Living an artful life: Takeaways from a visit by Maria Rosario Jackson
Photos: Johnette Martin
Urban planner, cultural policy expert and former NEA Chair Maria Rosario Jackson visited the College of Music on Oct. 24, hosted by the American Music Research Center.
Jackson visited AMRC Director Michael Sy Uy鈥檚 graduate seminar, Music and Prizes, to talk about cultural vitality in communities, what she learned while working at the Urban Institute and how that informed her position as chair of the National Endowment for the Arts.
DMA student Grace Stringfellow said the class visit was a great opportunity to talk to someone involved in arts funding and urban planning.
鈥淭he chance to learn more about the state of arts funding from a more general, multidisciplinary and administrative perspective was a rare treat,鈥 they said. 鈥淚 found it very inspiring that Dr. Jackson encouraged us to be more creative in the types of jobs we interview for and the types of projects that we involve ourselves in, expanding to roles outside of performer and teacher so that we can make the arts more impactful and community-focused.鈥 MORE