Cultural Policy in the Mile High City

Ginger White Brunetti, deputy director of Denver Arts & Venues, discusses cultural policy in the Colorado capital.

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December 15, 2016, 2:00 PM PST

By sarahwesseler


Denver

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Trained as an urban planner, Ginger White Brunetti now helps lead Denver Arts & Venues, a municipal agency tasked with a broad range of initiatives related to culture. In this interview, she discusses the evolution of the city's arts districts and the agency's community-based funding programs.

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