Conference Sessions

Details are also available for the Tuesday and Wednesday morning Roundtables

Monday

8:00 - 9:30 Opening Plenary
9:30 - 10:00 Break
10:00 - 11:30 Discussion Salons
11:30 - noon Break
noon - 1:30 Luncheon Plenary
1:30 - 2:00 Break

2:00 - 3:30

Community Health and the Participatory Arts: Crucial Issues and Opportunities
Key Biscayne B
Organized by Maria Rosario Jackson, senior advisor to the arts and culture program, The Kresge Foundation; Amy Kitchener, executive director, Alliance for California Traditional Arts
ArtPlace: A Collaborative Approach to Creative Placemaking
Key Biscayne A
Organized by Carol Coletta, director, ArtPlace; Tatiana Hernandez, arts program associate, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
The Art of Investing in Immigrant Hubs
Rivo Alto
Organized by Hoong Yee Lee Krakauer, executive director, Queens Council on the Arts; F. Javier Torres, senior program officer, The Boston Foundation; San San Wong, senior program officer in the arts, Barr Foundation
Improved Final Reports: Collecting Grantee Stories While Developing Evaluative Capacity
Hibiscus
Organized by Sofia Klatzker, director of grants and professional development, Los Angeles County Arts Commission
Supporting the Development of Your Creative Entrepreneurs, or Doing Business As....
Palm
Organized by Nichole Hickey, artists services coordinator, Cultural Council of Palm Beach County; James Shermer, grants administrator, Broward County Cultural Division
What the Numbers Are Telling Us: Fiscal Trends in the Performing Arts Sector
Star
Organized by Teresa Eyring, executive director, Theatre Communications Group
Global Cultural Exchange/Local Arts Value: Models for Cultural Exchange Programs and Support
Bayshore
Organized by Olga Garay, executive director, City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs; Marete Wester, director of arts policy, Americans for the Arts
Arts Education Funders Coalition: A Report on GIA's Federal Education Advocacy
San Marino
Organized by Grantmakers in the Arts
GIA Support for Individual Artists Research Project
Fisher B
Organized by Tommer Peterson, deputy director, Grantmakers in the Arts
3:30 - 4:00 Break

4:00 - 5:30

The Perfect Grantmaker
Palm
Organized by Esther Grimm, executive director 3Arts
SmARTBiz: Increasing Awareness Among Businesses of the Importance of Arts and Culture
Key Biscayne A
Organized by Rena Blades, president & CEO, Cultural Council of Palm Beach County, Inc.; Jan Rodusky, director of grants, Cultural Council of Palm Beach County, Inc.
A New Lens on The Competitive Environment for the Arts
Hibiscus
Organized by Randy Cohen, vice president of research and policy, Americans for the Arts
Fusing Arts, Culture and Social Change: Update and Action Steps
La Gorce
Organized by Judi Jennings, executive director, Kentucky Foundation for Women; Ron Ragin, program officer, performing arts, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation; F. Javier Torres, senior program officer, The Boston Foundation
An Ideas Contest: Lessons from the Knight Arts Challenge Miami
San Marino
Organized by Adrian Ellis, director, AEA Consulting; Mayur Patel, VP/strategy & assessment, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation; Dennis Scholl, VP/arts, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Arts & Health: New Momentum for Artists and Communities
Key Biscayne B
Organized by Rohit Burman, executive director, Europe, Africa and Middle East Programs, M•A•C AIDS Fund
Arts Education Coalitions and Partnerships: Strange Bedfellows, Positive Results
Star
Organized by Grantmakers in the Arts
Conversations on Capitalization: Moving from Theory to Practice
Rivo Alto
Organized by Grantmakers in the Arts
Valuing Nonprofit Talent and Leadership in the Arts
Bayshore
Organized by Ken Cole, associate director, National Guild for Community Arts Education; Teresa Eyring, executive director, Theatre Communications Group; Cheryl Green Rosario, director, philanthropy, American Express
6:30 Dine-arounds

