CETA pioneers from the Bay Area and New York City come together to discuss the impact of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act on artists and arts infrastructure across the United States. Participating panelists will reflect on their roles in developing, administering, and participating in two landmark CETA-funded artists projects, and how those experiences ultimately impacted the course of their cultural careers. Panelists include: Ted Berger is Executive Director Emeritus of the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) where he began in 1973 as the country's first statewide Artists-in-Schools Coordinator, becoming NYFA's Executive Director in 1980 until retiring in 2005. Ted has been involved in helping to create many national and local initiatives, including such efforts as ArtsConnection, Studio in a School, the NYC CETA Artists Project, the Montauk and Orcas Conference for Support for Individual Artists, ArtsWire, the National Campaign for Freedom of Expression, the Urban Artist Initiative/NYC, NYCreates, and the New York City Arts Recovery Fund after 9/11.
New York City, NY; NYC