In the Arts: R.I. Museum Takes Month Off, Calif. Pow Wow Canceled
July 22, 2009 | Read Time: 1 minute
Despite booming attendance, the Rhode Island School of Design’s Museum of Art will shut down in August due to a drop in the Providence institution’s endowment, mediabistro.com reports, citing Brown University’s Daily Herald and The Providence Journal.
Museum director Hope Alswang told the Journal a “truly harrowing drop” in the museum’s portfolio necessitated the move, which will become annual. The museum has also cut its staff and instituted early retirements.
In other arts news, Southern California’s largest Native American cultural event, the annual Pow Wow at the Autry National Center, has been canceled this year due to a lack of funds, reports the Los Angeles Times.
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