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...artistic projects, too often the seed money that Hughes endorses actually cultivates bad seeds. This is vividly illustrated in a new book by Alice G. Marquis of the University of California at San Diego, Art Lessons: Learning from the Rise and Fall of Public Arts Funding. Marquis, a history scholar and self-identified Democrat, notes, "The [National Endowment for the Arts'] shotgun policy of passing out masses of small grants has conjured up an unsustainable array of needy groups and individuals ... Well meaning in its objective, [it] has also produced unexpected consequences. Art is not a product like soybeans...
Coolidge's career as a scholar and teacher spanned nearly six decades and also included a term as president of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts...
...losing John Coolidge we have been deprived of a good friend, a fine scholar, a generous teacher," President Neil L. Rudenstine said in a statement. "When I first met him in the early 1960s, he was encouraging graduate students and junior faculty members to view the Fogg as a place to pursue their interest in [for example] Frank Stella, Jackson Pollock, Anthony Caro, and Kenneth Noland--as well as in the Mannerists, in 20th-century photographers, and in Dutch and Flemish print makers. This wise eclectic spirit nurtured the Museum, and infused the Department, in a way that allowed individuals...
Stuart Cary Welch, Curator of Islamic and LaterIndian Art, Emeritus, described Coolidge as"completely dedicated to the arts at Harvard andthe Boston Museum of Fine Arts, perhaps atconsiderable cost to his work as a scholar. He wasalways extremely helpful and encouraging to me. Hewas a man of great breadth in his appreciation ofart, overseeing the growth of the Fogg'scollection in many areas...
Carnesale said: "David is a career scholar and teacher who had an opportunity to serve in government and to both apply some of the knowledge he gained and also gain additional knowledge...