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ArtsBuild’s James McKissic On The Arts For Everyone

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Published October 17, 2021 at 4:04 PM EDT

James McKissic

(aired Thu 10/14/21)

James McKissic is the president of ArtsBuild, the nonprofit that supports the arts here in Chattanooga and Hamilton County.

I spoke with him recently about this tumultuous time for the arts and for artists - and about ArtsBuild’s partnership with the Arts-Based Collaborative here on our campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga: abc@utc.

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