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Krista Terrell has been named president of the ASC and was lead editor on the Cultural Equity Report.
Charlotte’s Arts & Science Council is working to support more culturally diverse and grassroots organizations. The effort follows its first Cultural Equity Report released in February admitting that organizations of color received small amounts of funding compared to larger organizations, such as the Mint Museum. In that report, ASC issued an apology for that inequity.
Krista Terrell is the organization's new president. She is a Black PR executive who has been with ASC for 19 years. She steps into the role after Charlotte City Council members reduced ASC’s funding from last year’s $3.2 million to $800,000. Arts funding overall was increased but now the Foundation For The Carolinas will distribute the money ASC would normally receive. Terrell says she’s puzzled by the city’s action.