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Podcast: Art Works Podcast
Episode: Dr. Maria Rosario Jackson
Description: Dr. Maria Rosario Jackson, the 13th chair of the National Endowment for the Arts, is no stranger to the Arts Endowment having had a great deal of first-hand experience with the agency as she has served on the National Council on the Arts since 2013. She comes to the position of chair with years of experience in comprehensive community building that focuses on the centrality of the arts, culture, and supports what she terms an “artful life.” The first African American and Mexican American woman to chair the Arts Endowment, Chair Jackson received her doctorate in urban planning from the Univer...