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Convene Locally | Connect Nationally
Every October, in honor of National Arts & Humanities Month, Americans for the Arts partners with emerging leaders from across the country to host Creative Conversations. Last year, over 1,000 emerging arts leaders participated in 57 locally hosted Creative Conversations throughout the country, and those leaders continue to be engaged at the national level.
Want to find a Creative Conversation in your area?
Want to host a Creative Conversation?
Visit the Creative Conversation Local Host Tool Kit page.
What are Creative Conversations?
Creative Conversations are local gatherings of emerging leaders in communities across the country and are part of a grassroots movement to elevate the profile of arts in America during National Arts & Humanities Month every October. Started in 2004, some of these local convenings have grown into cohesive, organized emerging leader networks. This local tool empowers emerging leaders to take a leadership role in their own community by both designing programming and galvanizing their peers to connect professionally. Feedback and ideas from these Creative Conversations help assist Americans for the Arts in planning for 2008 events, such as Arts Advocacy Day, peer group meetings, and other emerging leader activities taking place at Americans for the Arts 2008 Annual Convention, June 20–22 in Philadelphia: American Evolution: Arts in the New Civic Life.
For more information, contact Manager of Professional Development Rebecca Borden at 202.371.2830.
