SC Arts Commission Participation Initiative
Statewide Arts Participation Initiative Seminar
What is the Statewide Arts Participation Initiative?
The Statewide Arts Participation Initiative Seminar is a two-day learning experience focused on strategic planning to help organizations, artists and independent arts programmers build audiences, creators and stewards. The Participation Model, which anchors the workshop curriculum, focuses on arts participants’ perceptions and experiences, as well as the benefits and barriers they encounter.
Individual artists, arts programmers and arts organization representatives are encouraged to attend these learning sessions, which will be facilitated by arts leader Eric D'Alessandro of the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
These gatherings will include time for attendees to consider participation issues particular to their mission and as well as time to workshop ideas for participation projects with other arts leaders, facilitators and artists.
Dates and Times
| April 5, 2007 | Day I: Assessment & Setting Goals 9:30am-4:30pm |
| April 23, 2007 | Day II: Implementation & Evaluation; Peer exchange of
Ideas 9:30am-4:30pm |
Location
Breed Leadership Center
Columbia College
1301 Columbia College Drive
Columbia, SC 29201
Directions
Goals
The two-day seminar is intended to meet the following goals:
- Create a common vocabulary and knowledge of participation concepts for those working in the arts field
- Help arts organizations, artists and arts programmers develop relevant, realistic goals and successful strategies for building participation
- Explore methods for measuring participation over time
Topics
- Planning and goal-setting
- Assessing your audience
- Designing cultural participation strategies
- Integrating marketing and audience development
- Building capacity
- Documentation and evaluation
Facilitator
Eric D’Alessandro is program coordinator for Massachusetts Cultural Council’s Organizational Support Program, where he coordinates grants and service projects in the discipline areas of media arts, arts presenters, arts and culture service organizations, museums, and multidisciplinary organizations. Eric has more than ten years of arts administration experience in theaters and theater service organizations and teaches fundraising at Boston University and Northeastern. Eric holds a B.S. in Speech Communication from Syracuse University and an M.A. in Performing Arts Administration from New York University.
With support from the Wallace Foundation and in partnership with the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the South Carolina Arts Commission is offering this two-day seminar free of charge. Also, lunch and materials for the seminar will be provided to those who register and return the form by March 21, 2007.
The seminar is free, but pre-registration is required.
IMPORTANT NOTE: This is a two-day seminar. We encourage organizations, artists and arts programmers interested in this work to bring an associate to the seminar.
Special thanks to Columbia College and the Breed Leadership Center for use of its space.
Learn more about the Statewide Arts Participation initiative, including the introductory workshops in February, and the participation initiative grant.