Emerging Arts Leaders DC June 2012 Newsletter
Emerging Arts Leaders DC
May 31, 2012
Volume 3, Issue 6
UPCOMING EVENTS
First Friday Lunch
Friday, June 1, 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.
1720 I Street NW Washington, DC
Nearest Metro: Farragut West (orange and blue lines) or Farragut North (red line)
Join us for our monthly networking lunch, hosted by Liz Miller, Manager of VSA Artist Services, The Kennedy Center.
Reserve your spot here: http://ealdcffljune1.eventbrite.com/
Local Faces: D.C.'s Local and National Art Scene
Tuesday, June 12, 6:30 p.m.
Corcoran Gallery of Art Auditorium
500 17th Street NW, Washington, DC (main entrance is located on 17th Street between New York Avenue and E Street NW)
Nearest Metro: Farragut West (orange and blue lines) or Farragut North (red line)
In a city where so much attention is focused on the large-scale tourist attractions, what special challenges do local arts organizations and artists face? This panel discussion is presented by Emerging Arts Leaders DC and the Corcoran.
Panelists include Lisa Gold (Washington Project for the Arts), Ryan Hill (Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, YOUmedia Network), Mariah Johnson (Porch Projects), and Jayme McLellan (Civilian Art Projects, Corcoran College of Art + Design); Sunny Widmann (National Arts Strategies) moderates.
To register: https://getinvolved.corcoran.org/local_faces
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OTHER NEWS & EVENTS (non-EALDC items of interest)
Leadership Exchange in Arts and Disability (LEAD) Conference
August 21-24
Boston, MA
LEAD is an international network engaging cultural administrators in a conversation on accessibility, disability, and inclusion in the arts. Registration is now open for the 2012 conference in Boston!
For more information: http://www.kennedy-center.org/accessibility/education/lead/conference.html.
Race for Innovation: The Ideation Challenge
Tuesday, June 19, 1:00-5:30 p.m.
JHU/APL Kossiakoff Center
11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723
The Howard County Economic Development Authority and the Maryland Center for Entrepreneurship invite Emerging Leaders to participate in their upcoming Race for Innovation competition. Gather with the brightest entrepreneurs, inventors and investors in Maryland to experience an intensive, hands-on, and fun competition that takes participants through a fast-paced process of turning ideas into potential business opportunities in just 4 hours.
For more information: http://www.hceda.org/eventDetail.aspx?id=474.
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LINKS OF INTEREST
Emerging Arts Leaders DC
http://emergingartsleadersdc.com/
http://www.facebook.com/EmergingArtsLeadersDC
http://twitter.com/emergingartsdc
Americans for the Arts Emerging Leaders Network
http://www.artsusa.org/networks/emerging_leaders
EALDC is a part of the national Emerging Leaders Network of Americans for the Arts.
Young Nonprofit Professionals Network DC
YNPN is a national nonprofit organization that engages and supports future nonprofit leaders through professional development, networking, and social opportunities. The DC chapter features monthly networking happy hours and a variety of professional development opportunities.
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ABOUT EMERGING ARTS LEADERS DC
Steering Committee
EALDC events are planned by a steering committee: Liz McCloskey Miller, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (co-chair); Christi Esterly Schwarten, Fairfax Choral Society (co-chair); Corinne Baker, WPAS; Tim Carrigan, Institute of Museum & Library Services; Helen Gineris, Cultural Tourism DC; Angela Goerner, Hamiltonian Artists, Inc.; Stephanie Evans Hanson, Americans for the Arts; Alison McNeil, Windwalker Corporation; Tim Mikulski, Americans for the Arts; and Sunny Widmann, National Arts Strategies.
Are you interested in helping us plan events? Do you have an art space that you would like to feature in an event? Would you like to partner with us? Contact us and let us know!
EALDC Policies
Interested in seeing your event promoted in our newsletter? Email us with your event name, a 50 word description and a link for more information. Please write "EALDC Promotion" in the subject line. Events must be appropriate for young arts professionals and take place in the greater DC area. Information must be received no later than the 25th of the previous month for listing in the upcoming month's newsletter. Final listing is at the discretion of Emerging Arts Leaders DC.
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