Farmer/Author Masumoto Joins National Council on the Arts
Submitted by Steve on April 25, 2013
From Rafu Shimpo:
David Mas Masumoto of Del Rey, a noted farmer and author, is now a member of the National Council on the Arts. Nominated by President Obama last June, he was confirmed in January, took the oath of office in February, and attended his first meeting in March. His six-year term expires in September 2018... He is a board member of the James Irvine Foundation and the Public Policy Institute of California and has served as chair of the California Council for the Humanities.
The other new members of the National Council on the Arts, which is the advisory body to the National Endowment for the Arts, are Bruce Carter, music educator and researcher; Maria Rosario Jackson, senior advisor to the Arts and Culture program at the Kresge Foundation; and Maria López de León, executive director of the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures (NALAC).
The council is convened three times per year to vote on funding recommendations for grants and rejections; to advise the chairman on application guidelines, the budget, and policy and planning directions; and to recommend to the president nominees for the National Medal of Arts.