April 16, 2010

Charles Segars, CEO of Ovation and Chair of the Campaign to Save Arts Education in LAUSD, provided testimony to Congress on April 13th, 2010 regarding current issues facing LAUSD arts education, urging Congress' continued support of the National Endowment for the Arts.

Watch the video to hear compelling information on the value of the NEA and arts education for every student in America. You can help support the campaign to prevent a $6.4 million cut to the NEA by clicking here to write your elected officials.

Video courtesy Ovation TV.

Photo courtesy Ovation TV. Pictured here (from left to right) are: Brig. Gen. Nolen V. Bivens (US Army, retired); actor Kyle MacLachlan; Congressman Michael K. Simpson (Idaho); Terry Aldrich, Executive Director, Minot Area Council of the Arts (North Dakota); actor Jeff Daniels; Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter; Robert L. Lynch, President and CEO, Americans for the Arts; Congressman (Virginia) and Chair of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior James Moran; and Ovation CEO Charles Segars.