Arts Advocates Head to Capitol Hill to Ask Congress for Bigger NEA Budget

McLachlan and Daniels will be joined on Tuesday by a military man: retired Army Brig. Gen. Nolen V. Bivens, who is expected to testify about the role of cultural diplomacy in furthering America's foreign policy and national security interests, with hopes of a bigger appropriation toward that end for the State Department. Also in the advocacy lineup are Charles Segars, chief executive of arts network Ovation TV; Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter; Terri Aldrich, director of a North Dakota arts council; and Robert Lynch, president of Americans for the Arts.