Conference Sessions
Sunday |
| 8:00 - 9:30 Breakfast Plenary |
| 9:30 - 10:00 Break |
10:00 - 11:30 |
| Advancing Solutions to Critical City Challenges through Public Art Duluth Organized by Anita Contini, Program Lead, Arts, Bloomberg Philanthropies. |
| Arts Education Assessment and Grantee Capacity Building for the Greater Good Richard A Organized by Wendy Liscow, Education Program Director, The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation. |
| Building Financial Equity in Arts Organizations LaSalle B Organized by Glyn Northington, Special Initiatives Director, Nonprofits Assistance Fund. |
| Cracking the Readiness Code: What It Means for ALAANA Organizations Cadillac B Organized by Sharnita Johnson, Program Director, The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation. |
| Creating a New Framework for Arts and Culture in Rural America Nicolet A Organized by Susan DuPlessis, Program Director, South Carolina Arts Commission. |
| Creating Funding Opportunities for Artists with Disabilities Marquette A Organized by Beth Bienvenu, Accessibility Director, National Endowment for the Arts. |
| Creative Forces: Arts Therapies in Military Healing Arts Cadillac A Organized by Marete Wester, Senior Director of Arts Policy, Americans for the Arts. |
| Creative Placemaking From the Community Up Nicolet B Organized by Sharon LaRue, Executive Director, Kentucky Foundation for Women. |
| Desegregating the American Dream: Storytelling and Social Change Marquette B Organized by Elizabeth Méndez Berry, Director, Voice, Creativity and Culture, The Nathan Cummings Foundation. |
| Remaking Arts and Culture Strategies in Response to New Realities LaSalle A Organized by Regina Smith, Managing Director, Arts and Culture, The Kresge Foundation. |
| Way Beyond Programming: Sustainably Engaging Diverse Audiences Richard B Organized by Stephanie Brown, Program Officer, The James Irvine Foundation. |
| 11:30 - 12:00 Break |
| 12:00 - 1:30 Luncheon Plenary |
| 1:30 - 2:00 Break |
2:00 - 3:15 |
| Addressing Disasters in 4-D: The Arts Field’s Readiness Toolkit LaSalle B Organized by Mollie Quinlan-Hayes, Deputy Director and Accessibility Coordinator, South Arts. |
| Arts in Medicine: Research and Practice at University of Florida Health Marquette A Organized by Grantmakers in the Arts. |
| AZ Creative Aging: Building Field Infrastructure via Multisector Investment Cadillac A Organized by Alex Nelson, Senior Director of Grants and Programs, Arizona Commission on the Arts. |
| Building Intercultural Leadership Nicolet B Organized by María López De León, President & CEO, National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures. |
| Capitalizing Small Cultural Organizations in Pittsburgh: A Pilot Funding Collaborative Richard B Organized by Janet Sarbaugh, Vice President, Creativity, The Heinz Endowments. |
| Co-Creating Theater Online and Off (or IRL) Duluth Organized by Amanda Thompson, Program Officer, Arts, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. |
| Engaging Communities for Equitable Access to High-Quality Arts Education Nicolet A Organized by Michelle Boss Barba, Program Officer for Arts & Culture, The Oregon Community Foundation. |
| Holding Ourselves Accountable Marquette B Organized by Margaret M. Lioi, CEO, Chamber Music America. |
| Mapping Our Assumptions Richard A Organized by Emilya Cachapero, Director of Artistic and International Programs, Theatre Communications Group; and Moira Brennan, Executive Director, The MAP Fund, Inc. |
| Racial Equity in Grantmaking for Individual Artists Cadillac B Organized by Brian McGuigan, Program Director, Artist Trust. |
| Research, Engagement, and Cultural Planning: A New York Story LaSalle A Organized by Jessica Garz, Program Officer, Thriving Cultures, Surdna Foundation; and Kerry McCarthy, Program Director - Thriving Communities, The New York Community Trust. |
| 3:15 - 3:45 Break |
3:45 - 4:45 |
| Assessing Impact and Measuring What Matters Richard B Organized by Heather Pontonio, Art Program Director, Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation. |
| Co-Design + Collaboration + Creativity = Strengthened Arts Sector Nicolet A Organized by Paul Ternes, Program Officer, Peter Kiewit Foundation. |
| Cultural Equity, Institutional Power, and Whiteness: A Complex Intersection LaSalle A Organized by Marian Godfrey, Cultural Advisor and Donor, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation. |
| Detroit Storytelling Cadillac B Organized by Margaret Morton, Program Officer, Ford Foundation. |
