April 16, 2010 Washington, DC

Adele Chatfield-Taylor (left) talking to NEA?s Josephine Reed at the New York office of the American Academy in Rome. Photo by Kate Attardo

What's one art form you can't avoid no matter how hard you try? Adele Chatfield-Taylor, a former NEA Director of Design (hint, hint),  has the answer as well as the inside story on the birth of the Mayors' Institute on City Design.  [2:52] [audio:http://artworks.arts.gov/wp-content/uploads/Adele-Chatfield-Taylor.mp3] [transcript]