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Inspire Others to Action Twitter Chat
Contains 2 Component(s)This #ArtsEdChat will foster discussion about INSPIRING OTHERS TO ACTION.
About this Twitter ChatSeptember 13, 2018 at 8:00 PM
In 2017, Americans for the Arts conducted research to illuminate effective practices of emerging and veteran leaders in the field of arts education to explore strategies toward broadening and diversifying the leadership pipeline. The research was intended to inform the development of programming to assist in skill building for intergenerational dialogue, and to support the concept of cyclical mentorship among new and seasoned leaders in the arts education field.
The research revealed five key themes, and this #ArtsEdChat will foster discussion about INSPIRING OTHERS TO ACTION.
Learning Objectives:
- Explore the findings of ‘Cyclical Mentorship in Arts Education Leadership’ research;
- Illuminate existing tools and resources in the nonprofit, arts, and education sectors to hone skills in this area; and
- Hear strong examples and cogent advice from emerging and veteran leaders in the arts education field.
Follow @Americans4Arts for more information, host @JeffMPoulin for questions, and be sure to use #ArtsEdLeadership and #ArtsEdChat to follow the conversation.
Jeff M. Poulin
Arts Education Program Manager, Americans for the Arts
Jeff M. Poulin leads the Arts Education Program at American for the Arts, where he works to advance local, state, and federal policies supportive of equitable access to arts education throughout the United States. In his role, Jeff trains over 10,000 people annually, publishes research and policy analysis, manages strategic partnerships, and leads networks of stakeholders.
With over a decade of experience as a performer, teaching artist, education researcher, and arts administrator, Jeff’s work is grounded in social justice and seeks transformative policy solutions to society’s most-challenging problems. Jeff is widely published, serves as a reviewer for grant and research panels, and speaks to audiences across the country and around the globe.
Jeff hails from Portland, Maine is a fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts (UK). He holds degrees in arts management, cultural policy, and education from Oklahoma City University, University College Dublin, and the University of Glasgow.
- Explore the findings of ‘Cyclical Mentorship in Arts Education Leadership’ research;
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August 2018 Member Briefing: Private Sector and pARTnership Resources
Contains 2 Component(s)Join us for this member only briefing!
August 2018 Member BriefingAugust 21, 2018 at 3:00PM
About the Member Briefing
Join Private Sector Initiatives Program Manager, Jessica Stern, and Local Arts Advancement Program Manager, Cristyn Johnson for the latest on tools and resources for successfully engaging with the business community. You’ll have a chance for Q&A, so feel free to bring your specific question or case study!
Member Briefings are our monthly opportunity to talk to you about what’s happening now! Mark your calendars for the third Tuesday of every month at 3pm to stay up-to-date on what’s happening at Americans for the Arts and across the sector. These calls are for you, so please let us know if there’s a topic you’d like to know more about by contacting Cristyn Johnson at cjohnson@artsusa.org.
If you will be viewing the live event on your ipad or iphone you will need to download the MobileMeetings APP By E-STREAM.COM, Inc. and enter the meeting number:547798.
Presenters:
Jessica Stern, Private Sector Initiatives Program Manager, Americans for the Arts
Cristyn Johnson, Local Arts Advancement Program Manager, Americans for the Arts
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Arts Education & Public Art: Towards Practice
Contains 1 Component(s)In this third and final installment of the annual Arts Education & Public Art series, hear about what we've learned and explore some specific, replicable examples of crossover between public art and arts education.
About this Webinar
Available: August 21, 2018
Filmed at the 2018 Americans for the Arts Annual Convention, watch the third and final installment of the annual Arts Education & Public Art series, hear about what we've learned and explore some specific, replicable examples of crossover between public art and arts education.
Learning Objectives:
- Explore three years of conversation and research about the intersection of public art and arts education.
- Hear concrete case studies of examples at the arts education/public art intersection.
- Map next steps, including access to a network of others interested in working more deeply at this intersection.
