Conference Sessions
Monday |
| 8:00 - 9:30 Breakfast Plenary |
| 9:30 - 10:00 Break |
10:00 - 11:30 |
| A Thousand Points of Light: The Trajectory of an Art Work Emerald Room, Main Galeria Organized by Esther Grisham Grimm, Executive Director, 3Arts; and Sacha Yanow, Director, Art Matters Foundation. |
| Along the Capitalization Spectrum Athenian, Mezzanine Level Organized by Katie Steger, Senior Program Associate, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. |
| Artful Aging: How the Arts Are Transforming Aging Cordoban, Mezzanine Level Organized by Teresa Bonner, Program Director, Vitality + Arts, Aroha Philanthropies. |
| Chasing Equity: 50 States on the Map, 10 States In Motion Bernard's, off Rendezvous Court Organized by Narric Rome, Vice President for Government Affairs and Arts Education, Americans for the Arts. |
| The Courage to Engage Roman, Mezzanine Level Organized by June Wilson, Executive Director, Quixote Foundation. |
| Cultural Equity and Public Funding Tiffany Room, Main Galeria Organized by Anh Thang Dao-Shah, ACLS Public Fellow, Policy and Evaluation, San Francisco Arts Commission; and Edwin Torres, Deputy Commissioner, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs. |
| Funding Overhead: Full Cost Recovery for Nonprofits Mediterranean, Mezzanine Level Organized by Belen Vargas, Vice President, Programs, Weingart Foundation. |
| Leveraging Pop Culture to Change the World Gold Room, Main Galeria Organized by Maurine Knighton, Senior Vice President, Grantmaking, Nathan Cummings Foundation. |
| Take It to the Bank Corinthian, Mezzanine Level Organized by Jamie Bennett, Executive Director, ArtPlace America; Judilee Reed, Director, Thriving Cultures, Surdna Foundation; and Regina R. Smith, Interim Managing Director, Arts and Culture, The Kresge Foundation. |
| Technical Assistance and Capacity Building: What Works and How Do We Know It? Heinsbergen Room, South Galeria Organized by Bronwyn Mauldin, Research & Evaluation Manager, LA County Arts Commission. |
| 11:30 - 12:00 Break |
| 12:00 - 1:30 Luncheon Plenary |
| 1:30 - 2:00 Break |
2:00 - 3:15 |
| Building Cash Reserves in Arts Organizations Heinsbergen Room, South Galeria Organized by James E. Herr, Program Officer, California Community Foundation. |
| Community Innovation Labs: A Radical New Approach to Addressing Complex Social Challenges with the Arts Emerald Room, Main Galeria Organized by Richard Evans, President, EmcArts Inc. |
| Does Research on the Arts Matter?: Rigor and Relevance Roman, Mezzanine Level Organized by Cate Fox, Program Officer, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. |
| Environmental Sustainability: How are Arts Funders Engaging? Cordoban, Mezzanine Level Organized by Grantmakers in the Arts. |
| Evaluation Test Kitchen: Cooking Up Frameworks to Assess Aesthetics and Social Outcomes Bernard's, off Rendezvous Court Organized by Pam Korza, Co-Director, Animating Democracy, Americans for the Arts; and Barbara Schaffer Bacon, Co-Director, Animating Democracy, Americans for the Arts. |
| The Evolution of a Leadership Fellows Program Tiffany Room, Main Galeria Organized by Scott Stoner, Vice President, Programs and Resources, Association of Performing Arts Presenters. |
| Innovating from within the Institution: Building Statewide Coalitions for Arts Education Athenian, Mezzanine Level Organized by Shelly Gilbride, Arts Education Program Specialist, California Arts Council. |
| One is the Loneliest Number: Exploring Collaboration in Professional Development for Individual Artists Corinthian, Mezzanine Level Organized by Maria Villafranca, Director of Communications, New York Foundation for the Arts. |
| What’s Human Capital Got to Do, Got to Do with It? Gold Room, Main Galeria Organized by Angelique Power, Program Director, Culture, The Joyce Foundation. |
| 3:15 - 3:45 Break |
3:45 - 4:45 |
| Arts + STEM Collaborative Roman, Mezzanine Level Organized by Vanessa Smith, Community Investor, Boeing. |
| Creative Minnesota: Arts Research in Action Athenian, Mezzanine Level Organized by Arleta Little, Arts Program Officer, McKnight Foundation. |
| Grantmaking and the Crowd: Risks, Rewards, and Impact Cordoban, Mezzanine Level Organized by Vanessa Silberman, Senior Director of Communications & Strategic Initiatives, The Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation. |
| Hybrid and Collaborative Capitalization: An Approach for Small and Midsized Arts Organizations Corinthian, Mezzanine Level Organized by Lisa Cremin, Director, Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund, The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta. |
| New Models for Developing the Creative Workforce for 21st Century Creative Industries Mediterranean, Mezzanine Level Organized by Suzanne Connor, Senior Program Officer, The Chicago Community Trust; Denise Grande, Director of Arts Education, Los Angeles County Arts Commission; and Tracie Hall, Deputy Commissioner | Arts and Creative Industries, City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. |
