NEA funding to change with new leadership

by Phil Picardi, Minnesota Public Radio

The new chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts is making waves. The Senate confirmed Rocco Landesman as chairman last Friday.

MPR's Phil Picardi spoke with Morning Edition arts commentator and St. Paul Pioneer Press theater critic Dominic Papatola about how changes at the NEA could affect artists in Minnesota.

Broadcast Dates

• Morning Edition, 08/12/2009, 8:25 a.m.