Emerging Arts Leaders DC December 2011 Newsletter
Emerging Arts Leaders DC
December 2, 2011
Volume 2, Issue 9
UPCOMING EVENTS
EALDC at AFI Silver Spring Theatre and Cultural Center
Wednesday, December 14, 2011, 6:30 p.m.
AFI Silver Theatre lobby, 8633 Colesville Road, Silver Spring (nearest Metro: Silver Spring, red line just two blocks away!)
Would you like to learn more about film in the local arts sector? Please join the Emerging Arts Leaders DC as we explore AFI Silver Theatre in Silver Spring! We will be meeting with AFI Education staff to discuss the role of film in community engagement.
*EALDC Perk: All event attendees are eligible to purchase $8 discounted screening tickets, redeemable day-of or at a future date!
For more details and to RSVP: http://ealdcatafi.eventbrite.com/
Save the Date: EALDC Book Club Event with Liz Lerman
Monday, January 30, 2012
Time and location TBA
Save the date for Monday January 30, 2012, and join us for a special evening with Liz Lerman, Founding Artistic Director of Dance Exchange and author of Hiking the Horizontal: Field Notes from a Choreographer. She will speak with us about her book, her career, and the artist’s role in community engagement. We hope you will join us for this dialogue and first official DC Emerging Arts Leaders book club. Registration and event details will be sent in the coming weeks.
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OTHER NEWS & EVENTS (non-EALDC items of interest)
Special EALDC Offer at Arena Stage
December 16-22, 2011
Arena Stage, (nearest Metro: Waterfront, green line)
Arena Stage is offering EALDC mailing list members a special discount on tickets to matinee and evening performances of Equivocation from December 16-22. For $35, you will receive a ticket to the show and a drink at the theater bar. Call 202-488-4380 to reserve your tickets. Show information is below.
by Bill Cain
directed by Bill Rauch
William Shakespeare writes the official King's history of the Gunpowder plot while trying to keep his integrity and his head.
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LINKS OF INTEREST
Emerging Arts Leaders DC
http://emergingartsleadersdc.com/
http://www.facebook.com/EmergingArtsLeadersDC
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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