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ted Council on the Arts. The Harris survey, conducted
about two years ago, showed 64% of the adult public
would be willing to contribute $5 a year for support of
the arts and cultural facilities, 47"10 would be willing to
give $25 a year, while 36% would contribute $50. Projecting those statistics over 80.7 million taxpayers, demonstrates a potential boost for the arts of $1.7 bill ion annually.
Reintroduced in the 95th Congrss, H.R. 1042 has been
making steady progress. It is presently under study by the
House Ways and Means Committee. The bill is now cosponsored by 32 members of the House, six of whom are
members of the Ways and Means Committee.
Forty-five organizations representing all the disciplines
of the arts as well as labor, have endorsed the Bill. More
than 250 prominent persons, including composers, museum directors, soloists, educators and union leaders,
have also gone publicly on record endorsing the Bill.
In recent months Congressman Richmond has addressed conferences and conventions seeking to build
grass roots support for the Bill. "I am hopeful", said
Mr. Richmond, "that when public hearings are held on
this Bill, there will be an outpouring of support from
all over the country."
You can help move this important bill further along by
enlisting the support of your representative in Congress.
Write him/her today!

CISCO 1977
The second CISCO (INTERNATIONAL FAIR FOR
CINEMA, THEATRE, CONVENTION HALL EQUIPMENT, PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT AND RELATED
MATERIALS) will take place in PARIS at the Parc des
Expositions, at the Porte de Versailles from: OCTOBER
3 to 7, 1977.
DEFINITION OF THE CISCO
The CISCO is an International show that takes place
every two years and includes: a) Every equipment manufacturer and everyone offering services for the installation
and functioning of cinemas whether it is a question of:
the design or renovation of cinemas, the layout of rooms
for congresses, discussions, etc., or the creation of cinemas
and their transformation into multi-cinemas. b) Every
equipment manufacturer and everyone offering services
for film production, studio and laboratory equipment,
whether it is a question of: making a film in the studio
or outdoors, laboratory film cutting or printing, auditorium recording and mixing, and subtitles, credits or animation in special laboratories.
VISITORS AND CLIENTS OF THE CISCO
The two categories are: a) The professional interested
in the equipment and services required to equip and operate cinemas: cinema owners, film distributors, ·theatre,
music hall, concert hall managers, theatre architects, scene
designers and technicians, those in charge of youth centers, cultural centers and cine clubs, conference room
and congress managers, hotel chain and important hotel
managers, and collective equipment municipality heads. b)
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Professionals interested in the exhibition of production
equipment: producers, directors and production managers, technicians: head cameramen, cameramen, photography managers, head editor, sound engineers, etc.,
equipment rental firms, and managers or those responsible
for studio, laboratory and editing room equipment.
For six days every professional interested in the development of new techniques can study, compare and select
the equipment and material best adapted to his needs.
CISCO 1977 - FORECAST
The show now seven months away, 143 firms have
registered, whereas prospection has only just begun. For
the next CISCO more than 500 firms are scheduled, an
important visitors' file .index has been created and about
10,000 persons are expected.
For more information, write or phone:
Nicole Hiep
CISCO
3, Rue Garnier
92200 Neuilly Sur Seine, France
Tel: 7478400

WOMEN'S ROLE IN ARCHITECTURE INFLUENCE
LIFESTYLES
New York, N.Y. - Though not widely recognized, the
role of women in architecture has been a significant influence on American lifestyles. The success of women in this
field is revealed in a retrospective exhibition entitled
"Women in American Architecture" currently showing
at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Hayden
Gallery from May 6 through June 18; the Colorado
Springs Fine Arts Center from August 15 through September 30; the Houston Public Library from October 20
through December 4; and the ArchiCenter of Chicago
School of Architect Foundation from January 10 through
February 28, 1978. Additional locations will be added to
this schedule at a later date.
To define the case of women as master builders, the
exhibition, "Women in American Architecture: A Historic
and Contemporary Perspective," documents 200 years of
achievements by women architects and designers. The
exhibition is organized by The Architect!Jral League of
New York through its Archive of Women in Architecture.
Prominent figures in architecture include pioneers such
as Louise Bethune, who opened her own offices in Buffalo
in the 1880's; Sophis Hayden, the winner of the Woman's
Building Competition in 1891; Marion Mahoney Griffin,
an MIT graduate of 1894, who worked with Frank Lloyd
Wright; and Julia Morgan, who designed 800 buildings
after the turn of the century including San Simeon,
the lavish estate of William Randolph Hearst.
Twentieth century figures in the exhibition include
Denise Scott Brown, well known writer and Planner;
Elizabeth Coit, Sarah Harkness, Lillian Rice, Mary Otis
Stevens, and Eleanor Raymond, who designed one of
the earliest solar houses in 1948, and others.

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