Sunday July 13th: Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton
Time: 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm Admission: Free
Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton will have a discussion on women and the visual arts. As chair of the Wisconsin Arts Board, Lt. Governor Lawton led the agency to realign its efforts to foster growth in Wisconsin's creative economy with development of a strong arts and culture industry in every part of the state – a sector that employs thousands, generates significant revenue and builds communities attractive to the workforce they need.
Lawton’s leadership and the work of the Arts Board was recognized with her invitation to represent the states’ interests on an exclusive National Arts Policy Roundtable convened by Robert Redford and Americans for the Arts at the Sundance Preserve last fall. Their policy recommendations, forthcoming, will address the topic “Thinking Creatively, Working Globally: The Role of the Arts in Building a 21st Century American Workforce.”
