Kennedy Center to Help Arts Programs in Economic Trouble

"Arts in Crisis" has a Web site where organizations can register: http://www.artsincrisis.org. Assistance will be provided through e-mails, telephone calls, Web chats or site visits.

One of the center's incentives to act, besides witnessing the crisis, was hearing the president's call to arms. "This is in the spirit of President Obama saying we have to volunteer and get involved," Kaiser said.