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   [Date]: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 12:42:37 -0400
   [From]: Christy Sheffield Sanford <christys@gnv.fdt.net>
     [To]: Cultural Exchange via Internet <forum1@herz.kbx.de>
[Subject]: Re: [forum1] Arts Funding  Riding the Meridian

I'd be really interested in knowing how other countries are funding the
arts.  Now England is putting lottery money into many agencies and that
seems to be working well.  In the U.S., there's a shift in progress from
government to corporate funding.  Creative Capital, under the leadership
of Ruby Lerner, is one such attempt.  They received 1,807 proposals and
will fund about 60 projects.  http://www.creative-capital.org   I hope
people will announce international collaborative opportunities here. 
I'm working now with someone I've met only online, Reiner Strasser, a
German artist.

I have been involved in curating/editing another online project: Riding
the Meridian.  There's a RoundTable "dialogue" with me, Robert Kendall
(USA), Sue Thomas, Alaric Summner (England) and Ian Irving (Australia).
There are 8 hypertext projects.  I hope you'll visit. 
http://www.heelstone.com/meridian/   

Annie Abrahams (France-Holland)
Diane Caney (Australia)
Deena Larsen (USA)
Marjorie Luesebrink & Stephanie Strickland (USA)
Talan Memmott (USA)
Reiner Strasser (Germany)
geniwate (Australia)
Dan Waber (USA)

Best wishes to all, Christy
http://gnv.fdt.net/~christys/index.html