Many in the arts field were captivated by the language in then Candidate Obama’s arts platform calling for the creation of an “Artist Corps.”
Since the late spring, I’ve been hearing bits and pieces about work The President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities is doing this project. Apparently, they’ve been meeting with leaders in arts and education in order to develop a plan. That’s about all I had heard or seen until now.
For the first time there’s some official information, in this instance coming from an interview by Barry Hessinius on his popular blog: Barry’s Blog. In today’s post, Barry features an interview with Margo Lion and George Stevens, Jr., who are co-chairs of The President’s Committee.
First up in the interview is the Artist Corps:
Well I think that we’re interested in the notion of the Artist’s Corps (along the lines of the Peace Corps); developing that concept, but doing the research that is necessary first, to analyze the need and the manner in which we can meet those needs to have more artists working, particularly in schools.
Click here to read the full interview on Barry’s Blog: http://blog.westaf.org/2010/10/preisdents-committee-co-chair-interview.html
