Saturday,
April 26, 2003
1-6:00 pm
followed by a cocktail reception
Columbia University
School of the Arts
Lifetime Screening Room
511 Dodge Hall directions
$8 advance purchase/$10 at door/$8 with student ID.
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A Conference for the Next Generation of Arts Leaders |
The Future is Us was the first
event of its kind. Student Advocates for the Arts (SAA) presented
this conference with the firm conviction that students can make
a difference as active participants in this country’s democratic
system. The event brought together current arts and cultural leaders
to address the next generation of arts leaders.
Through it, SAA hopes to contribute to the groundswell
of motivated future leaders who understand the power of grassroots
community organizing and its possibilities for initiating positive
change in society.
The half-day conference addressed the following questions:
- What need is there for arts advocacy in the current
political and economic environment?
- What challenges can artists and arts leaders expect
to face in the coming years?
- How can we prepare ourselves to meet and beat these
challenges?
Theodore
S. Berger, Executive Director
New York Foundation for the Arts
Marjorie Heins, Director
Free Expression Policy Project
Kathleen Hughes,
Assistant Commissioner
City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs
Jonathan
Katz, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer
National Assembly of State Arts Agencies
Svetlana Mintcheva,
Arts Advocacy Project Coordinator
National Coalition Against Censorship
Joel Wachs, President
Andy Warhol Foundation
Judith Kaufman Weiner,
Executive Director
Alliance of New York State Arts Organizations
Robert Yesselman,
Director
Dance/NYC
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University Representatives |
Brandeis University
Carnegie Mellon University
Arts Management
City University of New York
Art History
Columbia University
Arts Administration
Business
Creative Writing
Film
Theatre Production and Management
Drexel University
Arts Administration
Hunter College
Art History
New York University
Art Education
Arts Administration
Theatre Education
Ohio State University
Arts Policy and Administration
Arts Education
Rider University, Westminster Choir College
Music Education
Rutgers University
Art History
University of Florida, New World School for
the Arts
Dance
University of Minnesota
Cultural Studies
Yale University
Art History
Co-Sponsored by the
Program in Arts
Administration, Teachers College,
President’s and Provost’s Fund for Student Initiatives,
Columbia University,
Teachers College President’s Community and Diversity Grant
Fund (CCD)
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