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Theodore S. ("Ted") Berger is a New York City-based arts activist who was one of the creators of the Cultural Council Foundation's Artists Project, which grew to be the largest CETA art program in the US. [1]

Currently the Executive Director of NYCreates, [2] he's also Executive Director Emeritus of the New York Foundation for the Arts, from which he retired in 2005. [3] [4] He first joined NYFA in 1973 as the United States' first statewide Artists-in-Schools Coordinator. [5]

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