emerging leaders in the arts

The 2006 Emerging Leaders AZ Creative Conversation “Do YOU Show Up?” will allow participants to discuss their organization and what activities are forthcoming in the 2006-2007 season.  Alliance for Audience will make a presentation about showup.com and the new showup now pass!  Please bring brochures and flyers on your organization and events, as well as business cards for networking.  For the 2006 Creative Conversation, there will be a raffle, prizes include show tickets, museum passes and a scholarship for the 2007 Southwest Arts Conference! For more information, go to www.azarts.gov/emergingleaders or email emergingleaders@azarts.gov.

For more information, please visit: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/emergingartsleaderscolorado

Meet at the Hirshhorn fountain at 11:45 a.m. for a private tour of Ways of Seeing: John Baldessari Explores the Collection with chief curator Kerry Broughter. Participants will tour this exhibit and then convene in another Smithsonian space for a brown bag lunch and discussion. This event is free of charge, but advance registration is required, and space is limited. Box lunch will be provided.
Metro: Smithsonian

This event is sponsored by the Fannie Mae Foundation.

This event is SOLD OUT.

Registrants should meet outside Flashpoint by 6:30 p.m. in time for Sol ySoul's 7:00 p.m. performance of The Other Side, the first spoken word theater piece produced under the direction of its new artistic director, Regie Cabico. The play brings Washington DC's most diverse poets, storytellers & theater artists entering into a reverse Washington, DC/ and out of a Washington, CD parallel universe. Its Lost meets The Twilight Zone. Gentrification & race fall through surreal spoken word, character monologues & neo-futurist two minute plays. This event is free of charge, but advance registration is required, and space is limited. Only registrants who are serious about attending the performance and staying for the post-production dialogue should sign up.
Metro: Metro Center (11th & G exit) or Gallery Place (9th & G Streets exit)

This event is sponsored by the Fannie Mae Foundation.

After a jam-packed month of creative conversations and arts-based experiences in the DC-area, Americans for the Arts will sponsor a creative conversation and reception.  Meet new and old colleagues, explore The Warehouse’s new exhibit, and participate in discussions about how local emerging arts leaders might gather to create a local network in the Washington, DC-area. This reception is free of charge, but advance registration is required.
Metro: Mt. Vernon Square (Green/Yellow Lines)

This event is sponosored by the Fannie Mae Foundation.

Participating speakers include:

Jennifer Calienes and Lindsay Meeks of the Maggie Allese National Center for Choreography

“Learning to Be an Arts Administrator” Panel

Participating speakers include:

• Jennifer Dwyer, Director of Marketing & PR, Horizon Theatre Company
• Sam Goldman Ph.D., Executive Director, Callanwolde Fine Arts Center
• Mollie Lakin-Hayes, Deputy Director, Southern Arts Federation
• Carolyn Morris, Executive Director, AlternateROOTS
• Dorian McDuffie, Public Art Division Project Supervisor, City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs