Knox, Seymour

NYS Council on the Arts 1969-70: Chairman's Review Bibliography

Seymour H. Knox, chairman of the New York State Council on the Arts for ten years, reviews the Council's development, legislative recognition, recurring financial crises, and the question of how well its structure works. He details ongoing programs (Touring, Traveling Exhibitions, Technical Assistance), later additions (Film, Poets and Writers, Composer in Performance), grantmaking (Museum Aid, Festival Program), partnerships with AFL-CIO and the Ghetto Arts Program, initiatives for mental hospitals and children's theatre (with National Council on the Arts funds), an opera costume bank, and a SUNY residency program. He names executive directors Laurance Roberts, John H. MacFadyen, and John B. Hightower and proposes a Performing Arts Aid Program.