Conference Sessions
Monday |
| 8:00 - 9:30 Breakfast Plenary |
| 9:30 - 9:50 Break |
9:50 - 10:50 |
| A Match Made in/with Heaven: Arts and Religious Organizations Get Serious Ultimate Ransom Organized by Cate Fox, Program Officer, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. |
| Business Unusual: Moving the Field from “Best Practices” to “Next Practices” Napoleon Organized by Arizona Commission on the Arts. |
| Getting Beyond Breakeven 2.0: Exploring the Opportunities and the Limits of Making Investments Toward Change Fountain Organized by Olive Mosier, Director, Arts Funding, William Penn Foundation. |
| Creativity and the Arts as a Portal to STEM Learning Hemingway Organized by Kerry McCarthy, Program Officer, Arts & Historic Preservation, The New York Community Trust. |
| Critical Feedback: An Experiment in Five Acts Room with a View Organized by Peter Nesbett, Associate Director for Programs, The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. |
| Funding a Collective Impact Initiative After the Start-Up Phase Warwick Organized by Ellen Ray, Grants Director, Still Water Foundation. |
| Us = Them: The Collaborative Practice of Philanthropy Grapevine Organized by Esther Grimm, Executive Director, 3Arts. |
| Working Together: The Art of Funder/Intermediary Relationships Déjà vu Organized by Grantmakers in the Arts. |
| 10:50 - 11:10 Break |
11:10 - 12:40 |
| Building the Field of Our Dreams Hemingway Organized by Rick Noguchi, Senior Program Officer, The James Irvine Foundation. |
| Art and Tech: Bending New Technologies to Native Traditions Napoleon Organized by Wendy Red Star, Program Associate, Native Arts & Cultures Foundation; and T. Lulani Arquette, President & CEO, Native Arts & Cultures Foundation. |
| Resources at the Roots of Culture Fountain Organized by Kim Cook, President, Arts Council of New Orleans. |
| Creative Youth Development: An Agenda for Collective Action Warwick Organized by Jonathan Herman, Executive Director, National Guild for Community Arts Education. |
| How Five Arts & Culture Funders are Smashing Silos Room with a View Organized by Aaron Dorfman, Executive Director, National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy. |
| Working at the Intersection of Arts and Community Health: Perspectives on New Research and Practice Grapevine Organized by Amy Kitchener, Executive Director, Alliance for California Traditional Arts; and Maria Rosario Jackson, Senior Adviser, Arts & Culture, The Kresge Foundation. |
| Meaningful Connections to Communities: Indicators of Success Déjà vu Organized by Scott Stoner, Director, Programs and Resources, Association of Performing Arts Presenters. |
| Grantee Learning Communities: Theories, Innovations and New Practices for Arts Funders Ultimate Ransom Organized by Amy Fitterer, Executive Director, Dance/USA. |
| 12:40 - 1:00 Break |
| 1:00 - 2:45 Luncheon Plenary |
| 2:45 - 3:15 Break |
3:15 - 4:45 |
| Applying Racial Justice Principles to Arts Education Grantmaking Grapevine Organized by Justin Laing, Senior Program Officer, The Heinz Endowments. |
| Charting New Territory: Supporting the Arts in the Military/Veteran Space Déjà vu Organized by Marete Wester, Senior Director of Arts Policy, Americans for the Arts. |
| Creative Placemaking and Community Resilience Fountain Organized by Edwin Torres, deputy commissioner of cultural affairs, City of New York. |
| Fiscal Sponsorship: New Practices, New Solutions Napoleon Organized by Frances Phillips, Program Director, Arts and the Creative Work Fund, Walter and Elise Haas Fund. |
| Supporting Artists in Community Settings: New Thinking Needed A Room with a View Organized by Barbara Schaffer Bacon, Co-Director, Animating Democracy, Americans for the Arts; and Janet Brown, President & CEO, Grantmakers in the Arts. |
| The Public Benefits and Value of Arts & Culture: What Have We Learned and Why Does It Matter? Ultimate Ransom Organized by Karen Gahl-Mills, Executive Director, Cuyahoga Arts & Culture. |
| Transforming Culture/Creating Justice Hemingway Organized by F. Javier Torres, Director of National Grantmaking, ArtPlace America. |
| 6:30 No-Host Dine-Arounds |
Tuesday |
| 8:00 - 9:30 Breakfast Plenary |
| 9:30 - 9:50 Break |
9:50 - 10:50 |
| Fifteen Years in the Life of an Idea Grapevine Organized by Ruby Lerner, President & Executive Director, Creative Capital. |
