Bob Lynch Addresses Sequester Cuts, Federal Funding on PBS NewsHour

Bob Lynch, President and CEO of Americans for the Arts, was interviewed by Jeffrey Brown last week for the PBS program NewsHour's Art Beat segment discussing how the federal government sequestration is affecting the arts in the United States. Lynch explains how funding for the National Endowment for the Arts is leveraged across the country on a state and local level.

They also talk about the history of funding for the NEA and President Obama's proposed FY2014 budget. See the full segment below: