"The Artist As Citizen"

I wrote this column in 1991 - sadly prophetic

In 1991 I started a column for the Chicago newspaper Performink called “Arts & Politics” which covered the interscetion of creativity, culture, the arts, and public life.

I had left the lucrative world of producing nonprofit theater (Pegasus Players, 1985-1990) to take up the role of an arts activist. In 1990 I joined the Christian Coalition for $5 and b…