Arts Day 2013 Schedule (subject to change)
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
1-5 pm
Wisconsin Local Arts Training Workshop and Learning Community
Risser Justice Center, 120 MLK Jr. Blvd., Madison.
Local arts training workshop on “Mainstreaming Community Engagement” with nationally-known trainer and facilitator Dr. Doug Borwick – an informal, interactive session for local arts council staff, board members and volunteers. Only $10 for this great opportunity to learn and network with colleagues and a community arts development expert! To register for this workshop, use the Arts Day registration form.
6 pm
Dutch treat dinner (TBA)
Wednesday, March 13, 2013, 8 am – 2 pm
The Concourse Hotel, 1 East Dayton Street, Madison.
8 am Registration opens
8:30 am Arts Day Legislative Breakfast
• Musical fanfare and performance: Fanfare for Our Common Earth, by John Harmon, and The Turning, poem by Ellen Kort
• Performance by students from Hawthorne Elementary School, Madison
• Performance by John Harmon, jazz pianist and composer, Winnecone
• Presentation: The Creative Economy works for Wisconsin with Anne Katz, Executive Director, Arts Wisconsin
• Speakers:
– Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation President Reed Hall
– Secretary of Tourism Stephanie Klett
– Wisconsin Arts Board Director George Tzougros
– Arts Wisconsin Board President Debra Karp
– Max Garland, Wisconsin’s new Poet Laureate
10:15 am Rabin Youth Arts Awards, presented by the Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras
11 am Panel discussions: Creativity at work across Wisconsin – panel sessions featuring models and great ideas from around the state (repeated at 12 noon)
- Creative Entrepreneurship: creative spaces and incubators strengthening Wisconsin’s economic base and quality of life
- John Hartman, Q Artists Cooperative, Stevens Point
- Tryg Jacobson, Jake’s Café, Sheboygan
- Brian Standing, Make.Do., Dane County
- Creative communities: artists and creative people are a powerful force revitalizing and advancing our communities and neighborhoods.
- Brad Bernard, Community Arts and Funk Festival and Mt. Mary College, Milwaukee
- Patricia Lenz, Superior Council for the Arts, Superior
- Todd Schmidt, Village Administrator, Village of Waunakee
- Arts and creativity in education: arts involvement and learning shapes young minds to be the talent of tomorrow with the skills to compete and overcome the challenges of our future.
- Facilitator: Michael George, former Director of Content Learning, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction/former Director, Wisconsin School Music Association and Wisconsin Music Educators Association
- Laurie Fellenz, Fine Arts Coordinator, Madison Metropolitan School District, Madison
- Andrea Kreuzer, Outreach Specialist, Wisconsin Center for Educational Research, UW-Madison
- Marilyn Rolfsmeyer, Art Teacher, Argyle Public Schools/Executive Director, Nick’s Grandview, Hollandale
1 pm Networking lunch
Throughout the day:
- Constituent meetings with legislators
- Art-making with The Mill Paper and Book Arts Center of Rhinelander
updated 3-5-13