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6TH Annual Creative Sector Summit | April 8 & 9,
2016
The Value of Arts Education to
Workforce Development and the Economy
- Friday April 8th
at the Diana Wortham Theater 9:00am to 12:00pm and the Asheville Area
Arts Museum 1:30pm to 4:30pm (Registration Required)
- Saturday April 9th
11:00am until 5:00pm at the Asheville Area Arts Museum (Free)
Friday afternoon
and evening highlights include:
· An Accessibility 101
workshop (registration required) presented by Arts Access
that caters to staff and volunteers working at non-profit arts and
cultural organizations and will enable them to better include people with
disabilities. (Registration Required)
· Arts Advocacy &
Orientation for Arts Day 2016
in Raleigh, NC (FREE)
·
A special dessert and wine
reception sponsored by Aloft Asheville
Downtown, which will be followed by special section seating at the
Asheville Lyric Opera’s presentation of The
Magic Flute. (Registration Required)
OUR THEME:
The Value of Arts Education to
Workforce Development and the Economy theme is built upon what we are
seeing as a new understanding emerging among leaders and innovative
organizations in our community around how the way children learn
influences their capacity as workers in the future. The Summit is an
event produced by the Asheville Area Arts Council in partnership with the
City of Asheville, as recommended by the 2009 Downtown Asheville Master
Plan. For 5 years thus far, we have explored topics relevant to the
support of arts and culture, informing policy and bringing influential
ideas and national best practices for creative placemaking.
While there are
many great programs that serve the needs of small arts based businesses
and artists, there is not yet a comprehensive, collaborative response in
our community that provides dedicated, tailored, and strategically
delivered workforce development to ensure the future success of Buncombe
County’s cultural workers, especially those who are emerging from
disadvantaged positions economically. Coordinating a response as a
community, and coming together as partners who provide services,
resources, and opportunities for these important creative producers is a
requisite for ensuring our future vibrancy. As the need for skilled
workers to support industry is recognized in Buncombe County by economic
development leaders, so, too, do we recognize that small arts based
businesses require the same kind of specialized training.
This year’s
Creative Sector Summit will span two days with the Friday, April 8
morning sessions taking place at the Diana Wortham Theatre and Friday,
April 8 afternoon sessions held at the Asheville Art Museum. Many of the
events on Friday require paid registrations, which can be done via the
Arts Council’s website (www.ashevillearts.com)
before Wednesday, April 6 or the day of at the Summit.
Starting off our
morning Friday the 8th will be Anthony Radich of WESTAF, who will present
about Creative Vitality
Suite, their tool for measuring the economic activity and impact
of the creative sector. This is important to the topic of the day as data
on creative industry occupations has been elusive, since many of its
practitioners are sole proprietors, and the AAAC and partners have
projects in the works to support the creative workforce, and need
reliable data with which to measure success.
Other
presentations include:
·
Ronette Dill, Principal, Saluda
Elementary: “A+ Schools 20th Anniversary”
video
·
Josh Batenhorst, Enterprise and
Development Manager, ArtSpace Charter School: “21st Century
Learners and the Workforce”
The panel
following will be a conversation about Creative Industry workers with
arts moderated by Morenga Hunt, who is a faculty/advisor in Winthrop
University’s Master’s in Arts Administration program, with an extensive
background in professional development training for artists, educators,
and administrators. Our panel includes Tony Baldwin, Superintendent of
Buncombe County Schools; Pamela Baldwin, Superintendent Asheville City
Schools; Ronette Dill, Principal, Saluda Elementary; Justin Belleme,
Founder & Director of Strategy, JB Media Group; and Josh Batenhorst,
ArtSpace Charter School.
Saturday, April
9th’s FREE activities will be held at the Asheville Art
Museum and will take place from 11:00am until 5:00pm.
Saturday offers several exciting workshops, and performances for
artists, educators, and families including a hands-on, theatre experience
utilizing the unique approach of arts integration. We will also be
providing an orientation on our partnership with the Americans for the Arts on the Arts
& Economic Prosperity Study for 2016-17,
and the final report 2013-16 of the Buncombe Cultural Alliance.
With us Saturday
to present, deliver workshops, provide information, and to simply connect
are: Brenda Mills, Community & Economic Development Specialist for
the City of Asheville; Josh Batenhorst of ArtSpace Charter School; Pamela
L. Myers, Executive Director of the Asheville Art Museum; Asheville Music
Professionals (AMP); The TAPAS Program’s Miranda Musiker; IAMAVL; LEAF
Community Arts; Open Hearts Arts Center; Roots + Wings School’s Ginger
Huebner; DeWayne Barton of Hood Huggers International; JB Media Group’s
Sarah Benoit; Mountain BizWorks's Patrick Fitzsimmons; Goodwill
Industries Jody Stevenson; AB Tech’s Maria Spadaro; Attic Salt Theater
Company; Two Sisters Farmstead School; Shelter Design Studio’s Kari
Reinertson; The YMI; Aurora Studios and Gallery; and American Craft Week.
Saturday's events will end with a networking event with music by
local group, West End Trio.
For
more information, the full schedule, and to register please visit our
website at www.ashevillearts.com.
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