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2020

February 19-20
FLORIDA
Hillsborough County Arts Council
IDEAs in Action Series
Presentation
Engage for Success (2/19)
Workshop
Engagement: Making It Real (2/20)

2019

MAY 21-24
PERTH, AUSTRALIA
Showcase, Circuit West

  • What’s It All About?

  • Engagement: Making It Real

  • Engagement: Bringing It Home (Workshop)

JUNE 5-7
SANTIAGO, CHILE
II Seminar of Cultural Management GAM

  • Engage for Success

  • Engagement: Making It Real (Workshop)

October 30
NEW YORK
Albany Institute of History and Art
Keynote: Community Engagement Committee Kick-Off
”Arts and Communities: Better Together”

 

2018

MARCH 24
WISCONSIN
Intersections Summit
Panel Presentation: "Pathways to Effective Community Engagement" with Kyle Gray, The Santa Fe Opera & Dwayne Hartford and Steve Martin, Childsplay

 

2017

JANUARY 13-14
FLORIDA
Center for Creative Education; Community Redevelopment Agency: West Palm Beach: Cultural Council of Palm Beach County
The Arts: Activating Communities
• Presentation: "The Arts and Communities: Better Together"
• Presentation: "The Arts and Education: A Pathway to Healthier Communities"
• Workshop: "Engaging for Success"
City, State, Postal Code

MARCH 20
NORTH CAROLINA
Arts and Science Council (Charlotte): Engage Now! Professional development workshop, part of the Catalyst for Cultural Equity program

MAY 1-2
CALIFORNIA
New California Arts Fund Cohort Meeting (Sausalito): The Path to Indispenability

MAY 3-4
TENNESSEE
Community Residency (Memphis)
Sponsored by The Assisi Foundation

SEPTEMBER 8-9
WASHINGTON
Arts Community Workshop (ArtsFund Seattle): Becoming Indispensable
Board Leadership Training (ArtsFund Seattle): Toward Indispensability


2016

MARCH 14; MARCH 28
OHIO
ArtsWave (Cincinnati): Engagement–Making It Real professional development workshops

MARCH 21; APRIL 14; MAY 2
NORTH CAROLINA Arts and Science Council (Charlotte): Engage Now! Professional development workshop, part of the Catalyst for Cultural Equity program
ASC & Queens University: Making the Arts Indispensable–presentation and book signing
United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County/Raleigh Arts Commission: Making the Arts Indispensable–presentation and book signing
Arts and Science Council (Charlotte): Artists as Entrepreneurs [Application]

JUNE 9
TENNESSEE
Tennessee Arts Commission Conference (Murfreesboro)
Plenary Session: Making the Arts Indispensable
Workshop: Artists and Community Engagement–New Thinking Yields New Options

SEPTEMBER 13-14
NORTH CAROLINA
Cross-Currents: Art + Learning (Winston-Salem)
Facilitator: How We Learn
Presentation: Building Arts Infrastructures

2015

MARCH 26
MISSOURI
Audience (Re)Volution Convening (Theatre Communications Group) [Kansas City]
Panelist: The Ethics of Engagement

APRIL 23-24
COLORADO
Change Leaders Conference (Ft. Collins, CO): Keynote–Community Engagement: Myths, Motivations and Means
Creative Districts Convening: Odd Couplings–The Challenges of Cross-Sectoral Collaborations
Colorado Creative Industries Summit: Workshop–Create Community Connections (with Maryo Gard Ewell)

JUNE 4-5
NEVADA
Nevada Arts Council Conference (Reno): Keynote-Making the Arts Indispensable
Workshop: Engagement-Making It Real (with Maryo Gard Ewell)

JUNE 13
ILLINOIS
Americans for the Arts Convention (Chicago)
Book Signing: Engage Now! A Guide to Making the Arts Indispensable

UNE 16-18
NEW MEXICO
Arts and Cultural District Planning (Gallup)
Arts and Cultural Districts Semi-Annual Meeting (Raton)

AUGUST 29
NORTH CAROLINA
The Light Factory: Consultancy (Charlotte)

SEPTEMBER 29
VIRGINIA
Morning Workshop: Myths, Motivations, and Means (Arlington, Alexandria)
Evening Lecture: Introduction to Engagement (George Mason University)

OCTOBER 9
TENNESEE
Grant Panel Training: Introduction to Engagement (ArtsMemphis)
Public Presentation: Introduction to Engagement (ArtsMemphis)

OCTOBER 19
ONTARIO
Engagement Essentials: Course Module Centennial College (Toronto)

2014

FEBRUARY 27
NORTH CAROLINA
Arts & Science Council (Charlotte-Mecklenburg)
Keynote & Discussion: Developing Sustainable "Mission Models" in the Arts

