Appalshop Advances the Role of Arts in Economic Recovery

Posted 05/18/09

Four Appalshop board members, Caron Atlas, Dee Davis, Carlton Turner, and Roadside Theater's Dudley Cocke joined a group of grass-roots activists representing arts, environmental and social justice organizations who met on May 13 with White House officials to discuss how they could collaborate with the administration on its economic recovery and general policy plans.

Appalshop collaborator Liz Lerman described the meeting of artists and administration officials as "a think tank ... [that] tried to make personal connections."

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