About 15 local art enthusiasts learned how to better lobby their legislators in hopes of restoring state funding for the arts during a listen and learning session put on by Kansas Citizens for the Arts Tuesday evening in the Bowlus Fine Arts Center.
Through a series of legislative and executive actions during the last nine months, Gov. Sam Brownback defunded the Kansas Art Commission, the department historically responsible for supporting Kansas arts programs. As a result, Henry Schwaller, former chair of the state art commission and leader of Tuesday’s meeting, said the…
Iolan’s learn to lobby through arts advocates
