Penn to Host Panel Discussion on Impact of Arts in Cities
Penn to Host Panel Discussion on Impact of Arts in Cities
WHO: Rocco Landesman, chairman, National Endowment for the Arts Donald Harrison, saxophonist, singer, composer Julia Olin, National Council for the Traditional Arts Greg Rowe, The Pew Charitable Trusts Cookie Ruiz, Ballet Austin executive director Nick Spitzer, Host and Producer, “American Routes,” National Public Radio Mark Stern, University of Pennsylvania professor of social welfare and History David Thornburgh, University of Pennsylvania’s Fels Institute of Government WHAT: “Arts and the City: Can the Arts Revive Our Cities and the Nation’s Economy?”
WHEN: March 2, 2010, 5-7 p.m.
WHERE: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 33rd and Spruce streets
The Penn Institute for Urban Research, the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance and Philagrafika will co-host a panel discussion with some of the arts’ most influential leaders. Panelists will share their views on the critical role of the arts to the economies and cultural lives of cities, as well as how artists and arts organizations contribute to the fabric of urban communities.
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