Culturals of Color Symposium

Connecting and Serving Community Arts Leadership

 Workshop      –      Panel      –      Roundtable

Friday, April 17th, 2009

Skylight Gallery

1368 Fulton Street, 3rd Floor

Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn

9am – 5pm

$25

Summary

As the economic downturn impacts the cultural arts sector, community artists and arts organizations face increased strain on already limited resources.  Government funding is decreasing, foundations are narrowing their focus, corporations are changing their priorities, and arts organizations are suffering in the balance.  How is this effecting our local arts institutions? What can we do about it?  

Join your fellow leaders of cultural organizations of color in a full day symposium that offers an unique opportunity to learn critical fundraising skills, hear successful cases, seek advice from a spectrum of top arts administrators, and let your voice be heard.  Get advice from amazing arts figures such as Dr. Marta Moreno Vega, President of the Caribbean Cultural Center and member of the New York State Council on the Arts, Pam Green, Executive Director of the Weeksville Heritage Center and Lillian Cho, Executive Director of the Asian American Arts Alliance.  See the full symposium program below.

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Program

8am– Registration and Continental Breakfast

9am – Fundraising Planning for Community Arts Groups

Chantel Bell, Belle Management Consulting

This hands-on workshop geared towards small and midsized arts organizations of color, carefully brings participants through the fundraising planning process as it pertains to the unique case of the arts. Participants are encouraged to come prepared with a particular program for which we will create a fundraising calendar.

12noon – Lunch

1pm – Keynote

Dr. Marta Moreno Vega, Caribbean Cultural Center

Dr. Vega shares perspectives on her dramatic personal and professional journey from leading small community based arts initiatives, incubating arts service organizations, operating a cultural center, and joining the board of the New York State Council on the Arts.

2pm – Lessons from the Field

Sis. Kwayera Archer Cunningham, Ifetayo Cultural Arts Academy; Lillian Cho, Asian American Arts Alliance; Laurie Cumbo, MoCADA; Diane Fraher, American Indian Artists, Inc.; Pam Green, Weeksville Heritage Center; Georgiana Pickett, 651 ARTS

In this panel discussion, leading arts administrators share narratives of issues they have overcome in the course of building their institutions. Topics included funder relationships, board development, program management, human resources and many more.

3pm – Cultural Arts and the Recession

In this roundtable discussion, based on the recent Alliance for the Arts repoprt, "The Arts and the Recession," participants share experiences of the difficulties faced during the current economic crisis.  5pm – Networking Reception

Price

General Admission: $25

April 13th - 15th (online payments only), and onsite on April 17th: $30

Cancellations must be received by April 14th; a $10 cancellation fee will apply. There are no refunds for cancellations received after April 14th. No-shows will not be refunded.

The Symposium is made possible with the generous support of the BAC/Independence Professional Development Series for the Arts and the Restoration Plaza Skylight Gallery.