| People of Color and Arts Giving: A 360 Degree View Gold Room, Main Galeria Organized by Josephine Ramirez, Arts Program Director, The James Irvine Foundation; and John Kobara, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, California Community Foundation. |
| Planting the Seed: Cultivating Cultural Networks Through Community Supported Art Heinsbergen Room, South Galeria Organized by Rebecca Chan, Program Officer, Robert W. Deutsch Foundation. |
| Sustaining Our Communities’ Well-Being: The Arts to the Rescue Emerald Room, Main Galeria Organized by Zeyba Rahman, Senior Program Officer, Building Bridges Program, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art. |
| Toward a Common Field: Funding Regional and National Networks Tiffany Room, Main Galeria Organized by Rachel Bers, Program Director, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; and James Bewley, Senior Program Officer, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. |
| 6:30 No-Host Dine-Arounds |
Tuesday |
| 8:00 - 9:30 Breakfast Plenary |
| 9:30 - 10:00 Break |
10:00 - 11:30 |
| Accessibility is a Human Right: Celebrating Arts Access and the 25th Anniversary of the ADA Tiffany Room, Main Galeria Organized by Anne Mulgrave, Manager of Grants and Accessibility, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council. |
| Building Collective Capital: A Funders Collaborative Approach to Capitalization Bernard's, off Rendezvous Court Organized by Tere Romo, Program Officer, Arts & Culture Program, San Francisco Foundation. |
| Creative Placemaking: A Learning Agenda Gold Room, Main Galeria Organized by Jamie Hand, Director of Research Strategies, ArtPlace America; and Regina R. Smith, Interim Managing Director, Arts and Culture, The Kresge Foundation. |
| Cultural Policy and Local Arts Agencies: At the Nexus of Cultural, Economic, and Community Development Corinthian, Mezzanine Level Organized by Kerry Adams Hapner, Director of Cultural Affairs, Deputy Director of Economic Development, City of San Jose; and Randy Engstrom, Director, Seattle Office of Arts & Culture. |
| The Current State of Arts and Cultural Advocacy Athenian, Mezzanine Level Organized by Kerry McCarthy, Senior Program Officer, Arts & Historic Preservation, The New York Community Trust; and San San Wong, Senior Program Officer, Arts & Culture, Barr Foundation. |
| Developing the Domestic Bond in Cultural Exchange Heinsbergen Room, South Galeria Organized by Michael Orlove, Director of Presenting & Multidisciplinary Works, Artist Communities and International Activities, National Endowment for the Arts. |
| Equity and Demographic Data: A Question-Centered Approach for the Future Roman, Mezzanine Level Organized by Arin Sullivan, Director of Programs & Client Services, Cultural Data Project; and Beth Tuttle, President and CEO, Cultural Data Project. |
| Funder, Transform Thyself Emerald Room, Main Galeria Organized by Justin Laing, Senior Program Officer, The Heinz Endowments. |
| The Long and Winding Roads in Boston, Chicago, and Los Angeles Cordoban, Mezzanine Level Organized by Denise Grande, Director of Arts Education, Los Angeles County Arts Commission; Marinell Rousmaniere, Senior Vice President, EdVestors; and Sydney Sidwell, Associate Director, Ingenuity. |
| 11:30 - 12:00 Break |
| 12:00 - 1:30 Luncheon Plenary |
| 1:30 - 2:00 Break |
2:00 - 4:30 (Off-site Sessions) |
Space is limited at off-site sessions, so a ticket is required. Tickets will be available at the registration desk beginning at 7:30 am on Tuesday morning. If the tickets for a given session are gone, you will know that it is filled and can make another choice. Departure from hotel will be at 2:00 pm. |
| Artists and Designers Working with Equitable Development Goals in Mind Japanese American Cultural & Community Center Organized by Jessica Garz, Program Officer, Surdna Foundation. |
| Arts and Culture in Boyle Heights: Building Healthy Communities Boyle Heights Arts Conservatory Organized by Amy Kitchener, Executive Director, Alliance for California Traditional Arts; and Maria Rosario Jackson, board member and project advisor, Alliance for California Traditional Arts. |
| Digital Media for Arts Grantmakers California Community Foundation Organized by David Haas, Vice President, Wyncote Foundation. |
| Game Changers: Creative Community Planning Gold Room, Millennium Biltmore Hotel Organized by F. Javier Torres, Director of National Grantmaking, ArtPlace America. |
| Orchestras as Social Change Agents Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA) Organized by Ken Cole, Vice President, Learning & Leadership Development, League of American Orchestras. |
| Take Me to the River: Supporting Environmental Artists The Frog Spot on the Los Angeles River Organized by Caitlin Strokosch, Executive Director, Alliance of Artists Communities. |
| 5:00 Shuttles begin to depart for The Broad Museum and The Museum of Contemporary Art |