Grammy Award Winner. Oscar winner. And now a presidential appointee.
president Joe Biden His appointment was announced Thursday lady gaga To serve as co-chair of the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities.
The committee, established in 1982 under former President Ronald Reagan, advises the president and other senior officials on cultural policy.
According to the White House, the committee is made up of members who include “prominent artists, scholars, and philanthropists who have demonstrated a serious commitment to the arts and humanities.”
The committee has been asleep since the whole thing Previous members resigned in 2017 In protest against the former president Donald TrumpReaction to white nationalist violence in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Biden signed on Executive order in September to relaunch the committee, part of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.