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Chairman Rocco Landesman Releases the Schedule for his Visit
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Washington, DC-- NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman will visit Winston-Salem and Greensboro, North Carolina on September 10 and 11, 2010 as part of his ongoing Art Works tour. Chairman Landesman is coming to North Carolina at the invitation of Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County President and CEO Milton Rhodes and Action Greensboro Executive Director April Harris.
The chairman is traveling to the state to learn how the arts work in North Carolina with a particular focus on the role of the arts in creating and sustaining livable, vibrant urban and rural centers. In addition, his hosts are recent recipients of funding from the NEA's Mayors' Institute on City Design 25th Anniversary Initiative or MICD25. The inaugural grants for this program were announced on July 15, 2010. The Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County and Action Greensboro are two of only 21organizations nationwide to receive grants.
In Winston-Salem's MICD25-funded project, art and artistic design will be incorporated in the highway infrastructure projects being built through downtown. In Greensboro, Action Greensboro will use its grant to install public art along a new multi-use trail through the city.
The following events are open to the press only.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
Winston-Salem
11:00—11:30 a.m. |
Tour Reynolda House Museum of American Art |
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2:00—3:00 p.m. |
Town Hall discussion, “Art Works: The Impact of Arts and Culture on Communities” Panelists include; Linda Carlisle, secretary of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources; Rosemary Harris, actress; Mabel Robinson, artistic director of the North Carolina Black Repertory Company; Joshua Morgan, co-founder and co-artistic director of No Rules Theatre Company. |
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4:00—4:30 p.m. |
Tour of the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art |
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10:00—11:00 a.m. |
Ribbon-cutting for opening of Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts |
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1:00—1:45 p.m. |
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Tour MICD 25 site with Action Greensboro staff |
5:30—7:30 p.m. |
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Cocktail reception at the home of Kathy Manning and Randall Kaplan |
About "Art Works"
Chairman Landesman has summarized the guiding principle that will inform his work at the agency in two words - "art works" - which Chairman Landesman means in three ways:
"Art works" is a noun. They are the books, crafts, dances, designs, drawings, films, installations, music, musicals, paintings, plays, performances, poetry, textiles, and sculptures that are the creation of artists.
"Art works" is a verb. Art works on and within people to change and inspire them; it addresses the need people have to create, to imagine, to aspire to something more.
"Art works" is a declarative sentence: arts jobs are real jobs that are part of the real economy. Art workers pay taxes, and art contributes to economic growth, neighborhood revitalization, and the livability of American towns and cities.
About the National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts is a public agency dedicated to supporting excellence in the arts, both new and established; bringing the arts to all Americans; and providing leadership in arts education. Established by Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government, the Arts Endowment is the largest annual national funder of the arts, bringing great art to all 50 states, including rural areas, inner cities, and military bases. Please visit the NEA website.
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