Once registered for the webinar, two additional tabs will appear: the "Handouts" tab includes pre-reading information, and the "Resources" tab includes information mentioned during the presentation and additional resources on the topic of Public Art & Arts Education.
Olivia Gude
Professor & Chair of Art Education, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Artist and educator Olivia Gude is the Chair of Art Education at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a Professor Emerita at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Professor Gude served as a member of the Visual Arts writing team for the Next Generation National Visual Arts Standards. She has created many award-winning collaborative mural and mosaic projects. Her research focuses on developing new paradigms for visual art curriculum; her articles include: Drawing Color Lines, Postmodern Principles, Principles of Possibility: Considerations for a 21st Century Art and Culture Curriculum, New School Art Styles: the Project of Art Education, and Art Education for Democratic Life. In recent years, Gude has united her work as a community artist and art educator by creating participatory spaces in which teachers investigate and re-invent the social practice of art education.
James Halliday
Program Director, Education Synergy Alliance
James Halliday is a native San Diegan. He attended public K-12 schools, completed the International Baccalaureate Diploma program at San Diego HS in 1999, and had the privilege of being an Aaron Price Fellow, where the connection between civic engagement and public leadership first took root.
After graduating with a degree in history from Stanford in 2003, James pursued postgraduate studies in Cracow, Poland, where he lived until 2005. Between 2005-14, he lived Seoul, Moscow, and Istanbul, where he worked for many years in journalism, before transitioning the focus of his work to the intersection of education, philanthropy, and social enterprise.
He is currently Program Director at the Education Synergy Alliance, and actively involved in shaping the impact economy for the greater San Diego region through his work with ImpactSD and the local chapter of EPIP.
Michael Sweney
Art in Public Places Program Manager, Washington State Arts Commission
Mike joined ArtsWA in 2007 and has led the public art team since 2011. One of the country’s oldest statewide public art programs, Art in Public Places has been a leader in developing and administering best practices for art acquisition and collection care. Mike has managed more than 100 public art projects throughout the state in the diverse communities of Washington’s public schools, colleges, universities, and state agencies. Prior to ArtsWA, he was an art gallery director with Davidson Contemporary in Seattle and Charles Cowles Gallery in New York. He is a past board vice president for Seattle’s Center on Contemporary Art and currently serves on the Tacoma Art Museum’s Collection Committee, the Advisory Committee for Washington State University’s new Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, and chairs the Tacoma Arts Commission. He holds a BA degree in Art History and Studio Art from Oberlin College.
Moderator
Jeff Poulin
Arts Education Program Manager, Americans for the Arts
Jeff M. Poulin joined the arts education team at Americans for the Arts in 2013. He works to empower local, state and federal supporters of arts education to become effective advocates to advance policies supportive of equitable access to arts education for all students.
In his role at Americans for the Arts, Jeff has trained over 10,000 advocates in all 50 states. He was also been instrumental in the publication of the 2014 National Core Arts Standards, a leader in the creative youth development movement, and a founding board member of the Innovation Collaborative. Before arriving in D.C., Jeff worked for several nonprofit and commercial organizations in the US and abroad focused primarily in production and programming, audience development, research and policy. Notably, he was an advisor on the implementation of the first national Arts in Education Charter under the directions of the Ministers of Arts and Education in the Republic of Ireland. Jeff frequently speaks at a number of nonprofit organizations and universities.
Jeff hails from Portland, Maine and holds a Master of Arts degree in Arts Management and Cultural Policy from University College Dublin and a Bachelor of Science degree in Entertainment Business from Oklahoma City University.
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Join the Movement: Host Your Own Creative Conversation
Contains 2 Component(s)Are you interested in hosting a Creative Conversation in your community? Creative Conversations are a great way to connect your local community to a grassroots movement, elevating the profile of the arts in your community and across the country. Join us for a webinar with Emerging Leaders Council Members Brea Heidelberg and Todd Trebour as we take a look at the Creative Conversation process. Learn best practices for hosting your own Creative Conversation, including topics to cover, who to partner with, formatting options, and more. We’ll also take a trip down memory lane as we look at case studies of previous successful Creative Conversations.
