Application Deadline Extended - Arts Leadership Lab Core Team

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From: Creative Conversations <creative.con...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 3:44 PM
Subject: Application Deadline Extended - Arts Leadership Lab Core Team

Deadline for Application to Join the Arts Leadership Lab Core Team
Extended to Friday, March 19th!

Arts Leadership Lab, a program of Shunpike, is accepting applications
for its new CORE TEAM, a professional development, peer learning and
community building program.  Separate Core Teams lead Labs in
Seattle/King County and Tacoma/Pierce County.

Applications are due Friday, March 19th by no later than 5:00 PM.

Download the application and guidelines here:

http://www.shunpike.org/arts-leadership-lab/core-team.php

WHAT IS ARTS LEADERSHIP LAB?

The mission of Arts Leadership Lab (ALL) is to recognize and empower
arts practitioners as valuable, effective partners in the community
development of the Puget Sound region.

ALL was founded in late 2006 as the Emerging Arts Leaders of King
County, a group connected to the national Emerging Leaders Network
coordinated by Americans for the Arts; in 2008 the group re-formed as
Arts Leadership Lab, led by the Core Team, and in early 2010, ALL
moved to its new home as a program of Shunpike. ALL’s main work has
been to produce monthly panels, presentations and networking events
that focus on issues and opportunities concerning the cultural ecology
of our region.

The Core Team produces one of each of the following public events every quarter:
-              Accountability in the Arts – Seminars in best practices
for arts management
-              Creative Conversations – Forums/panels on issues
impacting arts and culture (e.g. space, technology, advocacy, etc.)
-              SPIKE’d/ALL Out - Happy hour networking events

Beginning in 2010, the Core Team will also produce and host an
“UnConference,” a half-day of short presentations by innovators in
cultural ecology.

THE CORE TEAM

The ALL Core Team is an 18-month professional development, peer
learning and community building opportunity that asks: What are the
major opportunities of our time?  How can art makers, managers and
supporters be effective partners in pursuing them?  Eight – 12
selected participants govern ALL and collaborate to discover new
opportunities for innovation in arts leadership. Shunpike provides the
Core Team with administrative support and guidance in programming.

Individual Members’ Expectations and Responsibilities
-              6 – 7 hours per month to attend Core Team meetings, and
program, promote and host public events
-              Share program operating tasks by being the primary
coordinator for one area, such as managing the email list, booking
event venues or securing food/drink sponsorships
-              Participate in overall program fundraising activities
-              Promote events within and beyond the arts community, to
increase participation and awareness of relevant issues
-              Select the next Core Team

Benefits
-              Free professional development
-              Visibility among local cultural service institutions
-              The opportunity to make both broad and specific impacts
on arts and culture in our region

Eligibility
-              Be at least 21 yrs old
-              Commit to at least 80 hours of participation, over 18
months, including attending monthly meetings & events
-              Be regularly available via email (response time within
three days, except when on vacation or otherwise away from email)

Selection Process and Criteria

Participants are selected by a committee of the current Core Team
using the following criteria:

Diversity among selected participants, with respect to geography,
culture, and skill-set
Demonstrate commitment to the arts, defined by ALL as humans’
“expressive disciplines”
Demonstrate achievement in leadership, defined by ALL as “building and
leveraging partnerships in service of communities”

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Email your application to Di...@shunpike.org by no later than 5 PM on
Friday, March 19th. Late applications will not be reviewed.

You will receive notification – whether or not you are selected –
within 2- 3 weeks of the application deadline.