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Arts Day 2010
March 2-3, 2010

Arts Day events will take place at Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center (one block off the Capitol Square) in downtown Madison. Legislative visits will take place at the State Capitol.
schedule current as of 2-25-2010

Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Pre-Arts Day workshop sessions
Cost: Arts Wisconsin members – free; non-members - $10

1-3 pm

  • Surviving/Thriving in the Arts – practical, pro-active advice, ideas and actions for arts and community leaders in the new economy
    Risser Department of Justice Conference Room #150A, entrance at 120 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.

3-5 pm

  • Advocacy Training – how to be an effective activist, speak up for the arts, and build and sustain relationships for the artsin your community
    Risser Department of Justice Conference Room #150A

Additional Arts Day sessions

5-6 pm

  • Arts Wisconsin advocacy captains meeting
    Risser Department of Justice Conference Room #150A

6:30 pm

  • Dutch treat dinner for arts activists - if you come to Madison the night before, join your colleagues for dinner and conversation!
    location TBA

Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Arts Day 2010

Starting at 8 am

  • Register, meet and greet your colleagues and friends, and pick up an "I speak up for the arts in Wisconsin!" button!
    Monona Terrace Ballroom C

8:30-10 am

10-11 am

  • Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras' Rabin Youth Arts Awards presentation
    Featured: apresentation on an exciting project created by Milwaukee Public Schools students. In October of 2009, Milwaukee artist Tom Kiebzak and Adaptive Art Specialist Sue Loesl worked with every student (220+ K4-5th grade students) and teachers at Ralph Waldo Emerson Elementary School in Milwaukee to produce eight - 6' x 6' canvases in a one-day abstract art project. The project was focused on bringing students of all learning and physical abilities together to collaboratively produce art. Students in 4th and 5th grades worked with film-maker Susan Borri of Media Makers to learn multimedia techniques and document the project. The resulting abstracts have been exhibited at the Betty Brinn Children's Museum, Milwaukee Public Schools Administrative Building, the Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities Self-Determination Conference, and at Emerson School. The project was a part of the Arts @ Large program, connecting arts to academics in an inclusive model for students and teachers in Wisconsin’s schools.

11 am - 12 noon

  • A public forum and update from the Wisconsin Task Force on Arts and Creativity in Education
    Monona Terrace

10 am-4 pm

  • Constituent meetings with legislators
    State Capitol

    This is the reason you are coming to Arts day - to tell your story, and to ask them to support the 2010 Legislative Action Agenda and the Wisconsin Arts Board's New Economy Funding Initiative - a critical investment in the arts, arts education, and creative economy in their districts and statewide.

    When meeting with your legislator, describe the impact of increased investment in the arts, arts education and creative economy in your community. The most important thing you can tell your legislator is that the state's investment makes a difference. 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 the Parkview High School Symphonic Band, Orfordville, directed by Benjamin Heninger
    Presented by the Wisconsin School Music Association
    State Capitol Rotunda

12:30-2 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

2 - 3 pm

  • Wisconsin emerging arts leaders meeting
    Monona Terrace

Featured during the day:

  • Arts Day 2010 Artist-in-Residence Tim Decker - help Arts Day participants make art!

  • Peter Thomas, "The Live Bard", with readings and poetry at the Legislative Breakfast

  • Essential community arts publications for sale!
    Monona Terrace Ballroom C
    from Arts Wisconsin

Legislators/legislative staff attending the Arts Day Legislative Breakfast:

  • Rep. Steve Hilgenberg, Dodgeville
  • Rep. Tom Lothian, Williams Bay
  • Rep. Jon Richards, Milwaukee
  • Rep. Kelda Helen Roys, Madison
  • Rep. Jim Soletski, Green Bay