2009 LA Arts Town Hall

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2009 LA ARTS TOWN HALL
LA ARTS LEADERS CONVERGE ON THE JACCC
FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2009

Arts for LA and the Center for Cultural Innovation are pleased to present the 2009 L.A. Arts Town Hall, a daylong convening of Los Angeles arts professionals taking place on June 12th at the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center. The convening will feature a keynote address by Americans for the Arts President & CEO, Robert Lynch, a morning plenary session on the future of arts funding in Los Angeles by a distinguished panel of arts leaders and an afternoon series of concurrent breakout sessions geared toward empowering the nonprofit arts sector to address the critical issues facing the field, including regional advocacy, marketing and new models of operation. Participants will hear from leading arts policy makers, advocates and funders and learn about important trends and initiatives that will impact Los Angeles’ artists and arts organizations alike.

The convening is the largest gathering of arts leaders since the last Arts Town Hall in 2007. Over 400 arts managers, arts educators and artists, from top-level executives to grassroots organizers are expected to attend.

The 2009 L.A. Arts Town Hall is free but registration is required and closes Tuesday, June 9th.
For further information and to register visit www.ArtsForLA.org/2009ArtsTownHall.

Plenary panelists include:
• Robert Lynch, President, Americans for the Arts
• John E. McGuirk, Program Director, The James Irvine Foundation
• Claire Peeps, Executive Director, Durfee Foundation
• Judilee Reed, Executive Director, Leveraging Investments in Creativity
• Laura Zucker, Executive Director, Los Angeles County Arts Commission

The afternoon series of concurrent breakout sessions will follow the plenary session. Organized by leading arts community partners, these facilitated conversations provide in-depth information and create opportunities for dialogue around topics such as Arts Education, Capacity Building, Cultural Policy and Self-Organizing an Artists’ Community. Sessions organized by: LA Stage Alliance, Department of Cultural Affairs Los Angeles, Arts for All, the Music Center’s Arts Education Department.

What: 2009 L.A. Arts Town Hall: A daylong convening of arts professionals

When: Friday, June 12th 2009
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Where: Japanese American Cultural and Community Center
244 S. San Pedro Street in Little Tokyo, downtown, LA (between 2nd and 3rd Streets)

For more information and press registration, please visit www.artsforla.org/2009ArtsTownHall.
Contact Arts for LA at 213.225.7580 or Camille@artsforla.org.