Teresa gives $4million to the Warhol

[globalvillage]

From this morning's Pittsburgh Post Gazette, local section page 1 headline:

Heinz Kerry unveils $4 million gift to Warhol -- Teresa Heinz Kerry, the Pittsburgh philanthropist who supported the founding of the Andy Warhol Museum, surprised its director, staff and donors last night with a gift of $4 million to the museum's endowment.

http://www.post-gazette.com/

The full article goes on to say that she also gave $4MM to the Carnegie dinosaur exibit in 2003. I did not know that.

Why doesn't everyone love this woman? I don't get it.

[JI7]

1. those who know who she really is love her

those who don't are usually ones influenced by right wing media. they don't know the real Teresa.

[sandnsea]

2. Who needs that artsy fartsy stuff

And dinosaur bones are a test God put on the earth, they're not real anyway.

:eyes:

Fortunately that's a teensy minority of people and I'm not sure DC strategists understand that.

[kerrygoddess]

3. Can we use this to change the conversation about the "culture of life"?

Thanks to Teresa and others dedicated to the arts, museums like the Andy Warhol Museum can still thrive in today’s bleak economy that is more focused on corporate profit than education and culture. We hear a lot these days about the “culture of life,” however that buzz phrase seems to be somewhat skewed, for surely the arts are one the great gifts of the true “culture of life.”

We need to talk about this “culture of life” in the terms of what is missing and what is being left behind, in this effort to bill it as simply a morality issue.

A true “culture of life” embraces our society in all its diversity. It honors the many paths to enlightenment celebrated in by our nation’s separation of church and state. It enhances education and enrichment, and encourages the advancement of the arts and sciences for the betterment of all and the improvement our society, which is the life’s blood of our very existence and the soul of our purpose on this planet.

http://www.lightupthedarkness.org/blog/default.asp?view=plink&id=691

[GRLMGC]

4. Good

We need to support the arts. They are a reflection of what is going on in the world. I can't (well, I can) believe that she got attacked for that. I wanna go smack someone now...

[politicasista]

5. I am glad Momma T is doing this.

I love the arts.

[GRLMGC]

6. Seriously

are they anti-intellectual or something? According to their responses, it sure seems like it.