Benefit Art Auction Aims to Unseat Bush

[NC_Nurse]

http://apnews1.iwon.com//article/20040613/D836C9J80.html?PG=home&SEC=news

Meryl Streep will host....

[dmr]

1. This is great!

in NYC on June 29th. From the link:

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"Join artists and friends in saying 'Bye-Bye Bush' and help to elect Democratic candidates at the federal, state and local levels," an event flier says.

One artist behind the auction is Chuck Close, a New York-based photorealist painter who sought the donated works. The sentiment among several artists, according to Close, is that the Bush administration's anti-terrorism efforts, epitomized by the Patriot Act, are endangering civil rights, including artistic freedom.


"The Republican Party seems to want to be perceived as having a lock on patriotism and I think it's really a mistake for Democrats to give up the whole issue of patriotism. It's just a different notion of what it is," said Close, who expects some donations will carry patriotic themes. "I think a commitment to a free and open society is the ultimate patriot act."
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