Save College of Santa Fe and Santa Fe Art Institute

Dear Friends of the Santa Fe Art Institute, As most of you know, the Santa Fe Art Institute sits on the campus of the College of Santa Fe, and as such, we are directly affected by the potential acquisition of the college by a state institution of higher education. Although we raised the funds to build our beautiful Ricardo Legoretta building and we have carefully maintained it for the last ten years, we do not own it. The SFAI building belongs to the College of Santa Fe. The SFAI is an independent 501(c)3, not affiliated with the college in any way except by location. If CSF is not acquired by NM Highlands through the NM Dept of Higher Education, they will declare bankruptcy and we will lose our building - our home. We would find ourselves having to relocate and reorganize all of our administration and programming at enormous energy and expense. The following message is from the college and I'm urgently asking that friends of the SFAI take action on our behalf. So read on... House Bill 577 goes to the House Education Committee on Friday morning at 8am. 1) Please take 2 minutes right now to email the House Education Committee members. Here is a sample email that you can copy and paste into your email. Or, feel free to revise and make more personal if you have the time. I am writing to the members of the House Education Committee to express my support for House Bill 577. College of Santa Fe is a crucial component in the economy of the city of Santa Fe and the state of New Mexico. Preserve this educational opportunity for both in-state and out-of-state students. Thank you, Your Name Address City, St Zip House Education Committee Members: (please note that Rep. Rhonda King does not have an email address) Representative Rick Miera - (D) Chair, rbmiera@comcast.net Representative Rhonda S. King - (D) Vice Chair, (505) 986-4438 Representative Nora Espinoza - (R) Member, noralee@cableone.net Representative Mary Helen Garcia - (D) Member, maryhelen.garcia@nmlegis.g ov Representative Thomas A. Garcia - (D) Member, ocate@hotmail.com Representative Karen E. Giannini - (D) Member, nmhousedistrict30@live.com Representative Jimmie C. Hall - (R) Member, jimmie.hall@nmlegis.gov Representative Dianne Miller Hamilton - (R) Member, dianne38john4132@zianet.com Representative Dennis J. Roch - (R) Member, denroch@hotmail.com Representative Sheryl Williams Stapleton - (D) Member, sheryl.stapleton@nmlegis.gov Representative Jack E. Thomas - (D) Member, jpkthomas@prodigy.net If you would like to email the entire committee, here are just the email addresses for you to copy and paste: rbmiera@comcast.net; noralee@cableone.net; maryhelen.garcia@nmlegis.gov; ocate@hotmail.com; nmhousedistrict30@live.com; jimmie.hall@nmlegis.gov; dianne38john4132@zianet.com; denroch@hotmail.com; sheryl.stapleton@nmlegis.gov; jpkthomas@prodigy.net 2) Email this to your personal contacts and ask your friends and neighbors in NM to do the same.

Thank you, in advance, for your help. Sincerely, Michelle Laflamme-Childs Residency & Marketing/PR Director Santa Fe Art Institute

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Last night, I just attend a brief lecture on the the HR 5889 Orphan Works Act of 2008. I got just enough knowledge to make me dangerous. Now is it good or bad for artists? Well, I can not say for sure (probably not good is in the back of my mind) until I give it more of a read. Here is a link to read the legalise for yourself. You can also check out the Senate Bill S. 2913. Both bills can be tracked to see how far along they are in the process AND you can find your Congressmen and/or women here.