "Annual Survey ern Arizona in Flagstaff of Corporate Contribuhas begun restoring tions reports the per14,000 fading historic centage of the corporate photographs, including philanthropic dollar records qf Hopi Indian going to the arts in' 1972 ceremonials, archaeologas 4.1. In 1974 it was 7.3. ical expeditions, and According td the Maricopa Indian life. Survey, the arts were the fastest growing area The Cleveland Orchestra played a program of ; of corporate i philam Beethoven. Beside each thropic interest. of the 60 instrumentalists; , Federal funds, as sat a second performer granted by the, National a yoifng musician from Endowment for the, Arts, 'schools; the inner-cit- y serves as a catalyst to Each student had beeh the private sector in its tutored for the perforgiving to the arts. ' The mance by the orchestra Endowment gives a member. .. leverage to- - arts institutions in their attempt to During intermission at increase contributions a performance by the from states, cities, corpo- Metropolitan Opera Hanks, ', tetions, and individuals, Over the years, the En- chairman, of th$ National Endowment for the Arts,, asked the radio' audience, to help match a $1.1 million challenge grant.'..dollar sfient. with $3.3 million. The Thertr is little danger challenge. yas .met with ,that the Endowment will donations goming in from become rypre than a every stafp, Puerto Rico, ... junior partner. The En-th- e Virgin Islands, and,., dowmdnCs fiscal grant to Canada. On the lists Of the Metropolitan Opera,' donors were 21,000 for example, was names, many 'new con$600,000. That was one of the Endowments largest tributors., A .stunning breakthrough in public grants, and that amount, was crucial to the budget support for cultural tivities in this country';, of the Met, one of the ( ' J j. "41 .nrm ri 4.1 ywi )tfnniW ''. V nation's cultural treasures. At the same time, however, it represented only about 2.4 percent of the O appii 1 I crn 7 Theaters Reviews Features Opera's Metropolitan total estimated budget of $25 million for the 1975-7season. lr. contrast with European countries where practically all subsidies are given to established "national treasure" institutions, the American system seeks to fund a variety of institutions and individuals. ' Grants are, of course, given to the great culture organizations. But the National Council of the National Endowment has advised that younger 6 arts organizations quality, including of comm- arts organ- unity-based izations and NEWS states arts agencies, and few of them were active. Utah has the honor of having the first state arts council in the United States created in 1893. Soon after the Endowment was under way, there was an arts agency in every state and territ- Set 3-Pi- eco perhaps talented individual artists, should also be eligible for assistance. The basic legislation also directed that a certain percentage of the Endowments total funds go directly to the 50 states and five territorial Our Firm HotelMotei Quality Full Warranty Firm or Extra Firm 10-Ye- ar Full in fiscal 1966, the year the Arts Endowment began to make grants, to $61,017,945 in fiscal 1976. $KQO FULL SIZE 2-P- CREDIT TERMS Firm or X-Fi- rm !pcSET LAY-AWA- - 00 Sn y BUNK BED Music buff? Harold Lundstrom will keep you in tune. c. 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