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Join Arizona Citizens for the Arts and the Arizona Commission on the Arts for this chance to learn about current issues in the arts, meet arts service organizations and have a moment to network and be part of one of the largest art walks in the nation!

http://www.azarts.gov/emergingleaders/

Panelists: 

Dan Cortez, Director of Marketing, Arts and Business Council of Greater Phoenix

Robert Booker, Executive Director, Arizona Commission on the Arts

Brenda Sperdutti, Executive Director, Arizona Citizens for the Arts

Tia Oso, Business Manager. Arizona Citizens for the Arts

Fall Into First Friday
First Fridays runs from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. on the first Friday of each month in downtown.

For more information on First Fridays, please visit www.artlinkphoenix.org and www.azarts.gov/FallintoFirstFridays

Investing in Emerging Arts Leaders - Professional Development Matters
Join us for an informal opportunity to explore potential professional development opportunities for emerging arts leaders in Los Angeles!  Attendees will have an opportunity convene in two of three small facilitated groups including:

• Value/potential of an arts mentorship program
• Involvement/recruitment of the next generation of board members at nonprofit arts organizations
• General discussion about your own individual leadership needs/goals

After the program, attendees can visit the Japanese American National Museum and/or join peers for more networking and socializing. This is not a presentation, panel, or workshop.  The conversation is generated by those who attend and their ideas. Victoria Saunders (Arts Management Consultant) will facilitate the Creative Conversation

Additional Information:

• Public parking is available in lots at First & Central, and at First and Alameda.
• Emerging Arts Leaders/LA is a local chapter of Americans for the Arts – Emerging Leaders Council, and is endorsed by the Los Angeles County Arts Commission and Arts for LA.
• Special thanks to the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy and the Japanese American National Museum.

Finding Common Threads: Using Collaboration to Advance Inter-Related Program Missions 
A gathering of peers and colleagues to identify, build, and expand working relationships among diverse organizations, institutions, and community partners. Meet other emerging arts leaders, share stories, and discuss the future of Community and Public Art practices. 
 Hear from arts leaders as they answer these questions: What are the key characteristics of a successful collaboration? How do you form partnerships between your organization and the community? How do you make partnerships work? What are common challenges facing community and public art organizations? How does collaboration with other groups impact your program mission?

Presenters:
Moriah Ulinskas, Director, Next Generation Youth Programs, Bayvac.

Anyka Barber, NEAIS Program Manager, The Richmond Art Center

Julia Hamilton, NPAP Program Manager, The Richmond Art Center

Event will be held in our main gallery. Join us for a walk through presentation and discussion of The Neighborhood Public Arts Project exhibition, a community-collaboration between the Richmond Art Center, the City of Richmond, the Richmond Arts and Culture Commission and select neighborhoods in the city, on view in our west gallery.
Visit:
www.therichmondartcenter.org
www.bavc.org
www.ci.richmond.ca.us
 
Additional information: BART accessible Wheelchair accessible Free and abundant parking
 
Special thanks to:
Jasmine Brown, Executive Director of Richmond Art Center
Michelle Seville, City of Richmond Arts and Culture Manager

Developing Partnerships in the Arts: From Mentoring to Professional Alliances

Whether it is finding that seasoned someone to help develop your passion, or furthering your organizational goals through a strategic alliance, partnerships within the arts can contribute to professional development.  But to what extent do Bay Area grantmakers, artists, and organizations support one another?  How may we cultivate successful transitions in leadership, and audiences alike, by embracing such tactics?  Seasoned professionals and emerging leaders will share their experiences of having formed such partnerships.  Through lively dialogue, we’ll learn from one another about the challenges faced and successes gained when entering into professional relationships.

