President Michael M. Kaiser of the Kennedy Center is traveling to all 50 States, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., to assist arts organizations in need. He will be coming to Albany, NY on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 from 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM at The Linda, WAMC’s Performing Arts Studio, 339 Central Avenue, Albany, NY to present Arts in Crisis: A Kennedy Center Initiative.

To attend, please RSVP by calling 518-465-5233. x145. The event is FREE and open to the public.

Mr. Kaiser will engage in an interview format discussion with the President and CEO of WAMC Northeast Public Radio, Alan Chartock, with an audience Q&A session to follow.

Arts in Crisis also enables senior arts managers across the United States to volunteer to serve as mentors to other arts organizations.

—There are many talented arts administrators around the country, and we encourage them to lend their expertise,— said Michael Kaiser. —If all of us work together, we can turn a time of crisis into a time of opportunity.—

Non-profit performing arts organizations who would like to participate in the program should submit an online request. The Kennedy Center will quickly match organizations in need with a member of the Kennedy Center executive staff or a volunteer mentor in their local area.

The program, open to non-profit 501(c)(3) performing arts organizations, provides free and confidential planning assistance in areas pertinent to maintaining a vital performing arts organization during a troubled economy. The program is currently working with almost 500 organizations in 40 states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia. More than 120 experienced arts leaders from across the country are volunteering their time to serve as mentors to organizations in need.