About this WebinarAugust 15, 2018 at 3:00PM
Are you interested in hosting a Creative Conversation in your community? Creative Conversations are a great way to connect your local community to a grassroots movement, elevating the profile of the arts in your community and across the country. Join us for a webinar with Emerging Leaders Council Members Brea Heidelberg and Todd Trebour as we take a look at the Creative Conversation process. Learn best practices for hosting your own Creative Conversation, including topics to cover, who to partner with, formatting options, and more. We’ll also take a trip down memory lane as we look at case studies of previous successful Creative Conversations.
Learning Objectives:
- Participants will learn what a Creative Conversation is.
- Participants will learn best practices in creating and executing a Creative Conversation.
- Participants will hear case studies of successful Creative Conversations.
Brea Heidelberg
Assistant Professor & Associate Program Director, Drexel University
Brea M. Heidelberg is an arts management educator, consultant, and researcher. She is currently Assistant Professor & Associate Program Director of the Entertainment & Arts Management program at Drexel University. She is a board member of the Association of Arts Administration Educators, where she serves as Vice President and Chair of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Task Force. She also serves on Americans for the Arts’ Emerging Leaders Council and on the editorial board of the American Journal of Arts Management.
Dr. Heidelberg earned her PhD in Arts Administration, Education and Policy from The Ohio State University and a MS in Human Resource Development from Villanova University. She is the Founder and Principal of ISO Arts Consulting. Her research interests include professional development for arts administrators, human resource development in arts & cultural institutions, diversity, equity, and inclusion in the arts, arts advocacy rhetoric, and cultural management in the African diaspora.
ISO Arts Consulting: www.isoartsconsulting.com
Twitter: @BMHeidelberg
Todd Trebour
Organizations Program Director, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts
Todd Trebour is the Organizations Program Director at the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA). Todd manages and oversees the agency’s support for organizations, including granting programs. He also works within state government and in the public to identify new opportunities and provide educational support for arts and culture organizations.
Prior to RISCA, Todd was the Program Coordinator for the UMass Amherst Arts Extension Service (AES). Through his work at AES, Todd helped artists and arts students build vibrant careers and businesses through arts management and arts entrepreneurship courses, trainings, and programming, both on-campus, regionally, and online. Before working with AES, Todd was the marketing and development director at Chester Theatre Company (CTC), a professional summer theatre company in the mountain town of Chester, MA.
Twitter: @RISCA1967
Website: http://www.arts.ri.gov/
For some inspiration and examples of Creative Conversations that have been held in the past, check out the following links:
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Young Patrons Programs in the Arts: How to Build a lot of Future Potential with a Little Bit of Resources
Contains 2 Component(s)Many arts organizations have established or are considering starting programs to engage young professionals to build a future audience and/or donor base. However, the arts administrators responsible for managing these programs often work in isolation and with little dedicated training in how to make these unique programs successful and efficient. Learn how to manage a young professionals program in concert with other job responsibilities and competing priorities, use resources effectively, and work with volunteers who contribute to the program’s success.
About this WebinarAugust 8, 2018 at 3:00PM (ET)
Many arts organizations have established or are considering starting programs to engage young professionals to build a future audience and/or donor base. However, the arts administrators responsible for managing these programs often work in isolation and with little dedicated training in how to make these unique programs successful and efficient. Learn how to manage a young professionals program in concert with other job responsibilities and competing priorities, use resources effectively, and work with volunteers who contribute to the program’s success.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify core program objectives in audience or donor development for your organization and align program features and deliverables with those objectives
- Manage a volunteer leadership committee and co-chairs effectively
- Balance program expenses with expected revenue and maximize use of organizational resources to keep costs down
- Measure success through a variety of metrics and track progress of your program over time
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The Arts Engage Candidates Series: Arts Leaders Running for Office
Contains 2 Component(s)In today’s changing political climate, we are seeing more advocates looking to make meaningful change in their communities by running for public office. With a strong sense of pride and passion for the arts and culture, arts advocates are using their knowledge and connections to build support for their platform. Join Guillermina Gonzalez, former Executive Director of the Delaware Arts Alliance and Julia Kirt, Executive Director for Oklahomans for the Arts as they talk about their journey from arts advocate to political candidate.
