Friday, December 14, 2007

Obama's New Plan for the Arts

After announcing the endorsement of New Hampshire Department of Cultural Resources Commissioner Van McLeod of Concord, the Barack Obama campaign outlined the candidate's plan to promote the arts:

-Invest in arts education to reinvigorate the kind of creativity and innovation that has made America great and that it will take to compete in a global economy

-Support increased funding for the National Endowment for the Arts

-Promote cultural diplomacy to encourage American artists, performers, and thinkers to represent our best values and ideals throughout the world

-Ensure that artists have access to health insurance and are treated fairly under the tax code

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