February 2, 1999

Media Contact:

José A. Alvarez (619) 594-2585 jose.alvarez@sdsu.edu

 

National Endowment for the Arts Chairman to Visit SDSU

 

WHAT: Mr. William J. Ivey, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, will visit San Diego State University to talk about the Endowment,s influence on the nation,s art policy, the agency,s goals, programs and policies and the connections between the arts and the community. The event is sponsored by SDSU,s Center for the Visual and Performing Arts and the City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture.

After his presentation, which is free and open to the public, Mr. Ivey will answer questions from the audience.

 

WHEN: 4:00 p.m., Thursday, February 18, 1999.

WHERE: Don Powell Theatre on the SDSU campus.

BACKGROUND: Mr. Ivey, who was appointed Chairman of the Endowment last spring, was Director of the Country Music Foundation in Nashville, Tennessee, for 27 years. His extensive involvement with the Arts Endowment dates from 1975. Mr. Ivey has chaired or served on 15 different Endowment grant panels including those for jazz fellowships, folk and traditional arts, and the former Challenge and Advancement programs. A graduate of the University of Michigan and Indiana University, Mr. Ivey holds degrees in history, folklore and ethnomusicology. He was born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1944.