Chairman of federal arts agency visits Dorsky Museum
(From left to right): Dorsky Museum curator Brian Wallance,
NEA chair
Dana Gioia, museum collections manager
Wayne Lempka, Congress
Maurice Hinchey ('68, '70g) and President Steven Poskanzer
tour
a museum exhibit on
Oct. 23. Photo by Eric Gullickson
Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art Collections Manager Wayne
Lempka and Curator Brian Wallace conducted a brief tour of the
museum's current exhibitions with Dana Gioia, chairman of the
National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) and Congressman Maurice
Hinchey (’68, ’70g) on Oct. 23.
During the visit they discussed the museum's goal of becoming a
major repository for works of art that define the artistic and cultural
heritage of the Hudson Valley and Catskill Mountain regions, and the
collaborative work the museum does with several artistic venues in the
region.
According to Lempka and Wallace, in order to become a major repository,
the museum needs more museum-caliber storage space and funding
for programming.
The National Endowment for the Arts is the largest annual funder of
the arts in the United States. An independent federal agency, the NEA is
a public agency dedicated to supporting excellence in the arts, both new
and established; bringing the arts to all Americans; and providing leadership
in arts education. |
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November 6, 2006
Volume 4, Issue 21
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