WASHINGTON, DC (November 20, 2012) – Jim Leach, Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) issued the following statement in response to an announcement by Rocco Landesman [1], Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) of his upcoming retirement:
“Rocco has energized the federal role in the arts, clarifying that arts are not only about creativity but about jobs.”