OBAMA TRANSITION TEAM MEETS WITH SOME ARTS ORGS BUT CURIOUSLY NO FUNDERS
Submitted by giarts-ts-admin on January 30, 2009
Even 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 organizations 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. Read More.