Navigating a Career in the Arts: A Conversation with Local Arts Leaders 
Come explore different career paths in the arts, find out what it takes and what skills you need to work in arts management and what you can expect.  Hear from eight established local arts leaders through two, 30-minute roundtable discussions in the following careers: executive director, development director, artistic/program director or curator, and marketing director. Get a chance meet and share ideas with other future arts leaders. 
Visit: www.artscouncil.org

Panelists:

• Jeffry Walker, Executive Director, Community School of Music & Arts
• Lee Kopp, Marketing Director, Ballet San Jose
• Cathy Kimball, Executive Director, San Jose Institute for Contemporary Art
• Shannon McDonnel, Marketing Manager, San Francisco Symphony
• Monika Churchill, Director of Development, San Jose Repertory Theatre

The format for this meeting will include presentations on: Denver & the DNC, Advocacy, and Mentoring.  There will also be breakout sessions on various topics related to Emerging Leaders.

Speakers:

• Gina Rubano, Special Events Coordinator, Denver Office of Cultural Affairs
• Matt Strauch, Trustee, Arts for Colorado
• Adam Lerner, Ph.D., Executive Director, The Lab at Belmar
• Ashara Ekundayo, Founder, Executive Director, Pan African Arts Society
• Tonya Mote, Development Director, El Centro Su Teatro

Creativity Matters: Composing a Purposeful Life
Steven Dahlberg, principal, International Centre for Creativity and Imagination
We are all creative beings continually challenged to tap into those fundamental passions that are part of ourselves, while leaving behind the judgments and blocks that keep us from living our purpose. We will explore work/life balance in creative work including the role of imagination in helping us discover our purpose, the importance of connecting with others, and how to meaningfully engage shared purpose in the world. Come and be inspired. Apply your imagination and invent new possibilities for yourself and your community.

GALA Launch of 2007 Creative Conversations
Emerging Leaders | Emerging Art Forms

Americans for the Arts is partnering with the NMWA’s Festival of Women’s Film & Media Arts  to co-host Interference: Soundmaps and Technovisions a multimedia extravaganza. VJ Poppings and DJ Bjoo will be mixing music and video in the Great Hall and select film screenings from the Festival will be projected in the theater upstairs. Come and experience emerging arts forms and mix & mingle with emerging leaders from the Capitol Region. 
NOTE: There is a $20 admission fee to attend this event, payable at the door.

http://www.nmwa.org/filmfest/index.shtml 

Essential Questions and Practical Answers in the Collaborative Process 
Please join us for a panel discussion with leaders from area arts organizations examining the benefits and challenges of collaboration from both an operational and programmatic standpoint. Panelists will respond to five essential questions regarding the collaborative process in a brief seven to ten minute statement, and then the floor will be opened for a brief question and answer period.  Tours will be available at the conclusion of the program, and there will also be time for mingling.
From presenting visiting artists and hosting performances to conceptualizing new initiatives outside the realm of a mission statement, the participating leaders and organizations collaborate in a variety of ways, including the host in the newly opened Sidney Harman Hall through its Harman Center Partnerships. These organizations are also diverse in terms of organizational structures and budget sizes.

Agenda:
6:00 to 6:30 p.m. Arrival and networking mixer in the Forum in Sidney Harman Hall at 610 F Street, NW

6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Panel Discussion 
Nick Goldsborough, Managing Director, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Anne Corbett, Executive Director, Cultural Development Corporation
Julianne Brienza, Executive Director, Capitol Fringe Festival
Patrick Steward, Atlas Performing Arts Center
Shelley Brown, Strathmore Performing Arts Center

7:30 p.m. Question and answer with audience.

8:00 p.m. Tours available

The New Style of Visual Arts Leadership in the 21st Century
Please join us for a Creative Conversation with three individuals who have taken extraordinarily unique paths toward cultivating their careers in the visual arts. We will explore how the kaleidoscopic backgrounds of local arts leaders further the recent growth of the arts in Washington, DC in conversation with Kristin Hileman, Assistant Curator at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; Anne Surak, Director at Project 4 Gallery; and Phillippa Hughes, longtime art collector and founder of The Pink Line Project. Whether in a national institution or on the grassroots level, these individuals employ their interdisciplinary backgrounds to refresh, diversify and innovate in arts programming through risk-taking and tenacity.   Come enjoy stimulating conversation and hear the stories of these continually evolving arts leaders!