MARCH 3
NEW YORK
SUNY Purchase

MARCH 28-30
BANFF, ALBERTA
Keynote: Making the Arts Indispensable

APRIL 23
NORTH CAROLINA
Arts & Science Council (Charlotte-Mecklenburg)
Engagement: Making It Real

APRIL 30-MAY 1
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
Change Leaders Pre-conference
Mainstreaming Engagement–Putting Communities at the Center of Our Work
Mountain West Arts Conference
Keynote: Stop Rearranging Deck Chairs–Building Sustainable ‘Mission Models’ for the Arts
Workshop: Matter by Mattering–Becoming a Vital Community Resource

JUNE 4
WASHINGTON
League of American Orchestras Conference
The Changing Role of Education and Community Engagement

JUNE 13-14
NASHVILLE
Americans for the Arts
What Does It Take for Agencies to Stay Relevant in a Changing Community? (Panel)
Expert Roundtable

OCTOBER 6
OREGON
Central Oregon Arts Summit–Exploring Connections
Keynote: Arts and Communities Together (Again)

NOVEMBER 12-14
NEW MEXICO
Building Creative Communities (Santa Fe)
Keynote: The Arts and Communities: Better Together

NOVEMBER 17
SOUTH CAROLINA
The Arts and Communities: Better Together

DECEMBER 4-5
MISSOURI
Community Engagement: Myths, Motivations, Means
Engagement: Making It Real
Organizational Consultancy

2013

JANUARY 22-23
ONTARIO
Ontario Dances (sponsored by the Ontario Arts Council and the Department of Canadian Heritage: Toronto)
Workshop: "Mainstreaming Engagement"
Workshop: "Artists and Community Engagement: New Thinking Yields New Options"
Keynote Speech: The Arts Build Communities

FEBRUARY 1
TEXAS
State of the Arts: Strategies for Success (Texas Commission on the Arts & Texans for the Arts: Austin)
Keynote Speech: "Engaging for Success"
Workshop: "Mainstreaming Engagement"

FEBRUARY 9
NORTH CAROLINA
Southern Entrepreneurship in the Arts Conference (Greensboro)
Workshop: "Artists and Community Engagement: New Thinking Yields New Options"

MARCH 7
LOUISIANA
Arts Council of New Orleans–Workshop: "Artists and Community Engagement: New Thinking Yields New Options"
March 9
Association of Arts Administration Educators Panel: Teaching Community Engagement

FEBRUARY 21; MARCH 4; MARCH 14
NORTH CAROLINA
ArtsNC Regional Arts Summits: "Building Communities, Not Audiences"

MARCH 12
WISCONSIN
Madison-Arts Day Preconference Workshop: "Mainstreaming Engagement"

MARCH 18
NORTH CAROLINA
Arts Council of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County: Mainstreaming Engagement

MARCH 25-28
OHIO
Culture Works
ArtsWave

APRIL 7
WASHINGTON D.C.
American University Emerging Arts Leaders Symposium: Audience Engagement/Community Engagement

APRIL 9
NORTH CAROLINA
Raleigh-Arts Day 2013 (Arts NC): "Building Communities, Not Audiences"

APRIL 19
FLORIDA
Ft. Lauderdale-Broward County Cultural Division/ArtServe: "Mainstreaming Engagement"
Individual organizational consultations

APRIL 24
MICHIGAN
Detroit-CultureSource Annual Conference
Keynote Speech: Engaging for Success
Workshop: Engaging the Third Rail

JUNE 2
BEIJING, CHINA
China Conservatory of Music
Keynote Speech: Building Communities, Not Audiences

2012

SEPTEMBER 14
MICHIGAN
Midwest Arts Conference Workshop (Joint Conference of Arts Midwest and the Mid-America Arts Alliance): "Building Communities, Not Audiences"
Johnson Center for Philanthropy Workshop: "Engaging for Success"

SEPTEMBER 27
NORTH CAROLINA
Arts Council of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County: "Building Communities, Not Audiences" Panel and Book Signing

OCTOBER 1-2
VIRGINIA
Sweet Briar College: Residency

OCTOBER 4
WASHINGTON D.C.
National Assembly of State Arts Agencies Community Development Peer Group: "Beyond Placemaking"

OCTOBER 9
WISCONSIN
Robert E. Gard Foundation/Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters (Madison): Book signing

OCTOBER 10
INDIANA
Tippecanoe Arts Federation (Lafayette)-Bravo for the Arts: "Arts Build Communities"

NOVEMBER 11-12
NORTH CAROLINA
NAMP Conference Roundtable (Charlotte): "Systemic Approaches to Community Engagement"
NAMP Book signing (8:30 a.m. !)

NOVEMBER 15-16
ILLINOIS
Oak Park Library:" Mainstreaming Engagement"WTVP Studios (Peoria): "Mainstreaming Engagement"