Arts Groups Lose Out in Fight for Funds

Many arts organizations are tightening their belts. In New York, where Wall Street banks have collapsed, the Metropolitan Museum of Art just cut 74 positions and warned it could slash another 10% of its work force by July. In Detroit, where General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC are on the verge of bankruptcy, the Detroit Institute of Arts reduced 20% of its staff as part of a $6 million budget cut, and the Detroit Opera canceled a spring production.