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Arts Advocacy: House Committee on Small Business to Hold Hearing

By Laurie Baskin posted 01-14-2022 12:23

  

The Committee on Small Business will hold a remote hearing titled: "The Power, Peril, and Promise of the Creative Economy." The hearing is scheduled to begin at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, January 19, 2022 via Zoom. Witnesses include Carson Elrod, Co-Founder & Co-Leader, Be An #ArtsHero; Nataki Garrett, Artistic Director, Oregon Shakespeare Festival; Sandra Karas, Secretary-Treasurer, Actors' Equity Association; and Raeanne Presley, Co-Owner, Presleys' Country Jubilee (Presleys' Theater) on behalf of the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA). More information can be found on the Committee Website.

The Hearing was requested by Be An #ArtsHero which has created a Toolkit which outlines opportunities for arts organizations and arts workers to participate in the Hearing, provide written testimony and support this work.

Cover of the House Hearing Toolkit. Black background with white and yellow lettering,

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