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leadership track
Public Art Innovator: Edgar Heap of Birds
Thursday, June 18, 2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
The art of Hock E Aye VI Edgar Heap of Birds includes public art messages, drawings, paintings, prints, works in glass, and sculpture. The work of Heap of Birds was chosen by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian for the U.S. Pavilion at the 52nd Venice Biennale. He received his M.F.A. from Tyler School of Art, his B.A. from the University of Kansas, and was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Heap of Birds teaches Native American Studies at the University of Oklahoma and has received grants and awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Lila Wallace Foundation, the Pew Charitable Trust, and the Andy Warhol Foundation.
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Diverse Cultures Innovator: Luis J. Rodriguez
Thursday, June 18, 4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
With 10 nationally published books in memoir, fiction, nonfiction, children’s literature, and poetry, Luis J. Rodriguez has emerged as one of the leading Chicano writers in the country. Luis’s poetry has won a Poetry Center Book Award, a PEN Josephine Miles Literary Award, and Foreword magazine’s Silver Book Award, among others. His two children’s books have won a Patterson Young Adult Book Award, two Skipping Stones Honor Awards, and a Parent’s Choice Book Award, among others. His novel, Music of the Mill, was published in spring 2005 by Rayo/HarperCollins; his poetry collection, My Nature is Hunger: New & Selected Poems, 1989–2004, was released in fall 2005 from Curbstone Press/Rattle Edition.
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Wing Luke Asian Museum: The Leading Edge of Community Cultural Development
Thursday, June 18, 4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.
The Wing Luke Asian Museum is recognized within the field as a model of community arts programming and engagement for their long-term commitment to exploring issues related to the culture, art, and history of Asian-Pacific Americans. Through presentations and interaction with staff members, artists, and community members from the museum, participants will learn about and experience the museum’s approach to community sustainability through its exhibition and program models.
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Building Participation in the Arts as a Citywide Endeavor
Thursday, June 18, 2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
Investigate the benefits of public/private philanthropic strategies that focus on engaging more people in the arts as a citywide effort. Senior program officers from The Wallace Foundation will describe how the foundation’s Excellence Awards learning networks foster cultural participation and will discuss promising early outcomes. Representatives of three of Wallace’s city partners will share networking strategies, lessons learned, and the long-term outlook for this approach to arts engagement.
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- Catherine Fukushima, Senior Program Officer, The Wallace Foundation
- Julie Hawkins, Vice President of Public Policy, Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance
- John Killacky, Program Officer, Arts and Culture, The San Francisco Foundation
- Rory MacPherson, Senior Program Officer, The Wallace Foundation
- Mary Trudel, Senior Communications Officer, The Wallace Foundation
- Kris Tucker, Executive Director, Washington State Arts Commission
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National Arts Policy Roundtable: Arts & Civic Engagement Policies and Actions
Thursday, June 18, 2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
The Americans for the Arts 2008 National Arts Policy Roundtable at Sundance brought together 29 high-level leaders to discuss policies that support civic engagement and the arts and encourage this work locally for strengthening 21st-century communities. This session will present the Roundtable's recommendations. A panel of leading grantmakers will respond to the recommendations and open a dialogue about potential impacts and opportunities for the field.
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Civic Engagement Innovator: Jawole Willa Jo Zollar and Maria Bauman
Saturday, June 20, 1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Jawole Willa Jo Zollar is founder and artistic director of Urban Bush Women, a woman-centered dance company that brings to light untold histories and stories of disenfranchised people through dance. Zollar is renowned as a pioneering artist and educator of community-based practice in dance. Through performance and residencies, UBW taps the power of dance to encourage social responsibility. Zollar received a 2008 fellowship from USArtists, a Bessie Award for her work dedicated to African-American dance pioneer Pearl Primus, and the Martin Luther King Distinguished Service Award from Florida State University where she is the Nancy Smith Fichter Professor in Dance.
Zollar is joined by Maria Bauman, long-time company member who coordinates UBW’s extensive community engagement and education projects. Bauman is a choreographer, performer and dance teacher and is currently working on a piece inspired by many facets of the Sean Bell tragedy.
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Principals’ Leadership on a Shoestring
Saturday, June 20, 1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
With a minimal cash infusion, how can a community partner help schools to include arts instruction in their curricula? Presenters from the Principals' Arts Leadership program will tell how they gathered teachers, parents, and partners to build more time, more training, and more funds for the arts. What makes this program a success? This model will illuminate ways to spark change in your community, despite competing interests and scarce dollars.
Presenters:
- Susan Arbury, Principal , Southwood Elementary, Enumclaw, WA
- Claudia Bach, Principal, AdvisArts
- Erin Guest, Program Manager, ArtsEd Washington
- Una McAlinden, Executive Director, ArtsEd Washington (WAAE)
- Doug Poage, Principal , Carnation Elementary, Carnation, WA
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Economic Development Innovator: Jon Hawkes
Saturday, June 20, 3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Jon Hawkes is an artist and the author of The Fourth Pillar of Sustainability: Culture’s Essential Role in Public Planning, published by the Cultural Development Network in Australia. His framework places cultural vitality on par with social equity, environmental responsibility, and economic viability as the critical foci of community development. Hawkes is Director of Community Music Victoria, a nonprofit, membership-based association that supports, promotes, and facilitates music-making in communities across the Australian state of Victoria. Hawkes has been affiliated with the Australian Centre of the International Theatre Institute, the Australia Council’s Community Arts Board, Circus Oz, and the Australian Performing Group.
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Evaluating Civic Impact: Lessons from St. Louis and Beyond
Saturday, June 20, 3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
The St. Louis Regional Arts Commission will share its 10-year impact report on Community Arts Training (CAT), a program that fosters partnerships among artists, social workers, and community activists. Learn about the CAT report’s research methods and findings, and hear about new tools and research from Animating Democracy’s Arts and Civic Engagement Impact Initiative.
Presenters:
- Barbara Schaffer Bacon, Animating Democracy Co-Director, Americans for the Arts
- Con Christeson, Artist, Peter & Paul Community Services
- William Cleveland, Director, Center for the Study of Art and Community
- Shelley Goebl-Parker, Assistant Professor, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
- Pam Korza, Animating Democracy Co-Director, Americans for the Arts
- Roseann Weiss, Director of Community Art & Public Art Programs , St. Louis Regional Arts Commission
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for the Arts programs and services, please contact us by e-mail
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