“Get comfortable being uncomfortable.” That’s the advice of St. Francis Borgia High School alumna Kelly Pollock, who will return to her alma mater Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. for the
Indigo K. Sams will become president and CEO of the Center for Creative Arts in February, after 17 years with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis, where she is a vice president.
More than 100 St. Louis area arts institutions are calling on St. Louis and St. Louis County officials to use federal coronavirus relief funding to help support the arts.
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Arts leaders say they hope the Biden administration will provide financial support to artists and arts institutions impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. COCA receives about $40,000 of its funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Arts leaders are hopeful that the Biden administration will increase support to artists and arts organizations that have lost revenue as the coronavirus pandemic and restrictions imposed to keep the public safe financially hurt arts institutions.
They also say Biden s expected support for the arts will be in stark contrast to the stance of his predecessor. President Donald Trump repeatedly tried to cut funding to the National Endowment for the Arts.