Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation, delivered the Americans for the Arts 30th Annual Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy entitled “The Art of Democracy: Creative Expression and American Greatness.”
On the eve of National Arts Advocacy Day in the Concert Hall of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Darren Walker inspired arts advocates with unique perspectives on the absolute need to maintain a federal investment in the arts. As the head of the second largest foundation in the nation, he also put to rest the notion that private sector funding can make up for cuts in federal funding or even serve the same role government plays in supporting the arts in America.
See more information and read the transcript of the lecture on the Americans for the Arts site here.