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Featured Sessions

Arts & Economic Prosperity III
Friday, June 1, 2007
12:00 p.m.–1:15 p.m.

Americans for the Arts rolls out its new study of the economic impact of nonprofit arts organizations and their audiences in this special lunch session.  Arts & Economic Prosperity III demonstrates statistically that the arts are an industry—one that supports jobs, generates government revenue, and is the cornerstone of tourism.  You will hear from distinguished national leaders in business, government, and philanthropy, who will talk about the importance of the arts to our economic and community development.  Summaries of the reports will be distributed and you will learn how to make this most potent case for arts support work for you.

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The Arts Landscape in America—Environmental Scan Workshops

• Friday, June 1, 2007
  3:30–5:00 p.m.
• Saturday, June 2, 2007
  10:00–11:30 a.m.
• Sunday, June 3, 2007
  3:30–5:00 p.m.

Over the coming months, we will ask you to participate in our environmental scan of the arts landscape in America. We want to hear how your communities are going to change in the next five years, what challenges you are going to confront, and how Americans for the Arts can shape programming and services to best equip you to face that future. In addition to survey work, our partner in this process, AMS Planning & Research, will interview arts, philanthropic, and civic leaders; funders; and citizen members to capture a comprehensive picture of the future of the arts; their analysis will help us develop a new strategic plan for Americans for the Arts. Join AMS Planning & Research in Las Vegas when they will summarize what they hear and provide an opportunity to discuss their research findings—it’s your chance to provide direct feedback to AMS before they finalize their recommendations to Americans for the Arts. Join us!

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This joint session with the Private-Sector and Arts Education tracks will feature an interview with Sir Ken Robinson followed by a panel of respondents on the relationship between arts education and workforce development. Exploring this theme will allow for a comprehensive discussion of the central role the arts can play in helping to create a workforce capable of achieving corporate and citizenship objectives. The forum will conclude with a dynamic working-session in which participants will begin to craft a policy statement on the value of the arts in the entire human lifecycle.

This forum is presented as part of the MetLife Foundation National Arts Forum Series. The 2007 forum series is taking place in 20 cities nationwide and investigates themes related to the arts and workforce development, a topic that allows for an exploration of the central role the arts can play in creating a workforce capable of achieving corporate and citizenship objectives. The series is made possible through the generous support of MetLife Foundation.

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Public Art Year in Review
Sunday, June 3, 2007
10:00 a.m.–11:15 a.m.

The Public Art Year in Review celebrates the most successful, innovative, and exciting public art projects in the United States. Each year, the Public Art Network of Americans for the Arts requests and collects entries from visual artists nationally and invites two accomplished arts professionals to review and select projects to be included. Past curators include Mary Miss and Robert Rindler (2006), Donald Lipski and Sherry Kafka Wagner (2005), Ellen Driscoll and Glenn Harper (2004), Patricia Phillips and Henry Sayre (2003), Nancy Princenthal and Benito Huerta (2002), and Harriet F. Senie and Jack Becker (2001).