Conference Sessions

Monday

7:30 - 9:30 Breakfast service
8:00 - 9:00 Roundtables
9:00 - 9:30 Break
9:30 - 11:00 Opening Plenary
11:00 - 11:30 Break
11:30 - 1:15 Keynote/Lunch
1:15 - 1:45 Break

1:45 - 3:15

Sink or Swim Session 1: Professional Development in the Arts: A Lifeboat for Educators?
Organized by Moy Eng, performing arts program director, and Julie Fry, program officer, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
Hip Hop and Philanthropy
Organized by Sarah Latimer, trustee, Dallas Austin Foundation
Arts Evaluation and Practice: Answering the Important Questions
Organized by Janet Sarbaugh, senior program director, arts & culture program, the Heinz Endowments
New Media Art 101
Organized by Ruby Lerner, CEO and president, Creative Capital Foundation
Gen-X report
Organized by Greg Charleston, president, Arts Council of Indianapolis and Dave Lawrence, vice-president, Arts Council of Indianapolis
Robert Sterling Clark Foundation Report on Cultural Exchange and Cultural Diplomacy
Organized by Margaret Ayers, president, Robert Sterling Clark Foundation
Partnering in the South: The Merengue, Venture Capitalism and the Grassroots
Organized by Mollie Lakin-Hayes, deputy director, Southern Arts Federation
Successes and Failures of Leveraging Challenge Grants
Organized by John R. Killacky, program officer, arts and culture, The San Francisco Foundation
Understanding the Changing Arts Environment: An Economy in Recession
Organized by Marian Godfrey, Pew Charitable Trusts, and John E. McGuirk, James Irvine Foundation
Creativity Levers: A Framework for Investment in Neighborhood Change
Organized by Joan Shigekawa, associate director, Creativity and Culture, the Rockefeller Foundation
3:15 - 3:30 Break

3:30 - 5:45

Imagining America Reports: How New Demand for Civic Engagement Is Transforming Campus and Community
Organized by Dudley Cocke, trustee, The Bush Foundation
How a Partnership Transforms American Education Through the Arts
Organized by Susan McCalmont, executive director, Kirkpatrick Foundation and Jeanne Butler, consultant.
The Tales of Four Cities: Art as a Creative Strategy in Civic Systems & Process
Organized by Pam Korza, co-director, Animating Democracy, Americans for the Arts and Barbara Schaffer-Bacon, co-director, Animating Democracy, Americans for the Arts
Diverse Approaches to Achieving Diversity
Organized by Angie Kim, program officer, The Getty Foundation
Improving Arts Participation as a City-wide Endeavor
Organized by Catherine Fukushima, program officer, The Wallace Foundation
Funding Innovation in the Arts
Organized by John McGuirk, arts program director, The James Irvine Foundation
Discussion with Keynote Presenter
Gary Pomerantz
Who Defines Culture? Artists, Funders, the Marketplace?
Organized by Judi Jennings, executive director, Kentucky Foundation for Women and Tommer Peterson, deputy director for programs, Grantmakers in the Arts
Powerful & Possible! The Practical Realities of Art as a Vehicle for Building Community & Promoting Change
Organized by Janis Foster, executive director, Grasssroots Grantmakers
Art, Philanthropy and Social Change
Organized and presented by John Bare, vice president, The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation
5:45 - 6:30 Break
6:30 Dine arounds

Tuesday

7:30 - 9:30 Breakfast service

8:00 - 11:30

Corporate Grantmakers Institute
Sponsored by Bank of America
Organized by Beth Ree, Target Corporation
Harnessing the Power of Art as a Force for Change: The Art and Social Change Funders Working Group Strategic Planning Session
Organized by Claudine Brown, program director, arts and culture, the Nathan Cummmings Foundation

8:00 - 9:30

Sink or Swim Session 2: Extended School Day
Organized by Moy Eng, performing arts program director, and Julie Fry, program officer, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
New Foundation Leaders and the Arts
Organized by Janet Sarbaugh, senior program director, arts & culture program, the Heinz Endowments
Social Networking, Web 2.0, etc.: Building an Individual Online Presence
Organized by Josh Phillipson, program associate, The Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund
Getting Engaged: A National Disaster Mobilization Plan for the Arts Community
Organized by Cornelia Carey, executive director, Craft Emergency Relief Fund
Discussion with Keynote Presenter
Bruce Ferguson
What is—or can be—the role of community foundations in funding artists and arts related initiatives?
Organized by Daniel Kertzner, community philanthropy officer, Rhode Island Foundation
From Rust Belt to Artists Belt
Organized by Deena Epstein, senior program officer, George Gund Foundation
New Look Philanthropy: Models For the Next Generation of Givers
Organized by Kristen Madsen, senior vice-president, GRAMMY Foundation
9:30 - 10:00 Break

10:00 - 11:30

Hooked (A participatory session for knitters)
Organized by Hoong Lee Yee Krakauer, executive director, Queens Council on the Arts
It Takes A City: Surrounding Children With the Arts
Organized by Mary Trudel, senior communications officer, Wallace Foundation
Online Tools for Grantmakers and Artmakers
Organized by Vincent Stehle, Program director, nonprofit sector support, Surdna Foundation
Telling Your Own Story and Other Stories As Well
Organized by Lisa Cremin, director, Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund
GIA's Indigenous Resource Network Meeting
Organized by IRN co-chairs, Lori Pourier, president, First Peoples Fund, and Elizabeth Theobald Richards, program officer, Media, Arts and Culture, The Ford Foundation
Variations on a Theme: Achieving Diversity from the Inside Out
Organized by Barbara Saunders, program officer, The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation
The Creative Economy Sector: At Last, A Definition!
Organized by Rebecca Blunk, executive director, New England Foundation for the Arts
The Medium is the Message: Revisited
Organized by Jessica Chao, vice president, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors and Vanessa Whang, senior program consultant, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
OMG! Another Capital Campaign!
Organized by Peter Handler, program officer, The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
11:30 - 11:45 Break
11:45 - 1:30 Keynote/Lunch
1:30 - 1:45 Break

1:45 - 4:45
Offsite sessions

Will the Arts Be “Left Behind” in 2009?
Organzed by John Abodeely, manager, arts education, Americans for the Arts and Marete Wester, director of arts policy, Americans for the Arts
Site Visit to Tupac Shakur Foundation
Organized by Tene Traylor, program officer, Community Foundation of Greater Atlanta
Web 2.0 and Beyond
Organized and moderated by Helen Brunner, director, Media Democracy Fund
Going Green at the Office: Cutting Carbon and other Sustainable Practices for Foundations
Organized by Luis Davila, enhancing the field director, Environmental Grantmakers Association
New Solutions for Old Challenges
Organized by Veronique Le Melle, former Grantmakers in the Arts board member, and Bill Aguado, executive director, Bronx Council on the Arts
Discussion with Keynote Presenter
Samina Quraeshi
Arts & Cultural Centers as Anchor Institutions
Organized by Penelope L. McPhee, president and trustee, The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation and Virginia A. Hepner, board member, Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund
Is There Culture Beyond the Soaps on Wisteria Lane? Art in the 'Burbs: What's There, What's Not, and Why You Should Care
Organized by Lisa Cremin, director, Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund. Presented by Carolyn Bye, interim executive director, OutFront Minnesota.
Beyond Grants: Comprehensive Support for Individual Artists
Organized by Carolyn Somers, executive director, Joan Mitchell Foundation
4:45 - 5:15 Break
5:15 Buses depart for High Museum
6:15 - 7:30 Platform Session
7:30 Reception and Dinner

Wednesday

7:30 - 9:30 Breakfast service
8:00 - 9:00 Roundtables
9:00 - 9:30 Break

9:30 - 11:00

Sink or Swim Session 3: Integrating the Arts: A Bridge across Subject Areas
Organized by Moy Eng, performing arts program director, and Julie Fry, program officer, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Arm in Arm: Engaged Grantmaking in Local Communities
Organized by Susan Jenkins, Cherokee Preservation Foundation and Tommer Peterson, Grantmakers in the Arts
Crowdsourced Philanthropy
Organized by Lorenzo Lebrija, Miami program director, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Activating Cultural Consumers Through Technology
Organized by Mary Trudel, senior communications officer, Wallace Foundation
Mediaopoly !
Organized by Alyce Myatt, executive director, Grantmakers in Film + Electronic Media
Discussion with Keynote Presenter
Edgar Arceneaux
GIA Web Site, Reader, and Communications: A Members Forum
Organized and hosted by GIA Reader editors Frances Phillips, senior program officer, Walter and Elise Haas Fund, Anne Focke, executive director, Grantmakers in the Arts, and Tommer Peterson, deputy director for programs, Grantmakers in the Arts
Integrating Youth Development Principles with Arts and Culture
Organized by Sharnita Johnson, program officer, The Skillman Foundation
Engaging Artists to be Agents of Social Change
Organized by Cuong P. Hoang, director of programs, Mott Philanthropic
11:00 - 11:30 Break
11:30 - 1:15 Keynote/Lunch