To the editors:
Re: “Group Efforts: the art world observes a day of the dead” [November 24]
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Namely, according to Edelman, once again “Chicago was left out” of being in the know, in this instance about this nationwide day of observance to memorialize the artists and others who have died or are dying of this virulent disease. Ms. Edelman’s statement is, quite simply, inaccurate, and unnecessarily belligerent.
While it may be true that Ms. Edelman was left uninformed (in spite of the many published accounts of the proposed observance in national arts journals since September), what we take exception to is her tone which implies that no one else in Chicago was doing anything but her, when in fact many of us were involved early on.
Finally, for the record, it is puzzling at this late date to still hear that tired cliche that Chicago, lost somewhere in the midwest, is still the cultural step-sister to New York. Since members of New York’s arts community made a concerted effort to inform us all early on about a subject so painfully close to each of us, such unbridled criticism does a disservice to all of us concerned.
