Monday, February 02, 2009
Obama Team Convenes Arts Leaders
MusicalAmerica - Performing Arts News: "Weeks before he took the oath of office, Barack Obama and his administration were laying the groundwork for sweeping changes -- even in the arts. On Thursday, Jan. 15, Bill Ivey, the former chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts who now heads Obama’s transition team for arts and culture, convened a meeting of about 20 arts-service organization heads at the Presidential Transition Team Headquarters on Sixth Street in Washington. Attending were the CEOs of groups such as Opera America, Dance USA, the League of American Orchestras, Association of Art Museum Directors, Chorus America, Dance USA, the Theater Communications Group and a host of others, from Meet the Composer to the National Association of Latino Artists."
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It is really exciting that the government is examining the arts and what they are going through with this economic situation. I say this not only as a theater artist, but as an individual who believes that the arts are vital to our society and culture. It is important that the government understand what is going on in the field of the fine and performing arts, how they are changing with new technology and discoveries, and how they are looking to change with the economic times.
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