NAAO (National Association of Artists’ Organizations) invites arts organization staff, their board of directors and individual artists to attend the upcoming national conference.
Dates: April 26, 27, 28, 29 2007 Held primarily at the Japanese American Community and Cultural Center in downtown Los Angeles, with a performance at REDCAT, and a Company Picnic at Plaza de la Raza. Held primarily at the Japanese American Community and in downtown , with a performance at REDCAT, and a Company Picnic at Plaza de la Raza.
We chose Vital Signs: creative and healthy communities as the title for this event. Not only is this event about health issues, but about healthy organizations in all ways. See the NAAO Website at www.naao.net for conference schedule and registration information.
Read on for a glimpse into their programming:
See the NAAO Website at www.naao.net for conference schedule and registration information.
To give you a glimpse into the programming:
Friday’s events will include workshops and discussions about nuts and bolts issues such as fundraising, presenting yourself, legal issues and the things you need to keep or get healthy.
On Saturday, Panels on starting a Professional Practices program, Health Issues in the Arts, The State of the Arts in the US, Making Movies as if FilmMakers Mattered, NYFA source and other web site demos and a mock panel for artists will get us started.
The afternoon and Sunday morning we will have a series of Affinity Group discussions that get organizations interested and working on similar topics to get together and share resources and perhaps long term collaboration. They include: Artists’ Bill of Rights Affinity Group, Civic Dialog and Engagement Affinity Group, Arts Education for All Ages Affinity Group, Best Practices for Organizations Affinity Group, Creative Aging Affinity Group, Gender Issues and Feminism and the Arts Affinity Group, Health and the Arts Affinity Group, Immigration and Cultures Affinity Group, Legal Issues and the Arts Affinity Group, New Trends in Funding Affinity Group, Disability Challenges and the Arts Affinity Group, Technology and the Arts Affinity Group.
