Chicago’s interim DCASE chief aims to steady arts sector and city cultural department

Chicago’s interim DCASE chief aims to steady arts sector and city cultural department

As acting cultural commissioner, Kenya Merritt said she’s focused on getting funds to neighborhood arts organizations and improving internal communication.

Chicago’s interim DCASE chief aims to steady the department

Chicago’s cultural chief says one of her priorities is to deliver arts to Chicagoans where they live. Acting cultural commissioner Kenya Merritt said Monday she plans to steer more city grant funding to the department’s Neighborhood Access Program to bolster cultural programming across Chicago. She spoke to WBEZ before leading her first meeting of the Cultural Advisory Council, a volunteer group of arts leaders that lends insight and expertise t…