Pennsylvania Museums To Participate In ArtLess Wednesdays
From WJAC-TV.
Black curtains drape outside the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, or SAMA, in downtown Altoona.
Starting Sept. 9, museums across Pennsylvania have been asked to participate in ArtLess Wednesdays.
It’s a campaign push by the Citizens for the Arts in Pennsylvania: http://www.citizensfortheartsinpa.org/index.asp.
While the museums will stay open, each one will take a different approach towards the campaign.
SAMA Executive Director Gary Moyer said the Altoona museum will drape black curtains and dim lights inside.In Johnstown, curtains will drape over paintings.
And in Loretto and Ligonier Valley, workers will turn off the lights inside.SAMA already laid off one employee in their education department.
As far as fall programs go, Altoona site manager, Barbara Hollander, said they pushed their in school artist program to the spring. They’ve also stopped bringing original works of art into schools and hospitals.
“We’ve gone so far and to see this happening, it’s so sad,” Hollander said. “It’s going to be hard to come back from this.”
