March 31, 2010

Art Belt update


sharing UPDATE from continuing workshops to establish the Art Belt of NE Ohio & NW PA:

To All Power of the Arts Participants and Friends,

As a reminder, our next work meeting is scheduled for Friday, April 9 at Bliss Hall at YSU from 5 PM - 7 PM. We are very excited to continue to move forward with the progress we've made thus far.

For those who were unable to make it to our last meeting and as a reminder to those that were, we broke into two work groups to raise some questions and have an open dialogue about public policy/public support and about advocacy/arts council. From these discussions nine topics/questions surfaced that we are now going to delve further into. Please see below for what each work group will be addressing:

Public Policy/Public Support (facilitated by Paul Hagman):
·         Is there anything "on the books" in Youngstown, Warren, Mahoning County and/or Trumbull County relating to public policy and/or public support for arts and culture?
·         Research selected cities that have been successful in securing public support for the arts.
·         Explore tax levy and other potential funding sources for public support.

Advocacy/Arts Council (facilitated by Bryan DePoy):
·         Research what previous groups that have tried to set up arts councils in the Mahoning Valley have done, and understand their lessons learned.
·         Why an arts council? - Define, explore, and prioritize: What are the needs of artists? What are the needs of arts and cultural organizations? What are the needs of the community at large? Where are the gaps between what is needed and what is currently available?
·         What might an advocacy group that promotes alliances look like?
·         Develop "one-stop-shopping" website.
·         Inventory assets of artists and organizations and make that available to share.

Ad hoc Committee of the Lead Team (facilitated by Janus Small prior to next meeting):
·         Develop mission, vision, and guiding principles for the Power of the Arts initiative - Progress to date will be reported at the April 9th meeting.

If you have not done so, please register here for the April 9th Meeting!

APRIL 9, 2010 REGISTRATION LINK

If you have any questions , please do not hesitate to contact the coordinators of this meeting, Janus Small Associates (contact information provided below). Hope to see you there and don't forget to spread the word!

Becky Keck & Bill Mullane
Power of the Arts Co-Chairs


Janus Small Associates
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www.janussmallassociates.com
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Cleveland, Ohio 44122
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Janus Small, President
jsmall@janussmallassociates.com

Adam C. Schultz, Associate

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