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The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has fired at least five members of its Social Impact team, including its artistic director, the renowned artist Marc Bamuthi Joseph. The team aimed to expand ...
Marc Bamuthi Joseph left his position as a performance artist and chief programmer for Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco to take on a historic new role at the John F. Kennedy Center for ...
Last week, the Kennedy Center fired at least seven members of its Social Impact initiative, including its vice president, artistic director, the renowned artist Marc Bamuthi Joseph. The team aimed ...
The Kennedy Center laid off the bulk of its social impact team, which sought to make art more accessible to those not in the ...
The Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. has reportedly laid off as many as seven staffers of its Social Impact team, all but dismantling an initiative established in 2020 to “leverage the arts” to ...
The recent layoffs at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., have stirred significant conversation about the role of arts institutions in social engagement. The ...
Last week, the Kennedy Center’s new leadership, recently appointed by President Donald Trump, laid off at least five ...
The Kennedy Center on Tuesday terminated at least five members of its small social impact team, including its artistic director, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, according to multiple staff members with ...
President Donald Trump’s efforts to take over cultural institutions and attack diversity, equity and inclusion programs has ...
According to the Washington Post and NPR, the layoffs occurred Tuesday and included the artistic director of Social Impact Marc Bamuthi Joseph. Three employees of the team whose work does not have an ...