Trump’s name will not appear on the Kennedy Center ever.
It is the law.
It is the law.
It is the law.
Is no one troubled by the FACT the Board of Trustees of the Kennedy Center is breaking the law by allowing defacement of the building?
The Kennedy Center is a public landmark as well as a memorial to a beloved President that was assassinated. We loved that family for their lives and we still love to hear from Caroline. Maria Shriver is a national treasure as well. There are just some things and some people in this world that matters for no other reason except they are endeared to our legacy as Americans.
The work at the Kennedy Center has spanned decades by welcoming new ideas and talent, but, mostly for the honor paid to great artists that have been a part of the landscape of this great democracy.
There will be no defacement of the building.
If Congress can't or won't appropriate monies for the buildings renovation and PRESERVATION then the wrong people are in Congress that won't carry out the work of the American people.
“Ask not what your country can do for you–ask what you can do for your country.” (click here)
That is about humility, morality (God), and public service. The Kennedy Center reflects every bit of JFK's character. That experience is not an ego trip, it is knowing that decency and compassion are real.
"How many of you, who are going to be doctors, are willing to spend your days in Ghana? Technicians or engineers, how many of you are willing to work in the Foreign Service and spend your lives traveling around the world?"
His young audience responded to this speech with a petition signed by 1,000 students willing to serve abroad. Senator Kennedy's challenge to these students—to live and work in developing countries around the world; to dedicate themselves to the cause of peace and development—inspired the beginning of the Peace Corps.
Just two weeks later, in his November 2, 1960, speech at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, Kennedy proposed "a peace corps of talented men and women" who would dedicate themselves to the progress and peace of developing countries. Encouraged by more than 25,000 letters responding to his call, Kennedy took immediate action as president to make the campaign promise a reality....
The Late President John F. Kennedy was a man of vision, peace, and respect for human potential. He loved people and they loved him.
As a Peace Corps Volunteer (click here) in south India in the mid-1960s, Joel Shapiro taught villagers how to dig latrines, build smokeless ovens, and utilize night soil for more productive vegetable gardens, among other sustainability initiatives. More than 50 years later, his sculptures and works on paper are in the permanent collections of museums all over the world: New York City’s Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Whitney Museum of American Art; down south at the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas; out west at California’s Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and across the Atlantic at the Tate Gallery in London, the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, the Kunstmuseum in Winterthur, Switzerland, the Stedelijk in Amsterdam, and the Museé National d’Art Moderne in Paris.
He has also done two large commissions through the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies. One, Conjunction, was installed in 1999 outside the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa, Ontario; and another, Now, was installed in 2013 outside the newly built U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou, China. In fall 2019, his monolithic Blue was installed on the campus of Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
As a Peace Corps Volunteer (click here) in south India in the mid-1960s, Joel Shapiro taught villagers how to dig latrines, build smokeless ovens, and utilize night soil for more productive vegetable gardens, among other sustainability initiatives. More than 50 years later, his sculptures and works on paper are in the permanent collections of museums all over the world: New York City’s Museum of Modern Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Whitney Museum of American Art; down south at the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas; out west at California’s Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and across the Atlantic at the Tate Gallery in London, the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, the Kunstmuseum in Winterthur, Switzerland, the Stedelijk in Amsterdam, and the Museé National d’Art Moderne in Paris.
He has also done two large commissions through the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies. One, Conjunction, was installed in 1999 outside the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa, Ontario; and another, Now, was installed in 2013 outside the newly built U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou, China. In fall 2019, his monolithic Blue was installed on the campus of Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
The Late President is honored in a legacy that cannot be defaced.
