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Tax the Arts

Starving artists no more?  Preserving America's Cultural Heritage is a proposal for a new federal law adding a 1% tax on all art sales.  The funds would be set aside and "annual disbursements from this fund would be paid to eligible artists living in the US. Eligibility would be awarded to visual artists that have evidence of an exhibition history." 

The proposal and accompanied campaign is a collaborative effort by artist Jeffrey Vallance and the MA Curatorial Practice program at the California College of the Arts. Their next event will be on April 15 on Neighborhood Public Radio at Artist Television Access in San Francisco from noon to 2pm.  Neighborhood Public Radio (NPR) will be broadcasting Tax themed shows for the day.  A download of the broadcast should be available soon after.

And while we're on the subject of taxes, I don't have the stones the War Tax Resisters have, but their site is refreshing at tax time.