May 2nd, 2017 8:45am - 4pm David L. Lawrence Convention Center #GPAC2017
Greater Pittsburgh Art Council’s mission is to expand the reach and impact of the region’s diverse and vibrant arts and culture community by providing leadership, advocacy, capacity building, and connections.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Joseph B. Smith, Chair Senior Vice President, Marketing, Dollar Bank
Dan Gilman Councilman District 8, City of Pittsburgh
Michael A. Wessell Esq., Executive Vice Chair Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellot LLC
Christopher Hahn General Director, Pittsburgh Opera
Kathleen Mulcahy, Vice Chair Artist and Co-Founder, Pittsburgh Glass Center
Katie R. Jacobs Litigation Attorney, Cohen & Grigsby, P.C.
Veronica Morgan-Lee, Secretary Associate Director, Hill Dance Academy Theatre
Tinsy Labrie Vice President of Tourism, Marketing, VisitPITTSBURGH
Victor Dozzi, Treasurer Partner, CrawfordEllenbogen
Ryan Lammie Executive Director, Radiant Hall Studios
Deborah Acklin President and CEO, WQED Multimedia
Clayton Merrell Professor of Art, School of Art, Carnegie Mellon University
Catena Bergevin Director of Development, Westmoreland Museum of American Art
Maureen Rolla Director of Strategic Initiatives, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh
Jonathan Berman CEO, Kextil
Jeff Smith Vice President of Real Estate Leasing and Development, Giant Eagle
Kareem Corbin Vice President, Small Group Sales, Client Management, Individual Markets, Highmark
Sandra Solomon President, Sandra Solomon Associates, Inc.
Tracy Edmunds Vice President of Arts Education, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
Mark Clayton Southers Founder and Producing Artistic Director, Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Company
Mariann Geyer Vice President for External Affairs, Point Park University
Mitch Swain CEO, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council
GREATER PITTSBURGH ARTS COUNCIL STAFF Mitch Swain CEO
Sue Mencher Director of Internal Systems
Lawrence Castner, Esq. Manager of Volunteer Services
Anne Mulgrave Manager of Grants & Accessibility
Juan José Fernández Administrative Assistant
Erin O’Neill Coordinator, Art on the Walls
Dek Ingraham Technology Projects Specialist
David Pankratz Research & Policy Director
anupama jain Equity and Inclusion Consultant, Pittsburgh Coalition for Racial Equity in the Arts
Jen Saffron Director of Communications
Christiane Leach Artist Relations Manager
Shaqui Scott Administrative Assistant
Kathy Mahoney Bookkeeper
Tiffany Wilhelm Deputy Director
OFFICE OF PUBLIC ART STAFF Kahmeela Friedson Project Assistant
Renee Piechocki Director, Office of Public Art
Rachel Klipa Manager of Community Engagement
Derek Reese Project Manager
Sallyann Kluz, AIA Associate Director
SCHEDULE 8:45
Networking and Continental Breakfast
9:15
Seating Begins
9:30-9:45
Welcoming Remarks Mitch Swain, CEO, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council Joseph B. Smith, Chair, Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, Board of Directors
9:45-10:45
Keynote Jen Cole, Executive Director, Metro Arts Nashville Commission Veronica Morgan-Lee, Associate Director, Hill Dance Academy Theatre Ayisha Morgan-Lee, Founder, CEO, and Artistic Director, Hill Dance Academy Theatre
11-12:15
Breakout Sessions I • Fundraising as Self-Determination: Crowdfunding, Individual Giving and Impact Investing • Disability Justice, Intersectional Feminism, and Race • Data, Stories, & Alternative Facts: Re-Calculating Arts Advocacy • Art, Activism, Technology and the Evolution of Social Justice Movements
12:15 - 1:15
Lunch Meet GPAC Affinity Groups, Peer Groups, and New Colleagues
1:30 - 2:45
Breakout Sessions II • When Funding Redistribution Becomes a Reality: Perspectives from Funders • Facing the Future of Arts Audience Development • Creative Survival Techniques for Artists • Strategy Session: How Can Arts and Culture Organizations Build Trust in Unsettling Times
3:00 - 4:00
Coming Together Report Out from Breakout Sessions
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: JEN COLE Jen Cole is the Executive Director of the Metro Nashville Arts Commission where she leads the city’s efforts in art, culture, and the creative economy. Nationally, Cole serves as a board member of Americans for the Arts (AFTA), chair of the U.S. Urban Arts Federation (USUAF), and is a member of the PolicyLink cohort on arts and cultural equity. She has served as grant reviewer for ArtPlace America and the National Endowment for the Arts, and delivers lectures and talks on the role of community transformation through the arts. In addition to her important work in the arts, Jen Cole is an active community leader in Nashville, TN.
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BREAKOUT SESSIONS Breakout I - 11am-12:15pm
Breakout II - 1:30pm - 2:45pm
Fundraising as Self-Determination: Crowdfunding, Individual Giving and Impact Investing Heather Kropf, musician; Mia Hooper, Attack Theatre; Kathleen Butera, Pittsburgh Opera; Adam Kenney, Bridgeway Capital Moderated by Luci Dabney, Program to Aid Citizen Enterprise Room 302 This panel features Pittsburgh-area leaders in new approaches to fundraising. Artists and organization leaders will learn how crowdfunding, individual giving, and impact investing can generate the risk capital necessary to help determine their future innovation and growth.
When Funding Redistribution Becomes a Reality: Perspectives from Funders Harris Ferris, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre; Richard Hudic, Allegheny Regional Asset District; Janet Sarbaugh, The Heinz Endowments; Joseph B. Smith, Dollar Bank; Mark Southers, Pittsburgh Playwrights Theatre Moderated by Jen Cole, Metro Nashville Arts Commission Room 303 Join us for this discussion of changing landscape that addresses new funder priorities and the important reasons why those shifts are happening, and how it affects general operating support, capital needs, projects, and artists/organizations that have been historically underfunded; are there new opportunities and what do we need to understand before pursuing them?
Disability Justice, Intersectional Feminism, and Race Dustin Gibson, Liana Maneese, The Good People’s Group Room 301 This session will provide a framework for critical thought around how disability justice can be a catalyst for a deeper understanding of building intersectional equity in the arts. We will challenge participants to process information through personal experience, institutional accountability and practice. Data, Stories, & Alternative Facts: Re-Calculating Arts Advocacy Majestic Lane, City of Pittsburgh; janera solomon, Kelly Strayhorn Theater; Mitch Swain, GPAC Moderated by David Pankratz, GPAC Room 303 The changing political environment will require arts advocates to create new strategies to exert influence on local, state, and federal policy-makers. Attendees will learn how new technologies, cross-issue partnerships, targeted research, story-telling, and grassroots organizing can help arts advocates achieve change in the future. Art, Activism, Technology and the Evolution of Social Justice Movements Jasiri X, 1Hood Media Room 304 This workshop explores how the use of art and technology has changed how social justice movements are born, as well as how activists engage, organize and incite change. As the three elements of art, technology, and social justice converge we are witnessing an unprecedented shift in modern day organizing. This workshop explores this phenomenon.
Facing the Future of Arts Audience Development Erin Perry, The Legacy Arts Project; James McNeel, City Theatre; Marc Fleming, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust; Amy Kline, ShowClix Moderated by Janis Burley Wilson, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Room 302 Results from recent arts participation studies are mixed, and arts and culture organizations must face demographic, social, and technological shifts, as well as new competition for leisure time and dollars. How will Pittsburgh-area organizations face these challenges to broaden, diversify, and deepen arts audiences? Creative Survival Techniques for Artists Caitlin Bruce, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh; Gabriel Colombo, filmmaker; Tuhin Das, City of Asylum; David Lachlan Marshall, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh; Hyla Willis, Robert Morris University Room 304 Artists keep making art, and art still matters, even as we’re faced with a continuously destabilized world. As creative professionals, how might we approach artistic practice during times of uncertainty? With art as our lens, join us for a panel discussion with humanities professionals as they unpack historical eras of unrest and provide examples of artists and movements who persevered, emerged, and grew out of chaotic times. Then, in a workshop format, join colleagues for discussion about approaches and techniques that we may take, now, to motivate artistic practice and response. Strategy Session: How Can Arts and Culture Organizations Build Trust in Unsettling Times Jeffrey Inscho, Carnegie Museum of Art; Divya Heffley, Hillman Photography Initiative, Carnegie Museum of Art; Corey Carrington, Society for Contemporary Craft; Joy KMT, Sanctuary Pittsburgh; Jackie Baker, Bricolage Production Company; Reg Douglas, City Theatre; Desiree Lee, Kelly Strayhorn Theater; Jeffrey Dorsey, Union Project Room 301 Let’s gather to discuss ways that Pittsburgh’s arts and culture organizations can be spaces of refuge. What does it look like to increase or adopt holistic practices and programming that builds trust and relevancy among the people in our communities?
FROM THE DIRECTORS Welcome to Future Tense, our new Annual Convening! We’re excited about this day – coming together for the express purpose of turning our attention to trending topics in the arts community with about 30 presenters, panelists, and speakers. This meeting is completely different than our annual meetings of the past – no awards, no jokes, no videos. The times are indeed changing, and uncertainty is around us. Challenging issues have come into focus with a new federal administration, and shifting support for arts and culture will undoubtedly impact us all. Rising to the occasion, our staff decided to host a different kind of annual meeting, a convening to bring us together for shared discussion, listening and learning from each other. Our goal is to find new approaches to longstanding issues in the arts community and build community strength. Morning and afternoon breakout sessions are organized around critical issues facing all of us: funding redistribution, audience development, data, advocacy, and activism. Today’s keynote speaker, Jen Cole, Executive Director of Metro Nashville Arts Commission, is a terrific colleague with vision and energy around important issues such as equity and community transformation through the arts. We hope you will find inspiration and knowledge today, and meet a new colleague over lunch, as well. The Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council exists to support you. We support thousands of creative workers in realizing our shared vision for an innovative, equitable, and flourishing arts and culture community; one that shapes our thriving region. Please join us as we build our arts community for the future – check out our programs and peer networks, and sign up to receive relevant information pertinent to your personal and organizational needs. We’d like to thank our sponsors for making this event happen – this is a day-long meeting with meals, meeting rooms and technology needs. Our sponsors made this meeting possible: Dollar Bank, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, Giant Eagle, 1Hood Media, Eckert Seamans Cherin and Mellott, LLC, Cohen & Grigsby, PC, CrawfordEllenbogen LLC. We also want to thank the staff of the David L. Lawrence Convention Center for their cooperation and care. Enjoy your time today!
Joseph B. Smith Board Chair
Mitch Swain CEO
PEER NETWORKS Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council convenes and facilitates artists and creative workers to share knowledge, exchange resources, and collaborate. Get involved - below are 9 peer networks based on job function, issues, and/or affinities, with contact info. Arts and Accessibility Peers Arts administrators who work on any aspect of accessibility are welcome to be a part of this network that meets quarterly to share updates, triumphs, and challenges. Contact Anne Mulgrave: amulgrave@pittsburghartscouncil.org
Audience Development Affinity Group This group is dedicated to increasing organizational capacity to collectively broaden, deepen, and diversify attendance at arts and culture events. Contact David Pankratz: dpankratz@pittsburghartscouncil.org
CreatorsMakersTeachers Network CreatorsMakersTeachers is a network of teaching artists, arts educators, program directors, and arts education advocates who meet for salons and professional development. This network is organized in collaboration between GPAC, PF/PCA and Gateway to the Arts, a division of the Cultural Trust. Contact Juan Fernandez: jfernandez@pittsburghartscouncil.org
Development Peers Network This group of arts and culture development professionals meets three to four times per year at various locations to discuss successes and challenges regarding individual fundraising, corporate giving, grantwriting, foundations, technology, trends, and more. Contact Tiffany Wilhelm: twilhelm@pittsburghartscouncil.org
PEAL: Pittsburgh Emerging Arts Leaders Network PEAL is open to arts leaders and administrators, with a focus on people who have less than 10 years of experience working in the arts. PEAL’s goal is to strengthen Pittsburgh’s cultural workforce by connecting emerging arts managers with skill-building and leadership development resources through networking, mentoring discussions, and resources. Contact Clare Drobot: cdrobot@citytheatrecompany.org or Seth Laidlaw: laidlaw@trustarts.org
Pittsburgh Arts Research Committee PARC, an advisory committee coordinated by GPAC, include research-oriented representatives from the arts and culture community, private and public funders, academia, research providers, consultants, and arts service organizations. Contact: David Pankratz dpankratz@pittsburghartscouncil.org
Pittsburgh Coalition for Racial Equity in the Arts The Coalition explores issues of diversity, inclusion, power-sharing, justice, and equity in the arts. Quarterly meetings and an active Facebook group allow for sharing and learning.
Contact: anupama jain: ajain@pittsburghartscouncil.org Online at https://www.facebook.com/groups/pghartscoalition/
Policy, Advocacy & Partnering This policy-based, community-informed advocacy group is focused on issues of racial equity, accessibility, individual artists, and small/mid-size arts organizations. To help implement the agenda, this group works pro-actively to propose and endorse legislation arts advocates can enthusiastically take action to support. Contact David Pankratz: dpankratz@pittsburghartscouncil.org
Research, Evaluation, & Data Usage (REDU) This affinity group will explore how local arts leaders can use data tools for decision-making, establish organization-wide evaluative cultures, conduct scenario-based planning, and participate in research on equity and collective impacts. All participants welcome. Contact David Pankratz: dpankratz@pittsburghartscouncil.org
GPAC PROGRAM AREAS Advocacy The Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council serves as the leading voice of arts and culture in our region. You can locate your elected officials, learn how to become an advocate, and catch up on the latest news and headlines with the potential to impact the arts and culture sector on our website. Contact David Pankratz for more information: dpankratz@pittsburghartscouncil.org. Artist Relations Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council supports artists through professional training, grants, networking, one-on-one consulting and discounts. Follow us on Twitter @PGHArtsCouncil and like our Facebook page to learn more about immediate opportunities. Contact Christiane Leach, cleach@pittsburghartscouncil.org. Business and Legal Services Business Volunteers for the Arts (BVA) supports arts and culture organizations with low-cost and pro bono professional consulting that helps individuals and organizations work smarter, more effectively, and sustainably. Through Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (VLA), attorneys provide pro bono legal assistance to low income artists and nonprofits to support their arts-related legal needs. Contact Larry Castner: lcastner@pittsburghartscouncil.org. Events and Workshops GPAC offers about 75 events a year, including workshops, happy hours, salons, opening receptions for exhibits, tours, and opportunities for artists and creatives to get together and learn, share, and lift our community. Grow professionally, network, and enjoy the arts and learn more about marketing, public art, finance, cultural policy, intellectual property, and much more. Check the Events tab on our website, www.pittsburghartscouncil.org.
Grants Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council offers grants to Artists, Arts Projects, and Accessibility programs. For guidelines, eligibility, applications, and deadlines, please visit http://www.pittsburghartscouncil.org/ programs/grants. Contact Anne Mulgrave, Manager of Grants and Accessibility: amulgrave@pittsburghartscouncil.org. Accessibility and Equity Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council is committed to increasing access to the arts for patrons, volunteers, employees, and artists with disabilities. GPAC strives to engage and support everyone in the arts around complex issues of racial equity through conversations and opportunities for learning, research, understanding, and discussion. Contact Anne Mulgrave: amulgrave@pittsburghartscouncil.org and online at https://www.facebook.com/groups/pghartscoalition. Research Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council conducts, releases, and monitors research as part of our continued efforts to inform decision makers, voters, and cultural workers about current trends and data regarding the arts. Check out research resources and publications on our website and contact David Pankratz: dpankratz@pittsburghartscouncil.org. Audience Development Expand your reach to new arts patrons! GPAC members can tap into big data needed to develop robust arts audiences with the Audience Builder Co-op (ABC), a warehouse of patron data from over 477,000 unique households in our region. Artsburgh, the online calendar of arts events, helps you promote your amazing art, too at www.artsburgh.org. Contact Dek Ingraham: ringraham@pittsburghartscouncil.org.
GET INVOLVED, STAY INFORMED Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council exists to support the work of talented and creative people and organizations who make the arts a vital component of everyday life for our region. Below are a few ways to stay connected and informed, and to support a thriving arts community: Connect Like GPAC’s Facebook page, follow us on Twitter and Instagram and stay informed of the latest news and opportunities in the arts! @PGHArtsCouncil. You can also sign up to receive our bi-monthly enewsletter, here: http:// www.pittsburghartscouncil.org/get-involved and follow The Arts Blog on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Community Voices section, online. Membership (formerly called Donate/Join) All members of the arts community are invited to become a member of Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council and enjoy benefits such as discounts to workshops and for art and office supplies, business and legal assistance, insurance, advocacy, and more. All are welcome - there is a category for everyone. Please visit http://www.pittsburghartscouncil.org/membership for more information. Sponsorship and Support If arts and culture enhances your life, support us! Make a tax-deductible donation, today! Donate safely either online on our website (giant, green donate button on the front page) or in the envelope of today’s program thank you!
Share your Professional Expertise If you are a lawyer or business professional, you can share your unique skills through our Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts and Business Volunteers for the Arts programs and help artists and nonprofits get the technical assistance they need. Contact Larry Castner at lcastner@pittsburghartscouncil.org Advocate Fired up about recent attacks on the arts? Sign up to receive advocacy alerts and stay informed about important issues so that we can respond as a community. Contact David Pankratz to participate in legislative visits and to learn more: dpankratz@pittsburghartscouncil.org Become a Partner or Sponsor Corporate, foundation and government partners make much of our work possible. To learn more about how your organization can partner with GPAC to strengthen Pittsburgh’s arts and culture sector contact Mitch Swain, CEO, mswain@pittsburghartscouncil.org.
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