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COAL + ICE — Opening Remarks

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 15, 2022 — At the introductory press conference for the landmark COAL + ICE exhibition, key stakeholders deliver short addresses and answer questions from assembled press. Remarks were given by Deborah Rutter, president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts; Kevin Rudd, Asia Society president and CEO; and Orville Schell, executive producer of COAL + ICE and Arthur Ross director of the Center on U.S.-China Relations at Asia Society. COAL + ICE co-curators Susan Meiselas and Jeroen de Vries also delivered remarks. (27 min., 9 sec.)

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