Arts advocates to meet in Cincinnati to talk about defending against defunding

Cincinnati will host nearly a thousand arts advocates soon. Americans for the Arts is holding its annual convention next week.

AFTA Public Policy Director Tooshar Swain says typically, there's a lot of professional development at their conventions, but that's taking a back seat this year to funding threats.

“We’ve tried to provide some responsive programming, making things a little more accessible and action oriented, particularly from a civic action process,” he says. “I think that there’s a lot to learn in the areas of advocacy in terms of federal funding for the arts; how to advocate for that; how to come together.”

Swain says Cincinnati was selected for AFTA-Con before the current political atmosphere .

“We know that there’s been an unfortunate attack here in Washington, D.C, on no