Arts Orange County convened OC's top arts leaders to hear a briefing on federal and state arts funding and local arts education advocacy on May 14 at Antonello's Ristorante in Costa Mesa.  Speakers included Nina Ozlu Tunceli, Executive Director of the Americans for the Arts Action Fund in Washington DC (above right), Wylie Aitken, Chair of the California Arts Council (above left), and Richard Stein, Executive Director and Pat Wayne, Deputy Director of Arts Orange County.  Attending were:  Pam Blaine, Vice President-Education, Pacific Symphony; Victoria Bryan, Executive Director, Arts Council for Long Beach; Jonathan Burke, President, Laguna College of Art and Design; Peter Keller, President, The Bowers Museum; Joseph S. Lewis III, Dean, Claire Trevor School of the Arts, University of California, Irvine; Katie Liberman, General Manager, Laguna Playhouse; Marc Masterson, Artistic Director, South Coast Repertory; Oanh Nguyen, Artistic Director, The Chance Theater; Elizabeth Pearson, President & CEO, Pacific Chorale; Caitlin Quinn; Vice President-Development, Segerstrom Center for the Arts; Dawn Reese, Executive Director, The Wooden Floor; Larry Rosenberg, Executive Director, Anaheim Ballet; Berenika Schmitz, Executive Director, Casa Romantica Cultural Center & Gardens; Peter John Spiak, Director/Chief Curator, Grand Central Art Center;  John Walcutt, Artistic Director, Shakespeare Orange County Summerfest; Malcolm Warner, Executive Director, Laguna Art Museum.