About this WebinarAugust 1, 2018 at 3:00PM
In today’s changing political climate, we are seeing more advocates looking to make meaningful change in their communities by running for public office. With a strong sense of pride and passion for the arts and culture, arts advocates are using their knowledge and connections to build support for their platform. Join Moderator and Former Massachusetts's State Senator Stan Rosenberg, along side Guillermina Gonzalez, former Executive Director of the Delaware Arts Alliance and Julia Kirt, Executive Director for Oklahomans for the Arts as they talk about their journey from arts advocate to political candidate.
Learning Objectives:
- Attendees will learn about veteran arts leaders entering the political realm.
- Attendees will learn top takeaways of transitioning from an arts advocate to a political leader.
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July 2018 Member Briefing: Our NEW Social Impact Explorer and Other Tools from Our Website
Contains 2 Component(s)Join us for this member only briefing!
July 2018 Member BriefingJuly 17, 2018 at 3:00PM
About the Member Briefing
Join Vice President of Web and Technology Strategies, Kim Hedges, and Membership Marketing Senior Coordinator, Bridget Woodbury, to learn about all of the ways to find what you're looking for on our website, including a debut of our Social Impact Explorer, that National Arts Administration and Public Policy Database, and more. You'll have the opportunity to ask us for exactly what you're looking for - and we'll either show you how to find it, or work on getting it added from the backend!
Member Briefings are our monthly opportunity to talk to you about what’s happening now! Mark your calendars for the third Tuesday of every month at 3pm to stay up-to-date on what’s happening at Americans for the Arts and across the sector. These calls are for you, so please let us know if there’s a topic you’d like to know more about by contacting Bridget Woodbury at bwoodbury@artsusa.org.
We firmly believe that our #AFTAmember network is one of our strongest resources, so after our update, we’ll open the floor up to your questions, comments, recommendations, and lessons learned – we hope you’ll take advantage of each other’s expertise!
If you will be viewing the live event on your ipad or iphone you will need to download the MobileMeetings APP By E-STREAM.COM, Inc. and enter the meeting number:345930.
Presenters:
Bridget Woodbury, Membership Marketing Senior Coordinator, Americans for the Arts
Kim Hedges,Vice President of Web and Technology Strategies, Americans for the Arts
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Build Your Visibility to Accelerate Your Career
Contains 2 Component(s)Building your profile and visibility is one of the most important tactics for fast-forwarding your career growth. In this session you'll learn how to start identifying the kind of profile or reputation you want to build, how to navigate building your profile in an authentic way that doesn't seem self-promotional, and strategies for building your profile that you can implement today. You'll also learn about how gender dynamics affect our ability to build our reputations—and yet why this is such an important career growth strategy for women. Finally, you'll learn how to leverage profile building in order to grow more creatively and incorporate more learning into your work.
About this WebinarJuly 18, 2018 at 3:00PM
Building your profile and visibility is one of the most important tactics for fast-forwarding your career growth. In this session you'll learn how to start identifying the kind of profile or reputation you want to build, how to navigate building your profile in an authentic way that doesn't seem self-promotional, and strategies for building your profile that you can implement today. You'll also learn about how gender dynamics affect our ability to build our reputations—and yet why this is such an important career growth strategy for women. Finally, you'll learn how to leverage profile building in order to grow more creatively and incorporate more learning into your work.
Learning Objectives:
- Session attendees will begin to identify the elements of their reputation they would like to build.
- Session attendees will choose a ready-to-implement strategy for raising your profile in order to accelerate your career growth.
- Session attendees will understand why visibility is so important to career growth--especially for women.
Link to worksheet and resources on setting you-centered goals and raising your profile to achieve those goal: http://buildyourselfworkshop.c...
