This panel will consider the history of artists working under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CET; will look at the current state of funding for the arts and the challenges involved; and will consider alternative approaches for employing artists in the future.
Panelists:
• Anne Edmunds, Director of Brandywine Workshop’s CETA-funded Visual Artists in Public Service (VAPS) program, 1977-80
• Valerie Gay, Chief Cultural Officer, and Executive Director of the Office of the Arts and Creative Economy
• Isaiah Thomas, City Council Member at Large and Majority Whip; advocate for the arts
Moderator:
• Virginia Maksymowicz, former CETA artist, co-coordinator of the CETA Arts Legacy Project, and co-curator of the “A Federal Job in the Arts” exhibition
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