Phillippa Hughes is graciously opening up her home and thought-provoking contemporary art collection for this event. Space is limited to 30 attendees and will be filled on a first come, first served basis.

Presenters:
Anne Surak, Director, Project 4 Gallery
Kristen Hileman, Assistant Curator, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Lisa Marie Thalhammer, Visual Artist & Ellipse Art Center Educational Programmer
Phillippa Hughes, Pink Line Project

The Forum for Emerging Arts Professionals aims to provide unique professional development and networking opportunities for emerging arts professionals. Meet at 600 Restaurant at The Watergate for an informal and open discussion on topics pertinent to emerging arts leaders in the DC area. Bring with you the issues you face every day.

Following the discussion, attendees are encouraged to walk over to the Kennedy Center for the 6:00 p.m. Millennium Stage performance of the Washington National Opera’s Insights series, featuring A View from the Bridge. The program will feature excerpts from the opera and dialogue to help the audience understand the piece. A View from the Bridge is making it Washington operatic premiere this season, as is based on the Arthur Miller play.

Metro: Blue Line to Foggy Bottom – Seven minute walk to 600 Restaurant or use Kennedy Center shuttle service outside of Metro.

Note: This event is FREE. Attendees of the discussion session will receive a free drink ticket.

Cultural Diversity Artists’ Forum
The primary focus of this workshop is to meet and encourage dialogue with artists and arts organizations in order to identify their needs. The forum offers artists an opportunity to learn about the different services offered by the Cultural Division, including, grants, workshops, school and community artist residencies, teaching opportunities, publications and marketing. It is also an opportunity for participants to learn new skills for career enhancement and network with other artists and arts organizations.
Sponsored by Broward County Commission’s Cultural Division, in partnership with the A.C.T.I.ON. Foundation and The Artist Initiative
RSVP by registering online at www.broward.org/arts and click on “Workshops.” 

Networking event with United Arts and Orlando Young Nonprofit Professionals Network
United Arts of Central Florida and the Orlando Young Nonprofit Professionals Network are partnering with Americans for the Arts to present a Creative Conversation in celebration of National Arts and Humanities month. Creative Conversations bring together arts professionals with an interest in emerging leader issues. Last year, more than 1,000 emerging arts leaders participated in 57 locally hosted Creative Conversations held throughout the country. This is the third year United Arts has participated in this program.

Come celebrate as we bring together young leaders from the arts community and other young nonprofit professionals for a networking event. This event is a chance to meet other emerging arts and nonprofit leaders in the community and is a chance to celebrate national arts and humanities month.

Looking Up: A Conversation with Established Arts Leaders 
Emerging Leaders in Art and Culture Lunch Meeting. Network with other emerging leaders and enjoy a creative conversation about the future of arts leadership along with Q & A with leaders of local arts organizations. RSVP: Lunch will be provided at no charge to the participants, but please let us know how many are planning to attend.

• Nan Barnett, Managing Director, Florida Stage
• Judith Mitchell, Chief Executive Officer, Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts
• Larry Rosensweig, Director of Advancement, Norton Museum of Art
• Elayna Toby Singer (Facilitator) Arts in Public Places, Palm Beach County

Discussion on Corporate Philanthropy followed by Speed Networking 
The Southern Arts Federation will convene local leaders for a discussion on Corporate Philanthropy followed by speed networking. The goal of this event is to bring together a limited number of young emerging arts leaders (up to 20) who would not normally have the opportunity to interact with corporate leaders, along with professionals who have a history of developing effective relationships with Corporate Sponsors. Following a moderated panel discussion, emerging leaders will have the opportunity to sit down one on one with panelists and introduce themselves. 

NOTE: Limited seating! Only 7 seats available in addition to those who have already responded to with Hannah Leatherbury.

