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NEA Chair Jane Chu to attend IU arts symposium

Jane Chu, IU alumna and chair of the National Endowment for the Arts, will join arts leaders from around the country at a symposium at 8:30 a.m. March 7 in Indianapolis. The event will take place in the Basile Auditorium at the Herron School of Art and Design on the IU-Purdue University Indianapolis campus.

Chu has been chair of the NEA since June and formerly served as president and CEO of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts in Kansas City, Mo. She earned her doctorate in philanthropic studies from the IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy in Indianapolis.

The theme of the symposium is “Community Engagement and Development Through the Arts.” It will be led by arts administration faculty at the IU-Bloomington School of Public and Environmental Affairs.

“This is a great way to honor the work of Dr. Chu and a chance to share the experiences and insights of arts leaders from across the U.S. whose work is directly tied to the quality of life and development of their cities and regions,” said Michael Rushton, SPEA director of arts administration programs at IU, in the IU Newsroom press release.

Chu will speak about the direction of the NEA as it relates to creative place-making, including trends and plans for the future. Her address will follow a symposium with two panels.

Rushton will moderate the second discussion on the role of arts supporters with two more panelists: Jennifer Cole, executive director of the Metro Nashville Arts Commission, and Karen Gahl-Mills, executive director of Cuyahoga Arts and Culture in Cleveland.

At the conclusion of the IUPUI symposium, Chu will travel to Bloomington for a visit to the Jacobs School of Music. She will attend a showing of “South Pacific.”

Chu’s visit to Indiana will also include a meeting with all current NEA grantees in Indiana and a site visit to the Indianapolis Art Center with the Indiana Arts Commission, as well as meetings with SPEA IUPUI students and with the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy’s students, board of visitors, faculty and staff.

The symposium event is open to the public, but organizers request attendees RSVP to Nancy Bell at soprsvp@iupui.edu by March 1.

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