| Expansion Arts: Capacity Building and Leadership Development in Emerging/Small ALAANA Organizations Nicolet B Organized by Daniel Kertzner, Senior Philanthropic Advisor, Rhode Island Foundation. |
| Measuring Youth Arts Impact Marquette B Organized by Ruth Mercado-Zizzo, Arts Expansion Director, EdVestors. |
| Out of the Rabbit Hole: Demystifying the Journey of Impact Assessment Duluth Organized by Vanessa Silberman, Senior Director of Communications & Strategic Initiatives, Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation. |
| Recalculating the Formula for Success: New Research on Formulaic Funding LaSalle B Organized by Grantmakers in the Arts. |
| The Indigenous Arts Ecology and Cross-Sector Data Cadillac A Organized by Lori Pourier, President, First Peoples Fund. |
| 6:30 No-Host Dine-Arounds |
Monday |
| 8:00 - 9:30 Breakfast Plenary |
| 9:30 - 10:00 Break |
10:00 - 11:30 |
| Arts & the Civic Agenda: A Case Study of Innovation Richard A Organized by Michael Norris, Vice President of External Relations, Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance. |
| Arts and Social Change: A New Framework for Assessing Aesthetics Cadillac B Organized by Lulani Arquette, President/CEO, Native Arts and Cultures Foundation. |
| Building Cultural Equity: A Tale of Two Cities Marquette B Organized by Ryan Deal, Vice President, Cultural & Community Investment, Arts & Science Council of Charlotte-Mecklenburg. |
| How Can Anchor Cultural Institutions Make Maximum Impact? Cadillac A Organized by Susan Feder, Program Officer, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. |
| Investing in ALAANA Cultural Organizations: Reflections from the Community Leadership Project Nicolet B Organized by Amy Kitchener, Executive Director, Alliance for California Traditional Arts. |
| Leadership Development: Investing in Change-Makers LaSalle A Organized by Caitlin Strokosch, President & CEO, National Performance Network / Visual Artists Network. |
| Leveraging Grantmaker Priorities With State & Local Elected Officials Richard B Organized by Narric Rome, Vice President of Government Affairs, Americans for the Arts. |
| Movements That Matter: How Data-driven Strategies are Building Communities LaSalle B Organized by San San Wong, Senior Program Officer, Barr Foundation. |
| Perspectives in Place-Based Arts Engagement Nicolet A Organized by Sigal Hemy, Program Officer, Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation; and Jodee Raines, Vice President of Programs, Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation. |
| Teaching Artistry: From Fragmentation to Unity Duluth Organized by Jessica Mele, Program Officer, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. |
| 11:30 - 12:00 Break |
| 12:00 - 1:30 Luncheon Plenary |
| 1:30 - 2:00 Break |
2:00 - 5:00 (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 7:30am on Monday morning. If the tickets for a given session are gone, you will know that it is filled and can make another choice. |
| ‘Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make me a Match:’ Lessons Learned from Cross Sector Research Partnerships Detroit Center for Design + Technology Organized by Jamie Hand, Director of Research Strategies, ArtPlace America. |
| Arts and Juvenile Justice: Structuring Better Outcomes for Detained Youth Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit Organized by Frances Phillips, Program Director, Arts and the Creative Work Fund, Walter & Elise Haas Fund. |
| Grassroots Organizing: The Impact of Neighborhood Art Movements Artist Village Organized by Christina deRoos, Director, Kresge Arts in Detroit; and Ryan Myers-Johnson, Assistant Director, Kresge Arts in Detroit. |
| Leveraging the Power of Arts, Culture and Design for Community & Urban Development in America’s Cities N’Namdi Center for Contemporary Art Organized by Michelle D. Johnson, Program Officer, The Kresge Foundation. |
| Storytelling Now: Media Artists Empowering People to Tell and Share Their Stories Ponyride Organized by David Haas, Vice Chair, Wyncote Foundation. |
| The Arts Approach to Building Connections between Muslim and Non-Muslim Communities: Creative Solutions from the Field Duluth Organized by Cheryl Ikemiya, Senior Program Officer for the Arts, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation; Maurine Knighton, Program Director for the Arts, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation; and Zeyba Rahman, Senior Program Officer, Building Bridges Program, Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art. |
| 5:15 Shuttles begin to depart from the hotel for the Detroit Institute of Art |