Power
SPECIAL EVENTS
Government and the Arts in America
Thursday, April 2, 2009
following the 8pm performance of Power
Metropolitan is honored to be joined by leading figures in local and state arts funding:
Kathleen Hughes
Assistant Commissioner
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
Virginia Louloudes
Executive Director
Alliance of Resident Theaters-New York
Robert Zukerman
Director of Theater Program
New York State Council on the Arts
KATHLEEN HUGHES has served as Assistant Commissioner for Cultural Affairs for the City of New York City since 1985, serving under Mayors Koch, Dinkins, Giuliani and Bloomberg. She joined DCA in 1982, following nine years managing the National Consumer and Energy Law Center and a highly successful career as an unemployed actress. DCA is the largest municipal funder of arts in the United States, providingsupport for capital projects, operations and programs at more than 900 cultural organizations throughout the five boroughs, including many of New York City’s finest performing, literary and visual arts organizations, as well as historical societies, service organizations, environmental centers and organizations working in new media. Theagency is dedicated to supporting and strengthening New York City’s vibrant cultural life.
She is also the proud mother of a second generation arts administrator.
VIRGINIA P. LOULOUDES has served as A.R.T./New York’s Executive Director since 1991. Ms. Louloudes has conceived and developed many of A.R.T./New York’s signature programs, and as a result, over the 18 years since her appointment, A.R.T./New York’s membership has grown from 120 theatre companies to nearly 350 today. One of the chief advocates of New York City’s not-for-profit theatre community, Virginia’s research on the impact of 9/11 on the not-for-profit theatre industry, and her subsequent report was the first comprehensive study on the impact of September 11 on the not-for-profit theatre community and the future needs of the field. Virginia has taught arts marketing in the Masters of Arts Management Programs at New York University and Marymount Manhattan College, and has served as a guest speaker at the Yale School of Drama. She has a BA in Humanities from Johns Hopkins University and an MA in Performing Arts Management from American University. In the Fall of 2008 A.R.T./New York received the Mayor’s Award for Arts & Culture.
ROBERT ZUKERMAN serves as Theatre Program Director at the New York State Council on the Arts, where he has worked for 20 years. He holds a Ph.D. in theatre history from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and has taught theatre on all levels from elementary school through college. Trained for the stage at London’s Guildhall School, he has acted professionally for 35 years.