2010 Regional Meetings on the Arts
Since its beginnings in the early 1990s, Arts Wisconsin has traveled the state to meet and connect with artists, constituents, and arts supporters, and promote the incredible range of cultural opportunities available in Wisconsin. The Arts Board, the state agency for the arts, and Arts Wisconsin, the statewide membership organization dedicated to arts advocacy and service, work in partnership to build and sustain Wisconsin’s communities through the arts, and ensure access to the arts for everyone in the state.
Arts Wisconsin is eading the way at the intersection of arts and cultural activity, community development, and economic and educational advancement throughout Wisconsin. In winter and spring 2010, Arts Wisconsin will hit the road again to host a series of regional meetings on the arts. These informal, interactive meetings, held in large and small communities across the state, bring together arts constituents and other community leaders to envision and act on the future of the arts in those communities and in Wisconsin by:
- discussing local and statewide issues affecting the arts in Wisconsin’s communities
- sharing ideas, needs, and success stories
- developing plans and strategies for future action.
Arts Wisconsin will use these meetings to provide and gather critical information on the local and state levels, strengthen bonds with constituents, and develop strategic plans to use the arts to help Wisconsin’s communities survive and thrive. Arts Wisconsin will also share this information with the Wisconsin Arts Board, the state agency dedicated to the arts, to help
Across Wisconsin, people and communities are using creativity and the arts to help resolve budget problems, attract and retain business, grow the economy, and stop the “brain drain” of young people leaving communities for other opportunities. Investment in cultural programs and opportunities is not a separate priority—it’s vital to the overall health and well-being of the people of Wisconsin.
Everyone interested in the health and well-being of their community – including artists, arts organization representatives, arts supporters, audience members, educators, business people, funders, elected officials, and others -- are invited to let their voices be heard at these important civic forums.
Dates are scheduled for these 2010 Community Meetings on the Arts:
- Saturday, February 20, Lake Mills, 9-11 am: at the Lake Mills Community Center (City Hall), 200B Water Street; local host, Arts Alliance of Lake Mills
- Tuesday, March 9, Prairie du Sac, 9-11 am: at the River Arts Center, 105 Ninth Street; local host, River Arts, Inc.
- Thursday, April 21, Milwaukee, 2-4 pm: Location TBA; local host, Cultural Alliance of Greater Milwaukee
- Friday, June 18, Amery, time TBA, at the Northern
Lakes Center for the Arts, 113 Elm Street. Local host: Northern
Lakes Center for the Arts
The 2010 meetings are made possible with support from the Wisconsin Arts
Board, Xcel Energy Foundation, Community Shares of Wisconsin, and Arts
Wisconsin’s members and constituents.