From: Earl Lewis [mailto:communications=mellon.org@mail195.atl171.mcdlv.net] On Behalf Of Earl Lewis Sent: Friday, March 17, 2017 12:48 PM To: Sandra Phoenix <sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> Subject: In the Absence of Federal Arts Funding View this email in your browser<http://us11.campaign-archive2.com/?u=edfed987e2ba4277b75131566&id=ffb472890b&e=3727101d7f> [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/edfed987e2ba4277b75131566/images/baca536f-55a7-44c9-bbfa-ec2ef06d2295.png] [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/edfed987e2ba4277b75131566/images/fe9b0414-6069-4d13-80e5-3b4d5ac37a48.jpg]<http://mellon.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=edfed987e2ba4277b75131566&id=0afd5ad619&e=3727101d7f>Arts and humanities funding at work at Appalshop in Kentucky. Photo credit: Appalshop In the Absence of Federal Arts Funding Today's Bloomberg View op-ed by Mellon Foundation President Earl Lewis "Since President Lyndon Johnson and a bipartisan Congress created the national arts and humanities endowments, no president has called for their elimination— until now. We should pause and think about what our country would be like in their absence." Read more here.<http://mellon.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=edfed987e2ba4277b75131566&id=e6d0169d89&e=3727101d7f> [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/edfed987e2ba4277b75131566/images/ebde69a8-1f20-4af7-9b53-e475d5729056.png] Copyright © 2017 The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, All rights reserved. You are receiving this e-mail because you are subscribed to news from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Our mailing address is: The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 140 E. 62nd Street New York, NY 10065 Add us to your address book<http://mellon.us11.list-manage1.com/vcard?u=edfed987e2ba4277b75131566&id=75560b415d> unsubscribe from this list<http://mellon.us11.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=edfed987e2ba4277b75131566&id=75560b415d&e=3727101d7f&c=ffb472890b> update subscription preferences<http://mellon.us11.list-manage.com/profile?u=edfed987e2ba4277b75131566&id=75560b415d&e=3727101d7f> forward to a friend<http://us11.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=edfed987e2ba4277b75131566&id=ffb472890b&e=3727101d7f> follow @MellonFdn on Twitter<http://mellon.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=edfed987e2ba4277b75131566&id=3eeacd078a&e=3727101d7f>