The Purple Rose Theatre in Chelsea has announced that Rocco Landesman, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, will stop at the theater on Monday as part of a national tour.

According to the Purple Rose, Landesman is coming to Michigan at the invitation of the Kresge Foundation and its president and CEO, Rip Rapson. Chelsea native Jeff Daniels — the renowned actor, playwright, singer-songwriter and Purple Rose founder — is slated to welcome Landesman. Landesman is touring the country to look at how the arts are functioning. He will also stop in Detroit on Tuesday. The events are not open to the public.

Landesman's schedule in Chelsea includes a tour of the Purple Rose with Jeff Daniels, followed by a stop at Chelsea's River Gallery and a round-table discussion at the Common Grill on the using the arts for small-town redevelopment.

In Detroit, Landesman's plans include a panel discussion on community-based arts and cultural activities to strengthen neighborhoods and encourage civic dialogue; tours of the Henry Ford Academy School for Creative Studies and the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit; and more.

Accoridng to the Purple Rose press release, "The chairman is traveling to these two places to learn how the arts work in Michigan with a particular focus on the role of the arts in creating and sustaining vibrant urban and rural centers. In addition to listening and learning about the local arts environment, the chairman will release data analysis about arts participation at the roundtable discussion on March 22. That analysis focuses on arts participation in metro versus non-metro (rural) areas using 11 sites as data sources including Detroit."