“I came away with
a wealth ofinformation and tools to immediately put into practice back home.”
—Janelle Mair, Nuveen Community Center for the Arts
- Parc 55 Hotel, San Francisco, CA, November 3 – 6, 2010
- REGISTRATION
Pre-Conference Institutes
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
This year's Pre-Conference Institutes include:
A to Z Grantwriting Institute (9:30am - 4:30pm)
Arts in Education Partnership Institute (9:00am - 5:00pm)
Creative Aging/Lifelong Learning Institute (9:30am - 4:30pm)
A to Z Grantwriting Institute
Wednesday, Nov. 3, 9:30am - 4:30pm
Through the A to Z Grantwriting Institute, you’ll gain the skills, resources, and tools needed to diversify and expand your organization’s funding base. Renowned grantwriting trainer Linda Vallejo will present a simple and proven system for securing funding from government, foundation, corporate and individual donors. Come learn the basics of how to:
- Research and organize “good match” potential funders
- Organize a successful grantwriting campaign submitting ongoing proposals to a diverse list of “good match” potential funders
- Develop positive working relationships with potential funders who care about the issue for which you are working to raise funds
- Organize and maintain a development office and development team
- Establish relationships and work successfully with collaborating partners
- Consolidate a complete grant proposal package including need statement, measurable objectives, evaluation and budgets
Here’s what community arts education leaders who attended Linda’s presentation at the 2007 Conference for Community Arts Education had to say:
"This was the best grant workshop out of the 30+ I have attended over the last 25 years."
"Superb. Linda is a dynamo! She has provided fantastic tools and presented everything clearly and effectively. I’m inspired to write grants— imagine that!"
All participants will receive a detailed A to Z Grantwriting Manual. So join us at the A to Z Grantwriting Institute and leave with a new, refreshed “can do” attitude toward grantwriting!
Registration includes morning coffee and a mid-afternoon snack.
Arts in Education Partnership Institute
Planning and Building Successful Partnerships between Community Arts Education Organizations
and K-12 Schools
Sponsored by MetLife Foundation
Wednesday, Nov. 3, 9:00am - 5:30pm
True partnerships, characterized by mutual understanding and commitment, collaborative planning, and shared responsibility and accountability, have powerful, long-term effects on students, faculty, institutions and communities. The Partners in Excellence Institute will provide you the tools and training needed to launch or further develop successful arts education partnerships with K-12 schools.
The Institute is designed to bring together multiple partnership stakeholders—executive and program directors, teaching artists, public school administrators, classroom teachers, parents and others—who want to advance their practice of partnership and collaboration. Through facilitated discussions, practice using planning and assessment tools, and examination of structural issues, all grounded in case studies, we will work together to understand what makes partnerships between community-based arts education organizations and public schools effective over time.
We will begin by exploring the benefits and challenges of arts education collaborations, defining and examining the characteristics of effective and sustainable partnerships, and discussing issues with a leader of a highly successful partnership. We then will examine the management skills necessary for establishing and sustaining effective partnerships, practice applying new tools and techniques, and begin developing personal action plans.
Institute participants will:
- Explore the benefits and challenges of arts education partnerships
- Learn the characteristics of effective, sustainable partnerships
- Discover the best approaches to developing a structure that will ensure sustainability of a partnership
- Understand common partnership challenges and learn methods of overcoming them
- Practice using tools for ongoing planning and evaluation of partnerships
- Increase skills and confidence in developing new partnerships or increasing the effectiveness of existing ones
- Work with experts and peers to address your particular partnership challenges.
As a result of your participation, you will gain tools, resources and know-how needed to launch new partnerships, deepen existing ones, and weather storms over the long term.
Registration includes morning coffee and a mid-afternoon snack.
Faculty:
Beth Vogel, Director, Partners in Arts Education Institute, National Guild
Joyce Bonomini, Director, The Marcia P. Hoffman Performing Arts Institute
Creative Aging Lifelong Learning Institute
Presented by the National Center for Creative Aging
Sponsored by MetLife Foundation, NAMM Foundation, and the National Guild
Wednesday, Nov. 3, 9:30am - 4:30pm
Presented by the National Center for Creative Aging, this Institute will provide presentations on research, theory and practice to support sustainable development of lifelong learning programs in the arts for older people.
A keynote presentation will be given by Michael Patterson, founder of mindRAMP & Associates, LLC, who will explore the research around later life learning and creativity in terms of brain fitness. Susan Perlstein, founder of Elders Share the Arts and the National Center for Creative Aging, will provide an overview of theory and best practices around arts education for older adults using life review and reminiscence.
This interactive session also will feature model program presentations by Maria Genné,artistic and executive director of Kairos Dance; Jeff Chapline, administrative and artistic director of Center for Elders and Youth in the Arts; and Stuart Kandell, executive director, Stagebridge.
Lunch will be provided featuring performance by Stagebridge introduced by Wayne Cook, arts program specialist of the California Arts Council.
A hands-on workshop will be led on program development by experts from the Stanford Nonprofit Management Institute, Civic Ventures, and representative family care giving and aging services providers.
Afternoon small group working sessions will focus on business planning, marketing, resource development and faculty training including evidence based program design. The day will conclude with a funders’ forum including private foundations and governmental agencies.
To register for this Institute please visit the National Center for Creative Aging's website. Please note that scholarships are available through the National Center for Creative Aging. Continuing Education Credit for social work can be secured for an extra fee. Attendees will receive “A Stage for Memory” Booklet.
Faculty:
Jeff Chapline, Administrative and Artistic Director, Center for Elders and Youth in the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Maria Genné, Artistic and Executive Director, Kairos Dance, Minneapolis, MN
Stuart Kandell, Executive Director, Stagebridge, Oakland, CA
Michael Patterson, Founder, mindRAMP & Associates, LLC, Silver Spring, MD
Susan Perlstein, Founder & Director of Special Projects, National Center for Creative Aging, Washington, DC