The Metropolitan Museum of Art has retained lobbying and PR firm Prime Strategies for help with federal tax policy as it applies to the arts, as well as for advocacy work among government agencies supporting the arts.
President Trump’s proposed 2018 budget earlier this year called for effectively shutting down the National Endowment for the Arts, the independent government agency that is the primary funding source for many art-related programs around the country.
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A lobbying salvo supporting the agency ensued. The budget that Congress eventually agreed to included a $2 million increase for NEA for FY 2018.
The Met, which opened in 1872, is one of the largest and most visited art galleries in the world.
The Met account will be led by managing director Jennifer Manley, who was previously Queens Director of New York City’s Community Affairs Unit during the Bloomberg Administration; and Scott Klenet, a former Organizing for Action field organizer who coordinated VA operations during President Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign.
Prime Strategies maintains offices in New York, Florida, Texas, California and Washington D.C.
Missy Edwards Strategies represents Shein Technology Group, the Los Angeles arm of the embattled Singapore-based “instant fashion” retailer.
Carlsbad, a north San Diego County city of 115K people, is looking for a firm to provide government relations and Sacramento lobbying services.
Gordon Sondland, who was US ambassador to the European Union under Donald Trump, has registered as a representative of Ukraine’s cabinet and ministers.
The Daschle Group is representing Santa Monica-based Stand with Hong Kong Action, an advocacy group that fights to end Chinese repression in Hong Kong.
McKinsey & Co. has reached out to Republican shop Harbinger Strategies to educate policymakers about the activities of the embattled management consultancy.
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