Join a panel of arts executives as they discuss the role the arts has in the vitality of local economies, recorded to be broadcast live at a later date as part of the Voices of Chandler LIVE podcast series. • Randy Cohen, Vice President of Research and Policy, Americans for the Arts • Sandra Bassett, President, Bassett Consulting LLC. • Anne L'Ecuyer, Executive Director, Arizona Commission on the Arts • Mitch Menchaca, Executive Director, City of Phoenix Office of Arts + Culture The panel will be moderated by Michelle Mac Lennan, General Manager of Chandler Center for the Arts and President of Chandler Cultural Foundation. This event marks the kickoff for the inaugural participation of Chandler Center for the Arts and City of Chandler in the Arts and Economic Prosperity Study (AEP6), a national study of the nonprofit arts and cultural industry and its impact on the economy. Following the panel discussion there will be a hosted reception in The Gallery at the CCA where attendees can view the exhibition Radical Happiness by Lex Gjurasic.