We will not be disappeared! Directory of arts activism. - book reviews

ROBERT HORVITZ: Feeling isolated and out of step with Falwell/Reagan Republicanism? Then browse through this handsomely designed director of "progressive" artists, musicians, publishers, theater and film collectives, non-profit organizations, and creative dissenters for an immediate morale boost -- not to mention hundreds of addresses and phone numbers for making contact. Focusing primarily on the U.S. (the "international" section is only eight pages), I doubt if most of those profiled realize how extensive their field of potential cohorts is. Some of the groups undoubtedly sound better on paper than they are in real life, and it's hard for me to see why certain individuals were included at all, but the editors weren't trying to enshrine any particular ideology or approach to cultural activism. Vitality and diversity at all levels of accomplishment is what you find instead.

Oral History of the American Left, Filmmakers Audio Tape Archive, Bobst Library, New York University, 70 Washington Sq. South, New York, NY 10012, (212) 598-3708

Do you have taped interviews with individuals who helped to build unions during the 1930's and 1940's, fight McCarthyism during the 1950's, struggle for civil rights in the 1960's and women's and gay rights in the 1970's, and disarmament in the 1980's? Such audio tapes may be of permanent value to historians and activists, and a special library of Americcan labor and radicalism wants to have and prreserve themm.

The Oral History of the Americann Left at Tamiment Library, New York University, has received funding from the National Endowmment for th Humanities to create an archive of interviews made by indepdnent filmmakers.

Chicago Mural Group, P.O. Box 25074, Chicago IL 60625, (312) 871-3089, Contact: John Pitman Weber

The Chicago Mural Group/Community Mural Project is a group of professional artists dedicated to producing quality art throughout Chicago's diverse communities. Since 1970, the Chicago Mural Group has worked with all age groups, from every economic and ethnic background, to produce murals in schools, public institutions, parks, community centers, and on city walls. Our more than 100 projects have received awards for ddesign excellence and international acclaim for the Group.

SOLIDARTE, American 232-A-4, Delegacion Coyoacan, 04040-Mexico D.F., Mexico

A mail artists' group in Mexico which supports the peace and disarmanent groups.

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