Laborfest: Jobs for Artists! For A New Deal for the Arts

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Date:

Tuesday, July 07, 2009

Time:

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Event Type:

Panel Discussion

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Location Details:

Women’s Building, Audre Lorde Room, 3543 18th Street, near Valencia St. San Francisco (16th St BART)

Featuring Gray Brechin, New Deal historian, UC Berkeley, Jeff Chang, hip-hop journalist and arts activist, and Arlene Goldbard, co-organizer of a May 2009 White House briefing on community arts and national recovery. A panel discussion on the legacy of federal jobs programs for artists and writers, such as the Depression-era Works Progress Administration and the 1970s CETA program, and reports on current grassroots efforts to promote federal funding for arts jobs today. With short readings and performances honoring the great work of WPA-sponsored artists and writers.
See also:
http://www.laborfest.net/2009schedule.htm

For more information: http://www.laborfest.net/2009schedule.htm

Added to the calendar on Sun, Jun 14, 2009 4:25AM

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