Arts Day 2008
March 5, 2008
Arts Day events will take place at Monona Terrace Community and Convention
Center (one block off the Square) in downtown Madison. Legislative
visits will take place at the State Capitol.
schedule current as of 2-25-2008
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
3-5 pm
- Training session for arts activists, Overture Center for the Arts, downtown Madison
5-6 pm
- Arts Wisconsin advocacy captains meeting, Overture Center for the Arts, downtown Madison
6:30 pm
- Dutch treat dinner for arts activists, details TBA
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
7:30-8:30 am
- Register, meet and greet your colleagues and friends, and pick up
a The Change Wisconsin Needs button to show that you're an
arts advocate!
Monona Terrace Ballroom B
8:30-10 am
- Arts Day Legislative Breakfast
8:30 am: Continental breakfast and networking
9 am:
• Featured speaker: Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton, announcing the Wisconsin Arts Board's New Economy Funding Initiative
introduced by Jennifer Alexander, President, Thrive, the Madison-area regional development organization
• Remarks by Wisconsin Secretary of Commerce Jack Fischer
• Remarks on the "Wisconsin Brand" by Wisconsin Arts Board director George Tzougros
• The Change Wisconsin Needs: Announcement of Arts Wisconsin's advocacy campaign for the New Economy Funding Initiative - issues, agenda, and call to action
• Performance: ROARrr-Ole Two Feet's Great Discovery
Monona Terrace Ballroom B
10:15 am-11:15 am
- Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras' Rabin Youth Arts Awards
presentation
Monona Terrace Ballroom B
11 am - 12 noon
- Public forum on arts education
Featured speaker: State Superintendent of Public Instruction Elizabeth Burmaster
Arts Day participants and elected representatives will provide critical input to inform Wisconsin’s participation in the first National Endowment for the Arts’ Education Leaders Institute, taking place March 11-13, 2008 in Chicago, IL
Monona Terrace Ballroom B
10 am-4 pm
- Constituent meetings with legislators
State Capitol
A great chance to let your legislators know of the many arts opportunities in their districts, and to ask them to support the 2008 Legislative Action Agenda (coming soon) and invest in the arts and arts educationin their districts and statewide.
When meeting with your legislator, describe the impact of increased investment in the arts and arts education in your community. This is the most effective argument for additional support. Arts Wisconsin will have updated position statements to take to your legislators, but the most important thing is that they know the impact of state funding to their constituents. Tell stories. Bring short, simple one page descriptions of your programs. Thank legislators for their support of the arts. (Click here for more action strategies on commucating with decision makers.)
12 noon:
- Performance by Pius XI H.S. Concert Band, presented by the
Wisconsin School Music Association
State Capitol Rotunda
1-2 pm
- Box lunch, reporting on legislative meetings, and informal conversation
for Arts Day participants and legislators
Report back on your meetings with legislators, and relax and regroup with colleagues after a good day's work.
Monona Terrace Ballroom B
2 pm-on
- Roundtable discussion on creative entrepreneurship,
led by Spyros Heniadis, President, Marshfield Arts Cooperative. Members
of Wisconsin's Emerging Arts Leader Network are invited!
Monona Terrace Ballroom B
- Constituent meetings with legislators, continued
State Capitol
During the day:
-
Youth Art Month exhibit, presented by the Wisconsin Art Education Association
State Capitol Rotunda - “Posters in the Rotunda: A Celebration of Undergraduate
Research" exhibit, presented by the UW-System
State Capitol Rotunda
-
Essential community arts publications for sale!
Monona Terrace Ballroom B
from Arts Wisconsin
Legislators/legislative staff attending the Legislative Arts Breakfast:
- Sen. Robert Cowles, 2nd Senate District (Green Bay)
- Sen. Dave Hansen, 30th Senate District (Green Bay)
- Rep. Chuck Benedict, 45th Assembly District (Beloit)
- Rep. Garey Bies, 1st Assembly District (Door County)
- Rep. Mike Sheridan, 44th Assembly District (Janesville)
- Rep. Jim Soletski, 88th Assembly District (Green Bay)
- Rep. Karl Van Roy, 90th Assembly District (Green Bay)