Art and money

In “Nothing Private About This Passion” (Arts Notes, Jan. 19), Scott Timberg ridicules the efforts of well-known local artists, some of whom have children in private schools, to raise money for public school arts programs.

I’m sorry that Mr. Timberg has such a hang-up about successful artists and their lifestyles (“Lexus liberalism”). What does it matter which schools their kids attend, or if they have any kids? The point is that without a communitywide effort, our society will raise a generation of children largely ignorant about the arts, to the impoverishment of us all. Apparently the artists mentioned in the article recognize that, even if Mr. Timberg does not.

Bonnie Sloane

Los Angeles