Secretary of the Arts--Petition now

I just received the notice below from Gregg Johnson urging all art-and-craft-inclined folk to petition online for Secretary of the Arts in the new Obama administration. Even though we are in a difficult financial period when it may seem easier to forgo the arts, it is exactly times like this that they can lift our spirits.

From Gregg:
Quincy Jones has started a petition to ask President-Elect Obama to appoint a Secretary of the Arts. While many other countries have had Ministers of Art or Culture for centuries, The United States has never created such a position. We in the arts need this and the country needs the arts--now more than ever. Please take a moment to sign this important petition and then pass it on to your friends and colleagues.

www.petitiononline.com/esnyc/petition.html