Rural Arts and Culture Summit
ACHF Arts Access
Artists and arts organizations build relationships with members of, or organizations that serve, groups that have traditionally been underserved by the arts or by the applicant organization. Anecdotal responses, contacts made, relationships built, ideas generated.
I attended the Regional Arts Council Summit and was very pleased with the quality of the conference. There were so many choices, that it would have been nice to have slightly shorter sessions with the chance to attend more sessions. I suppose that is a good sign - that you want to attend more sessions! This year, for the first time, one of the Dawson Boyd Arts Association Board members attended and it was exciting to have another person whose frame of reference was our organization. Best takeaways: When an organization is considering a new project, sit with someone outside of the organization and have them ask the question Why?" over and over until you get to the bare bones description of the project. This will result in a description of the outcome - and will prevent "mission drift." "Find creative ways to make people, organizations and places interact organically."