One of the most important issues in the global arts and creative economy world these days is the awareness that “attention must be paid” to the next generation of arts leaders. The arts world is changing, as the world is changing, and the forces that are shaping emerging leaders today and into the future are very different from those in the past.

Arts Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Arts Board, with our national partner Americans for the Arts, are paying close attention. Our statewide organizations have started to connect with Wisconsin’s emerging arts leaders, to delve into issues, provide services to address them, and help these talented individuals lead into the future.

The Wisconsin Emerging Arts Leaders Summit, to be held on Friday, October 12, at a new art gallery in Madison, is one of the ways we’re doing that.

The Summit is presented by Arts Wisconsin, Foundation on Retaining Creative Energy (FoRCE) and the Wisconsin Arts Board, at the new Forza Gallery, 825 East Johnson Street, near downtown Madison.

The Summit is a chance for new arts leaders to connect-learn-share-listen-enjoy-and make a difference (and, after all that…go out on the town with colleagues and friends for a social/arts night out!).

This day-long convo for emerging arts leaders from throughout the state will help increase leadership skills, learn about exciting new ideas and useful resources, and grow the statewide network of next generation arts leaders.

The Summit is part of a national movement and conversation about the arts as part of October’s National Arts and Humanities Month.

If you are an emerging leader…or want to be part of this world…you should be at this meeting! Click here for all the info, and to sign up.