| Digging into Data on Arts Education Hemingway Organized by Frank Baiocchi, Senior Program Officer, Polk Bros. Foundation. |
| Funding Commercial Creative Businesses: Sell Out or Smart Strategy? Napoleon Organized by Kerry Adams Hapner, Director of Cultural Affairs, City of San Jose. |
| GIA’s Research Initiative on Support for Individual Artists Fountain Organized by Grantmakers in the Arts. |
| Leading the Charge: Theatre Communications Group’s Diversity & Inclusion Institute Warwick Organized by Kevin Bitterman, Associate Director, Artistic & International Programs, Theatre Communications Group. |
| National Capitalization Project Progress Report Room with a View Organized by Grantmakers in the Arts. |
| SMART Growth: Assessing and Improving Management Capacity Ultimate Ransom Organized by Suzanne Connor, Senior Program Officer, Chicago Community Trust. |
| Transmedia Narrative: Storytelling Tools for Grantmakers Déjà vu Organized by Nicole Chipi, The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. |
| 10:50 - 11:10 Break |
11:10 - 12:40 |
| A New Era of Partnership: Developing Enhanced Relationships with Grantees Warwick Organized by Ted Russell, Senior Program Officer, The James Irvine Foundation. |
| Cohort Models: The Power of Learning Together Napoleon Organized by Sharon Rodning Bash, Program Director, Arts Midwest. |
| Strategies to Increase Equity in Grantmaking & Empowerment Hemingway Organized by Aaron Dworkin, Founder & President, The Sphinx Organization. |
| International Exchange: Sustained Engagement in a Global Age Room with a View Organized by Caitlin Strokosch, Executive Director, Alliance of Artists Communities. |
| Making Art Without a Net Grapevine Organized by Ken Grossinger, Chairman, CrossCurrents Foundation. |
| The Community Arts Stabilization Trust, An Inventive Model to Secure Affordable Homes for Arts Organizations Déjà vu Organized by Shelley Trott, Director of Arts Strategy and Ventures, Kenneth Rainin Foundation. |
| Who Will Tell Our Stories Now? Ultimate Ransom Organized by Gary Steuer, President and CEO, Bonfils-Stanton Foundation. |
| ENGAGE: State Communities of Practice in Arts, Health, and Aging Fountain Organized by Gay Hanna, Executive Director, National Center for Creative Aging. |
| 12:40 - 1:00 Break |
| 1:00 - 2:40 Luncheon Plenary |
| 2:40 - 3:00 Break |
3:00 - 5:30 (Offsite Sessions) |
Space is limited at offsite sessions, so a ticket is required. Tickets will be available at the registration desk beginning at 7:30 am on Tuesday morning. If the tickets for a given session are gone, you will know that it is filled and can make another choice. Buses for offsite sessions will leave at 3:00 pm at the location on your ticket. |
| Advancing Racial Equity in Grantmaking: A Long Table Discussion Holocaust Museum Houston Organized by Vickie Benson, Arts Program Director, McKnight Foundation; Sharon DeMark, Program Officer, Minnesota Philanthropy Partners; Glyn Northington, Senior Group Manager, Community Relations, Target; and Eleanor Savage, Senior Program Officer, Jerome Foundation. |
| Intermediary Intersections The Barn – Dance Source Performing Arts Space Organized by Stanlyn Brevé, Director of National Programs, National Performance Network; and Steve Bailey, Chief Operating Officer, National Performance Network. |
| The Arts Researcher as Entrepreneur: Creating New Contexts for Arts Practice and Production Rice University Art Gallery Organized by Sunil Iyengar, Director, Research & Analysis, National Endowment for the Arts. |
| Urban Placemaking and the Impact of Arts and Cultural Programming on Neighborhood and Cultural Communities Various Location Organized by Jonathon Glus, CEO, Houston Arts Alliance. |
| Weaving a Web of Opportunities to Support Individual Artists in your Community Diverseworks Organized by Heather Pontonio, Program Officer, Art, Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation. |
| Artists and Healing: Collaborations that Cure the Body and the Mind Houston Methodist Hospital Organized by J. Todd Frazier, Director, Center for Performing Arts Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital. |
| Shared Learning: The Value of Trustees at the GIA Conference Location TBD Organized by Grantmakers in the Arts. |
| 6:45 Shuttles Depart for Reception at Asia Society Texas Center (walking distance is seven blocks) |