policy and advocacy
Arts Advocacy Day 2009 Round Up
The 22nd Annual Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts & Public Policy
World-renowned trumpeter, composer and Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center Wynton Marsalis dazzled and inspired his audience with a moving lecture mixed with performance titled The Ballad of the American Arts. The 22nd Annual Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts & Public Policy was presented to a capacity crowd at the Kennedy Center on the eve of Arts Advocacy Day, March 30, 2009
Congressional Hearing by the House Appropriation Subcommitte
A Congressional hearing entitled The Arts = Jobs was the pinnacle of the Americans for the Arts Advocacy Day activities. Hosted by House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior Chair Norm Dicks (D-WA), a distinguished panel called on Congress to support strong public policies for the arts, appropriating increased public funding for the arts, and supporting arts workers. Those who testified included:
- Josh Groban, GRAMMY®-nominated singer-songwriter (PDF, 108 KB)
- Wynton Marsalis, World-renowned trumpeter, composer,
Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center (PDF, 53 KB)
- Linda Ronstadt, GRAMMY®-Award winning vocalist and entertainer (PDF, 101 KB)
- Robert L. Lynch, Americans for the Arts, President and CEO (PDF, 148 KB)
- Jeremy Nowak, The Reinvestment Fund, President and CEO (PDF, 97 KB)
Arts Advocacy Day Press Coverage
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Source: Fox News - On the Record
Title: Music Men
Date: March 31, 2009
Description: Musicians Josh Groban and Wynton Marsalis were interviewed by Greta Van Susteren, host of Fox News' "On the Record," on Arts Advocacy Day. |
Source: BBC World News America
Title: Marsalis Blows His Trumpet About the Arts
Date: March 31, 2009
Description: Musicians Josh Groban and Wynton Marsalis were interviewed by Greta Van Susteren, host of Fox News' "On the Record," on Arts Advocacy Day.
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Source: Washington Times
Title: Groban, Ronstadt break bread with politicians
Date: April 1, 2009
Description: At the Congressional Arts Breakfast Tuesday, politicians, with the help of songbirds Josh Groban and Linda Ronstadt, made beautiful music together to raise awareness and funding for arts education. |
Source: Politico
Title: Groban Works Capitol Hill for the Arts
Date: April 1, 2009
Description:Tuesday was a big day for the arts on Capitol Hill: Musicians Josh Groban, Wynton Marsalis and Linda Ronstadt testified on behalf of National Arts Advocacy Day and made the case for the importance of arts in the daily lives of Americans. |
View press coverage of the 2009 Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy and other
Arts Advocacy Day events. (PDF, 1.38 MB)
