Latino Arts & Culture Summit on TV

On Tuesday, May 20, the Latino Arts & Culture Summit will be featured on the television program OPEN/net in Spanish.

The program will discuss the second annual Latino Arts & Culture Summit on OPEN/net for Spanish speaking audiences. Airing from 8-9 p.m., the program is hosted by Yasmin Wurts-Metivier in a conference-room style discussion. As part of the discussion, panelists respond to calls and e-mails from the television audience.

Participating panelists include Banu Valladares, cARTwheels Manager for the North Carolina Arts Council; Pedro Lasch, a visual artist, Board Member of the North Carolina Arts Council, and Assistant Professor of the Practice Department of Art, Art History & Visual Studies at Duke University; and Lizette Cruz Watko, Founder and Executive Director of Diamante, Incorporated, a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation, development, and promotion of the culture, heritage and artistic expressionsof the Latino/Hispanic population in North Carolina.

OPEN/net is a public affairs television call-in program that connects viewers across the state to the services and concerns of state government. For more information about OPEN/net, visit www.ncapt.tv.

The Latino Arts & Culture Summit will take place on June 7 at Duke University. For more information, please visit http://www.diamanteinc.org/index_files/Page767.htm.

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