"President Donald Trump has appointed his 26-year-old receptionist to the arts commission tasked with overseeing the construction of his White House ballroom. On Thursday, Chamblerlain Harris is set to be sworn in to the Commission of Fine Arts. Historically, the commission has been responsible for advising major design projects carried out by the presidential administration. Harris, The Washington Post noted in a Tuesday report, does not possess the art expertise that traditionally comes with commission appointees."
""It's disastrous," said Alex Krieger, an architect and professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, who was chosen for the commission in 2012 by President Barack Obama and served a second term in the first Trump administration. "Some of these people just have no qualifications to evaluate matters of design, architecture, or urban planning." Past commissioners have included Billie Tsien, an architect currently working on Obama's library, and Perry Guillot, a landscape architect who redesigned the White House Rose Garden during Trump's first term."
President Donald Trump appointed 26-year-old Chamblerlain Harris to the Commission of Fine Arts, which advises major presidential design projects and will oversee construction of a new White House ballroom. Harris lacks traditional art expertise but has worked in Trump's orbit since his first term, serving as an executive assistant and now as deputy director of Oval Office operations. The White House described Harris as understanding the President's artistic vision and as a loyal, trusted advisor. Former commission members and design professionals criticized the appointment as unqualified to evaluate matters of design, architecture, and urban planning, citing prior commissioners' professional credentials.
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