Monday Reads...

A few things I didn't want to slip by...

- A Globe editorial praises Artadia, which is accepting grant applications from artists through the end of January.

- The story, and the slideshow, about the artists trying to paint their way to save a chunk of land in Maine.

The NEA called. There was concern that an earlier post, about this year's Medal of Arts winners, included a photo of the 2005 ceremony. I said that was because we blogged before the 2006 photo had been taken. The NEA press person was kind enough to send along a 2006 picture.

President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush stand with recipients of the National Endowment of the Arts 2006 Medal of Arts in the Oval Office on Thursday, Nov., 9, 2006. Pictured from left, they are: Ben Jaffe and his mother Sandra Jaffe, director and co-founder of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band; Literary Translator Gregory Rabassa; Dancer Cyd Charisse; Photographer Roy DeCarava; Industrial Designer Viktor Schreckengost; Musician Dr. Ralph Stanley; Arts patron Billie Holladay; Composer William Bolcom; Interlochen Center for the Arts CEO Jeffrey Kimpton; and NEA Chairman Dana Gola. White House photo by Paul Morse.