Wisconsin Emerging Arts Leaders Network
The event: What’s Your Journey?: Wisconsin Emerging Arts Leaders 4th Annual Summit - a Creative Conversation for Wisconsin’s young arts and creative leaders
Date: Tuesday, November 9, 2010, 10 am – 4 pm
Place: RedLine Milwaukee, 1422 North 4th Street, Milwaukee
Presented by: Arts Wisconsin with generous support from
RedLine Milwaukee
With additional support from the Cultural Alliance of Greater Milwaukee,
Milwaukee Artists Resource Network, Wisconsin Arts Board and Americans
for the Arts
Description: The newest generation of Wisconsin arts and creative leaders will gather with colleagues and peers at the Wisconsin Emerging Arts Leaders 4th Annual Summit. Arts Wisconsin, the premier organization speaking up and working for the arts, arts education and creative economy statewide, will bring together Wisconsin’s young arts leaders to tell their stories and talk about the issues and hot topics in the arts, community and creative economy that they care about. The Summit will feature panel presentations, breakout roundtables and lots of great conversation and questioning, networking and learning. Attendees will also get to experience RedLine Milwaukee, a unique arts and environment community space for inspiration and creativity.
Schedule (subject to additions and changes):
9 am: Registration, Coffee, Conversation
10:00am: Welcome and Introductions
10:30am: Panel discussion - It’s not the destination, it’s
the journey
What does it mean to live and work creatively in these times? Artists,
performers and creative entrepreneurs talk about their journeys making
a life and making a living in the arts – expectations, realities,
successes, challenges, lessons learned, and ideas for emerging leaders
12:00noon: Lunch and keynote speaker: Scarlett Swerdlow
Scarlett Swerdlow directs advocacy and communications at Arts
Alliance Illinois, the statewide arts advocacy and service organization
promoting the value of the arts to all residents of Illinois. She’s
also a member of Americans for the Arts’ Emerging Leaders Council,
a national leadership council which identifies and cultivates the next
generation of arts leaders in America; she blogs about arts, community,
social media and other issues for AFTA's ArtsBlog. Click
here to read her latest blog on mentoring and what it means to her.
1:30pm: Panel discussion - Resources for the journey
People, organizations, networks and trends emerging leaders should know
about and connect with along the way
3:00pm: Update and discussion on the results of the November 2 election and what they mean for Wisconsin
4pm: Conference ends/Evening begins
Registration information: Registration for this day-long event is only $30, and includes all conference materials and refreshments during the day. Click here for online registration!
Updated 10-27-2010; keep checking back for more information.