June 30, 2010 – Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) was recently named as the new Co-Chair of the Senate Cultural Caucus. She joins Senator Michael Enzi (R-WY) who has Co-Chaired the caucus since its founding in 2005. Senators Edward Kennedy (D-MA), James Jeffords (I-VT), Norm Coleman (R-MN), and Enzi established the caucus to bring focus to the arts and humanities and the positive impact they have on daily lives. They formed the caucus to highlight the work of the federal cultural agencies, including the National Endowment for the Humanities, National Endowment for the Arts, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
On June 21, 2010, the Caucus hosted a briefing on the new Smithsonian American Art Museum exhibit, “Telling Stories: Norman Rockwell from the Collections of George Lucas and Steven Spielberg” in the Dirksen Senate Office Building. At the briefing, staff representing the caucus circulated an updated list of caucus members, now at 38. The list of Senate Cultural Caucus members is available here.
