Arts Post Archive: appointments

Smithsonian nominates Steve Case for its board

Steve Case, right, accompanied by Carl Schramm, president and CEO of the Kauffman Foundation, speaks during the launch of "Startup America," a national campaign promoting entrepreneurship. (AP)At Monday's meeting of the Board of Regents, the panel voted to nominate Steve...

By Jacqueline Trescott  | February 1, 2011; 11:54 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (0)
Categories:  Jacqueline Trescott, Smithsonian, appointments  | Tags:  Rep. Steven LaTourette, Sen. Jack Reed, Smithsonian Board of Regents, Smithsonian Institution, Steve Case  
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Sitar appoints Dwyer as interim executive director

Maureen Dwyer. (Evy Mages/For The Washington Post)Sitar Arts Center has appointed Maureen Dwyer, one of its original administrators, to the post of interim executive director. Dwyer was actually the first hire at Sitar 12 years ago. "We were then serving...

By Jacqueline Trescott  | January 21, 2011; 9:00 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (0)
Categories:  Jacqueline Trescott, Local Arts and Culture, appointments  | Tags:  Maureen Dwyer, Sitar Arts Center, arts education  
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Artisphere appoints first executive director

Executive Director José Ortiz in front of Anna U. Davis's "A Swedish Midsummer Feast," part of Artisphere's Party Crashers exhibition. (Artisphere) Artisphere, the rock around the clock, multi-discipline center in Arlington, has selected its first executive director. Jose Ortiz, a...

By Jacqueline Trescott  | January 10, 2011; 8:55 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (0)
Categories:  Contemporary Art, Jacqueline Trescott, appointments  | Tags:  Artisphere, Arts in Arlington County, Jose Ortiz, Virginia arts complex  
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Obama resubmits humanities nominees

Since the Senate in the last Congress didn't confirmed a number of President Obama's nominations to the National Council on the Humanities, the White House has resubmitted the names. However Allison Blakelyhttp://www.bu.edu/phpbin/africa/profiles/app/details.php?id=57, a professor at Boston University who taught at...

By Jacqueline Trescott  | January 6, 2011; 7:00 PM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (0)
Categories:  Jacqueline Trescott, appointments, national endowment for the humanities  | Tags:  Cathy N. Davidson, Constance M. Carroll, National Endowment for the Humanities, albert j. beveridge III  
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