Tuesday

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

9:30 - 11:00

Co-Generate: Now
San Marino
Organized by Roberto Bedoya, executive director, Tucson Pima Arts Council
Collective Impact and the Arts: A Dispatch from Cincinnati
Key Biscayne A
Organized by Ian David Moss, research director, Fractured Atlas; Victor Kuo, senior consultant, FSG; Mary McCullough-Hudson, president & CEO, ArtsWave
Are We Making a Difference? Evaluating the Impact of Arts and Social Justice Projects
Bayshore
Organized by Judi Jennings, executive director, Kentucky Foundation for Women; Maurine Knighton, senior vice president and program director, arts & culture, Nathan Cummings Foundation; Lynn Stern, senior program officer, Thriving Cultures, Surdna Foundation
What Real Change Looks Like: Diverse Expression and Philanthropic Cultural Competency
Hibiscus
Organized by Jonathon Freeman, program director, Seventh Generation Fund for Indian Development; Ted Russell, senior program officer, The James Irvine Foundation
Connecting the Dots: The Creation of the Dayton Performing Arts Alliance
Rivo Alto
Organized by Paul Helfrich, president & CEO, Dayton Performing Arts Alliance; David Ramey, president, Strategic Leadership Associates, Inc.; Barbra Stonerock, director of community relations, The Dayton Foundation
Strength in Numbers: How National Data Can Build the Local Case for the Arts
Palm
Organized by Tom Kaiden, president, Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance
Game Changer
Key Biscayne B
Organized by Jim Bildner, senior research fellow and adjunct lecturer in public policy, Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations, Harvard University; Dennis Scholl, VP/arts, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
Letting Off STEAM: A Debate about STEM and Where the Arts Fit into the Equation
Star
Organized by Matty Sterenchock, program officer, The Herb Alpert Foundation
Art & Democracy: The Effects of the 2012 Election on the Arts
Fisher B
Organized by Grantmakers in the Arts
11:30 - 12:45 Luncheon Plenary
12:45 - 2:00 Break

2:00 - 5:30 (Offsite Sessions)

Space is limited at offsite sessions, so a ticket is re­quired. Tickets will be avail­able at the reg­is­tration desk beginning at 7:00 am on Tuesday mor­ning. If the tickets for a session are all gone, you will know that it is full and can make another choice.

Buses for offsite sessions will depart from the main entrance of the hotel at 2:00 pm on Tuesday.
Naturally Occurring Cultural Districts: Creating Equitable, Livable Communities through Grassroots Cultural Programs
Organized by Caron Atlas, director, Arts & Democracy Project; Melanie Cohn, executive director, Council on the Arts and Humanities for Staten Island; Michael Spring, director, Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs; Edwin Torres, associate director, The Rockefeller Foundation
Engaging Adolescents
Organized by Ken Cole, associate director, National Guild for Community Arts Education
Community Engagement: Artists and Funders Working Together to Meet the Challenges
Organized by Barbara Schaffer Bacon, co-director, Animating Democracy, Americans for the Arts; Pam Korza, co-director, Animating Democracy, Americans for the Arts; Alyson Pou, professional development program director, Creative Capital
Capitalization through a Cultural Equity Lens
Organized by Ron Ragin, program officer, performing arts, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation; Tere Romo, program officer, arts, The San Francisco Foundation; San San Wong, senior program officer in the arts, Barr Foundation
Immigrant Artists, Culture and Community Health
Organized by Amy Kitchener, executive director, Alliance for California Traditional Arts; Russell Rodriguez, program manager, Alliance for California Traditional Arts
Historic Preservation, Street Art and Community Building: A Tour of the Wynwood Arts District
Organized by Sunny Fischer, executive director, The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation; Peter Handler, program director, The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation; Jorge Hernandez, architect, professor, University of Miami School of Architecture, vice chair, National Trust for Historic Preservation
6:30 Buses Depart for Reception at Wolfsonian Museum

Wednesday

8:00 - 9:00 Breakfast Roundtables

9:30 - 11:00

New Methods of Philanthropy and Supporting Creative Practice: LINC as a Case Study
Key Biscayne B
Organized by Candace Jackson, managing director, LINC; Regina R. Smith, senior program officer, arts & culture, The Kresge Foundation
Crescendo Cultural: Next Generation Latino Arts Leaders
Rivo Alto
Organized by F. Javier Torres, senior program officer, The Boston Foundation
Presenting the Arts in Online Performances
Key Biscayne A
Organized by Cheryl Ikemiya, senior program officer for the arts, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Arts and Climate Change
Palm
Organized by Edwin Torres, associate director, The Rockefeller Foundation
Technology, Data, and Metrics: Emerging Tools and Practices in Asset Measurement
Bayshore
Organized by Kim Cook, manager, Nonprofit Finance Fund
Strengthening Evidence of the Arts' Impact on Health and Healing
La Gorce
Organized by Sunil Iyengar, director, research & analysis, National Endowment for the Arts
Advocating for Equitable Access to Arts Education for Students in Poverty
San Marino
Organized by Laura Zucker, executive director, Los Angeles Arts Commission
Set in Stone: Building America's New Generation of Arts Facilities, 1994-2008
Hibiscus
Organized by Grantmakers in the Arts
“Understanding and Undoing Racism” and Its Effect on Grantmaking
Star
Organized by Grantmakers in the Arts
11:00 - 11:30 Break
11:30 - 1:30 Closing Brunch Plenary