Contributions to LACE

Re “As LACE Shifts Course, Rifts Grow Wider,” by Suzanne Muchnic, Oct. 2:

As a former artist board member and programming committee chair, I object to the accusation made by Peter Norton that “the responsibility for the decline of LACE in the past rests squarely on the shoulders of artists.” Norton hasn’t done his homework. The artists and community members that have challenged the present administration have all at one time or another served on LACE’s board and/or on the artist committees. We have a long, long history of contributing hard work and leadership to LACE.

The central issue is that LACE is not LACE, that the suspension of the bylaws is both illegal and unethical and that under those circumstances, the present board does not have the right to call itself LACE.

JACKI APPLE, Los Angeles

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Having followed the coverage of LACE--both its past and its evolving present--I would like to encourage The Times to recognize the person who spearheaded this “exciting forum for experimental art” through its “heyday.” That person is Joy Silverman, and she should be properly recognized for her leadership of LACE and for her steadfast advocacy for artists’ rights and freedom of expression.

JULIE LAZAR, Director of Experimental Programs, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles