Dear Friends of the Arts!

Please join the California Arts Council and California Arts Advocates for our first linked statewide conferences! We've tied our events together, hoping that many of you will attend both days.

On Tuesday, March 4th, the California Arts Council's conference theme is "The Future - What's Next?" Speakers will lead us through presentations and round-table discussions - from state and national perspectives - through the lens of changing demographics, cultural diversity, arts education, audiences, media, etc. We greatly appreciate that Target is sponsoring our conference.

On Wednesday, March 5th, the California Arts Advocates will train us to be better advocates-to tell our stories more effectively-and lead us to meetings that very afternoon with our legislative representatives.

We look forward to "meaty" discussions, imaginative ideas and solutions - and to seeing friends from all over our great state!



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Please join the California Arts Council, members of arts organizations, educators, your government, foundations, and arts stakeholders in addressing the rapidly-changing FUTURE and WHAT'S NEXT? for the arts. Our speakers will lead us through presentations and round table discussions-from state and national perspectives -through the lens of changing demographics, cultural diversity, arts education, audiences, media, etc. Our day begins with Derek Woodgate (Futurist and President of The Futures Lab), a world-renowned conference speaker, panelist and commentator on the future. Other speakers include: Jonathan Katz (Director of the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies), Dr. Tomás Ybarra-Frausto (Educator, Author, and former Associate Director for Creativity & Culture at the Rockefeller Foundation), Richard J. Deasy (Director of the Arts Education Partnership, Washington, D.C.), and Joseph Hayes (Research Associate, Public Policy Institute of California). - Senator Jack Scott and Assemblymember Betty Karnette will receive awards of appreciation for their strong support of the arts.

The conference will be held at Sacramento's Memorial Auditorium - 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Check-in and Continental breakfast : 8:30 a.m.

     



California Arts Advocates Arts Advocacy Day! Take advantage of this opportunity with arts stakeholders and legislators from across the state to celebrate California’s first arts advocacy day at the State Capitol. 

Following the California Arts Council’s Arts Conference (March 4) is the California Arts Advocates reception for lawmakers and their arts constituents at 1201 K Street, 15th Floor, downtown Sacramento, from 5:00pm to 6:30pm. Space is limited.

The Arts Advocacy Day training session is Wednesday, March 5 at the Sacramento Theatre Company (1419 H Street, just four blocks from the Capitol) from 8:30am to Noon, followed by meetings with state legislators and staff at the State Capitol. Find out how local, state, and federal experts intersect and work together to advocate for the arts before city councils, county boards, school boards, state legislators, and the U.S. Congress. Learn about pertinent trends and data resonating with law makers, as we prepare you for meetings at the Capitol from 1pm to 4pm.




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