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The Arts Engage Candidates Series—Unique Candidate Engagement
Contains 2 Component(s)Support for the arts must come from every level within a community. Some of the most important allies the arts can have are elected officials and candidates. As such, arts advocates need to cultivate relationships with elected official and candidates and recruit them as arts champions. These relationships can be built through both traditional and non-traditional means. This webinar will look at organizations and individuals engaging political officials and candidates on arts issues in less traditional methods.
About this WebinarJuly 11, 2018 at 3:00PM (ET)
Arts-based community development drives meaningful and equitable change within communities. It is the duty of local arts agencies to ensure that fertile ground exists, to allow for growth and vibrancy of the arts and culture sector. The Arts Engage Candidates series will demonstrate to attendees the importance of proactively articulating arts issues to candidates running for office; cultivating relationships and buy-in from candidates running for office; and realizing their own leadership potential in running for office.
Support for the arts must come from every level within a community. Some of the most important allies the arts can have are elected officials and candidates. As such, arts advocates need to cultivate relationships with elected official and candidates and recruit them as arts champions. These relationships can be built through both traditional and non-traditional means. This webinar will look at organizations and individuals engaging political officials and candidates on arts issues in less traditional methods.
Learning Objectives:
- Attendees will hear less traditional approaches to engaging elected officials and candidates on arts and culture issues.
- Attendees will learn new strategies in building relationships with elected official candidates.
Sarah Gonzales Triplett
Director of Public Policy, Creative Many Michigan
Sarah Gonzales Triplett is the Director of Public Policy and Advocacy at Creative Many Michigan, a statewide nonprofit organization dedicated to developing creative people, creative places and the creative economy for a competitive Michigan. Her work focuses on advancing policy and sustainable funding to build support for the creative industries at the state and federal level by: directing advocacy and policy initiatives, developing research, creating communications tools, and leading grassroots organizing and coalition building efforts. Triplett is also an adjunct faculty member in Michigan State University's Arts and Cultural Management program. Before dedicating her work full-time to Creative Many, Sarah served as Assistant Director of Communications and Community Engagement for the Early Childhood Investment Corporation and Deputy Chief of Staff at the Office of Michigan Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Triplett was elected in 2017 to serve a the chair of the State Arts Action Network (SAAN) for Americans for the Arts and is serving her third consecutive term as chair of the East Lansing Arts Commission. In 2018, Triplett was elected to serve on the Board of Directors for the Tourism Industry Coalition of Michigan (TICOM) in addition to her role as chair of the TICOM Advocacy Committee.
Sarah lives in East Lansing, Michigan with her husband Nathan and son Teddy
Twitter: @striplett
Website: www.creativemany.orgGeorge Patrick McLeer
Executive Director, South Carolina Arts Alliance
George Patrick [GP] McLeer, Jr became the Executive Director of the South Carolina Arts Alliance in July of 2016. Previously, GP served as the Administrator of the Office of Cultural Affairs for the City of Mauldin, SC, where he was responsible for developing and managing the Mauldin Cultural Center, the Mauldin Public Art Trail, and the Railroad Concert Series, as well as managing all city-wide marketing, and advising on economic development projects.
GP is currently on the Board of Trustees for St. Joseph’s Catholic School (Greenville, SC), and a member of the College of Charleston’s School of the Arts Council. He also serves on the board for the Fountain Inn Chamber of Commerce, the Fountain Inn Chorale, Palmetto State Arts Education, and as a Steering Committee member for the Arts in Basic Curriculum Project.
GP holds a BA in Arts Management from the College of Charleston, where he has been recognized with the 2016 School of the Arts Young Alumni Award, the Julie Jett Arts Management Citizenship Award, and placed in the School of the Arts Hall of Fame. He was also awarded the first-ever Alumni Heart Award by St. Joseph’s Catholic School for his contribution to the arts community. GP currently resides in Fountain Inn, SC.
