Saturday, January 8, 2011

Rocco Landesman visit by Jerry Rapp

Last month, a packed house at the Mid-America Arts Alliance's event space witnessed an inspired, synergistic event: the visitation of National Endowment for the Arts Chair Rocco Landesman and a dialogue between some of the most influential luminaries in the Kansas City arts and development scene. The director of Mid-America Arts Alliance, Mary Kennedy McCabe, with the former Arts Council of Metropolitan Kansas City President/CEO, Joan Israelite, introduced moderator Henry Fortunato, who preceded to eloquently reflect upon the esteemed panel of local  forward thinkers, Suzie Aron, William Dietrich, and David Ford. The group had collected to discuss many topics, but the subject of creative place-making emerged as dominant in many conversations.

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