Panelists: 
Ann Cramer, Director, IBM Community Relations
Kristina Christy, Manager of Corporate Contributions, Turner Broadcasting Systems, Inc.
Dominique Love, President, Corporate Community Outsourcing
Tony Lawson, Director of Institutional Partnerships, Alliance Theatre

Nebraska Arts CouncilOmaha Young Arts Administrators' Fall Kick Off: Creative Conversation with Local Arts Leaders
OYAA will kick off a new year of programming by hosting a Creative Conversation with Local Arts Leaders at the UNO Art Gallery. This reception is an opportunity for Omaha's emerging arts leaders to network with one another and informally discuss plans for future events. Several local established arts leaders will speak to the group about how the arts administration field is different now than it was when they were at the start of their careers. These leaders will offer advice to today’s emerging arts leaders to prepare us for changes and challenges in the field in the coming years.

Presenters or Panelists:

• Suzanne Wise, Executive Director, Nebraska Arts Council
• Robert Hallam, President and CEO, Omaha Symphony Association
• Joan Squires, President, Omaha Performing Arts Society

New England emerging leaders in performing arts presenting
The focus will be on gathering emerging leaders in the field of performing arts presenting to have a discussion specific to issues in New England.  Many presenters in our region are small shops and may not have staff that fit directly into this category. We plan to engage staff in education, marketing, and box office departments that might pursue presenting as a career.  There will be a meet and greet followed by a discussion on career paths in presenting led by Kristin Augusta from the Capitol Center for the Arts.  Through discussion we may also examine professional development needed (and offered) for those entering and/or advancing in the field.

Speaker: Kristin Augusta, Director of Programming and Events, Capitol Center for the Arts

More ways to connect! 
At 1:30pm after the Creative Conversation, join us in the adjacent Recital Hall for a music workshop by Alpha Yaya Diallo, West African guitarist, who will perform at the Redfern Arts Center at 7:30pm. This performance is funded in part by the Expeditions program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program, the six New England state arts agencies, and the Argosy Foundation Contemporary Music Fund.

Cultural Policy in New York City:  An Arts Administrator's Perspective
This Creative Conversation will explore current issues in government relations and the arts from the viewpoint of arts managers in leading art and service organizations. What are the challenges facing government affairs staff and arts advocates in NYC? What possible partnerships could be developed to strengthen the effectiveness of local government support for the arts? How is the climate changing for the arts in New York City and what does this mean? These questions and many more will be addressed through guided panel discussion followed by a question and answer period.

Speakers: (confirmed to date)
Elyse Buxbaum, Director, Corporate and Government Relations, The Jewish Museum
Michelle Burkhart, Interim Director, Dance/NYC
Jamie Bennett, Chief of Staff, Dept. of Cultural Affairs
Eba Taylor, Assoc. Director of Development, Art/NY

ELNYA's Paving Your Own Path in Arts Administration  
Unlike professions in business, law, or medicine, there is a less standard career path when you choose to become an arts administrator.  Or is there?  Come share what challenges you have faced along your own path so far in this peer-to-peer chat about arts administration challenges and successes.  Telling tales from the road seemingly less traveled can inform others in the next lane over or a couple cars back.  You may even pick up a pointer or two from someone else and their journey.

ELNYA Panel Discussion on Effective Collaboration between Organizations 
We'll be sharing tips and models for success that involve partnering arts organizations with each other and with other nonprofits, businesses, community groups and funders.  Potential panelists include representatives from organizations like  The Field, Dance Theatre Workshop, Third Ward, Art for Progress, The Elizabeth Foundation, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York Foundation for the Arts, Center for Creative Resources and The Drama Desk.

Speakers/Presenters:

• Jennifer Wright Cook, The Field
• Kay Takeda, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
• Estelle Woodward Arnal, Dance Theater Workshop
• Abby Marcus, The Dramatists Guild
• Elaine Tin Nyo, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts

Advocate for Arts & Culture
A brown bag lunch discussion about the importance of advocacy and public controversies/challenges for cultural organizations. Space is limited. If you would like to attend, please R.S.V.P. to katherine.mooring@artsandscience.org no later than Friday, October 5.
Speaker: Cyndee Patterson, President, The Duke Mansion and The Lee Institute

What Are the Needs and Challenges in Providing Professional Development 
A continued discussion of some issues raised in the 2006 Creative Conversation. The focus will be on professional development—what are the needs and what are the hindrances to providing professional development opportunities. Both emerging leaders and the current leadership are invited to participate. Each group will have its own discussion and then the two groups will come together for a discussion.
Questions to Consider:
What skills need to be developed?
What professional development opportunities do you wish were available?
What are the challenges in providing professional development?