Twitter: @SCArtsAlliance
Website: www.scartsalliance.net
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The Arts Engage Candidates Series: Executing Successful Mayoral Forums
Contains 2 Component(s)Ensuring elected officials are made aware of and are held accountable for the issues and needs of the arts sector is integral to ensuring communities have fertile ground with which they can grow and thrive. One way advocates can achieve this is by engaging in the political process—by educating and communicating the value of and holding their elected officials accountable on arts and culture issues. In this session, attendees will hear about organizations which have created arts-based mayoral forums in an effort to gauge the readiness and willingness of political leaders to foster a strong arts and culture sector.
About this WebinarJune 27, 2018 at 3:00PM (ET)
Ensuring elected officials are made aware of and are held accountable for the issues and needs of the arts sector is integral to ensuring communities have fertile ground with which they can grow and thrive. One way advocates can achieve this is by engaging in the political process—by educating and communicating the value of and holding their elected officials accountable on arts and culture issues. In this session, attendees will hear about organizations which have created arts-based mayoral forums in an effort to gauge the readiness and willingness of political leaders to foster a strong arts and culture sector
Learning Objectives:
- Attendees will learn why it is important for political leaders to be engaged in needs of the arts sector.
- Attendees will hear from organizations which have hosted arts-based mayoral forums and learn the best practices and recommended resources for executing a successful mayoral forum which addresses arts and culture issues.
Jeannie L. Howe
Executive Director, Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance
Jeannie L. Howe is the Executive Director of the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance (GBCA), a regional, membership organization that was organized by artists and cultural organizations to unify, nurture and promote the cultural sector in Baltimore and its five surrounding counties. Under her leadership, since January 2012 GBCA has transformed and expanded its services to the cultural community, including: new professional development initiatives for artists and emerging arts management leaders of color; re-launched audience development strategies; supported artists with awards and grants; and advocated for the health, visibility, and financial strength of the sector. Membership during this time has increased from 80 to nearly 500 artists and organizations.
Prior to joining GBCA, Howe was founder and president of BayCliff Associates, and provided management and fundraising consultation for nonprofit clients, including Everyman Theatre in Baltimore for whom she led a successful $17.7 million capital campaign. Her career has included leadership positions with a range of nonprofit organizations including the Alley Theatre, Baltimore Reads, and The Marrow Foundation (now Be the Match Foundation). Howe has held many volunteer positions including her current service on the Baltimore Orchard Project and Callaway Garrison Improvement Association Boards of Directors. Howe received a M.A. in Theatre from Miami University of Ohio and a B.A. in Theatre from St. Mary’s College of Maryland. In 2014, the Daily Record recognized her as one of Maryland’s Top 100 Women.
Website: www.baltimoreculture.org Twitter: @BMoreCulture
Matt Wilson
Executive Director, MASSCreative
Hired as MASSCreative’s first Executive Director in March of 2012, Matt directs the advocacy campaigns and organizational development for the organization. For 30 years, he has run campaigns and organized volunteers and communities for the public interest on a local, state, national level.
In 2011, Wilson directed environmentalist and social entrepreneur Bob Massie’s campaign for the U.S. Senate. Previously he coordinated Health Care for All’s campaign to monitor the takeover of the nonprofit Caritas Hospitals by a for profit private equity firm.
As the National Director of the field staff for MoveOn.org from 2005-2006, Matt helped develop and implement the strategy behind MoveOn.org’s successful 2006 Call for Change, which recruited and trained more than 100,000 volunteers in 60 swing Congressional and Senate districts.
As the Founder and Director of Toxics Action Center from 1989 to 2005, Wilson assisted more than 300 neighborhood groups address toxic pollution issues in their communities. He grew the organization from one staffer working in Massachusetts to a New England-wide organization with 11 staff. Wilson graduated from Dartmouth College in 1983 and also earned a Masters of Public Administration at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government in 2008.
Website: www.mass-creative.org Twitter: @MASSCreative
MASSCreative Create the Vote Toolkit: http://www.mass-creative.org/c...
Citizen Artist Baltimore website: http://citizenartist.vote/
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