Arts Day 2013 Schedule

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