Please visit: http://www.cincinnatiarts.org/eal

Bottoms Up: A Gathering of Emerging Minds in Pittsburgh’s Cultural Community 
Whether you are an aspiring arts administrator, an entrepreneurial artist, or an artistic up-and-comer who defies categorization, we’re looking for you! In a cultural climate concerned with succession planning and sustainability, this gathering aims to explore how the next generation of leaders can make a difference now—from the bottom up. The Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council and the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, in partnership with Americans for the Arts, invite you to join thousands of emerging arts leaders across the nation in celebrating October as National Arts and Humanities Month by taking part in Creative Conversations—a network of gatherings and events designed especially for emerging arts leaders.
For more information:  http://www.pittsburghartscouncil.org/emergingleaders.htm
Presenters/Speakers incldue:

• Hilary Brown, Union Project
• Demeatria Gibson, Multicultural Arts Initiative
• Ann Mason, Renaissance & Baroque Society of Pittsburgh
• Elizabeth Reiss, Three Rivers Arts Festival
• Judy Ross, Westmoreland Museum of American Art
• Tom Sarver, The Tom Museum
• Mark Southers, Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company
• Eric Stern, Brillobox
• And others...

What makes a vibrant arts community? 
Why and where are local young people pursuing careers in arts and culture? 
Does Providence live up to its reputation as a creative city with a rich cultural landscape?
What does leadership in the arts mean in Providence?

Join local emerging arts leaders for a Creative Conversation exploring these questions and more.
•    Meet other emerging arts leaders
•    Identify local arts issues that concern us most
•    Start talking about how we can strengthen the Providence arts community
•    Develop our capacity as local arts leaders

When we think of the arts in the United States, we often think of nonprofit arts as the primary means of delivery. Nonprofit organizations depend, in large part, on donors, grants, and the generosity of volunteers. Many have suggested that this model is outdated and that we must find new models for supporting the arts. We will explore whether the model is truly outdated, consider some new models for giving, as well as future trends for the sustainability of the arts, in both for profit and nonprofit sectors.

We will be holding a Career Fair from 9 to noon on the same day. Organizations are encouraged to participate in this event as well (it's also a great way to meet prospective interns). Lunch is provided for those participating in both the Career Fair and Creative Conversations.

Emerging Arts Leader Summit
Connect. Learn. Share. Listen. Enjoy. Make a difference.
A day-long conversation for emerging arts leaders from throughout Wisconsin. Emerging colleagues from Wisconsin’s arts world will come together to increase leadership skills, learn about exciting new ideas and useful resources, and expand networks.
www.artswisconsin.org/events/creativeconversation-oct2007.cfm

Sessions include:

• Community and economic development: learn how to leverage your town’s arts and cultural assets in building community and economic development.
• Mentorship program for Wisconsin’s Emerging Arts Leaders: learn more about this exciting new program to help you benefit from your colleagues and peers’ expertise and perspective!
• Get political: get the skinny on advocacy and action for the 2008 elections (not just presidential, but legislative, too), and the upcoming campaign to increase state government’s investment in the arts.
• Build awareness: receive basic advocacy resources and training, to help you inform your peers and your legislators about basic funding for the arts.
• Guide research: be a part of an exciting new study conducted by FoRCE in partnership with Brain Reactions of Madison regarding participation in the arts by Gen X and Yers—and be a part of the solution as well!
• Build your network: grow Wisconsin’s network of next generation arts leaders, including determining future steps.

And we've invited Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton, chair of the Wisconsin Arts Board and a passionate advocate for the arts!

NOTE: There is a $25 registration fee for this workshop—pay upon arrival. Space is limited. Check the website listed for up-to-date information.